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Sudan's protesters launch general strike after crackdown 09 Jun 2019 - 02:21 pm
Sudanese soldiers stand guard a street in Khartoum on June 9, 2019. Sudanese police fired tear gas Sunday at protesters taking part in the first day of a civil disobedience campaign, called in the wake of a deadly crackdown on demonstrators. AFP
Iran considers request for release of Lebanese prisoner 09 Jun 2019 - 02:02 pm
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Iran urges Europe to normalise economic ties with it or face consequences 09 Jun 2019 - 09:19 am
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Sudan protest group calls nationwide 'civil disobedience' 08 Jun 2019 - 07:44 pm
Sudanese protesters burn tyres and set up barricades on roads to army headquarters after the intervention of Sudanese army, during a demonstration in Khartoum, Sudan on June 3, 2019. Mahmoud Hjaj - Anadolu
Star footballer turned rebel icon dies in Syria fighting 08 Jun 2019 - 05:47 pm
The late Syrian rebel fighter Abdel-Basset al-Sarout (L) singing during a rally to commemorate the beginning of the Syrian revoltion, in the town of Maaret al-Numan in the jihadist-held Idlib province. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
German FM in Iraq for talks on Mideast tensions 08 Jun 2019 - 04:30 pm
German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas sits in the C-160 Transall military plane at the airport in Baghdad, Iraq, June 8, 2019. REUTERS/Sabine Seibold
Syria flare-up kills over 100 fighters: monitor 07 Jun 2019 - 08:16 pm
People gather around the wreckage of shops after a terror attack with a bomb-laden vehicle carried out in Azez district of Aleppo, Syria on June 02, 2019. According to reports at least 14 civilians were killed after the attack. (Saher el Hacci/Anadolu Age
Iran rejects French call for wider talks beyond nuclear deal 07 Jun 2019 - 08:15 pm
Algeria and Sudan: new chapters of Arab revolt 06 Jun 2019 - 07:56 pm
People carry national flags during a protest to demand the removal of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Algiers, Algeria, March 29, 2019. Reuters/Ramzi Boudina
Sudanese vow to keep up protests after crackdown 06 Jun 2019 - 07:56 pm
A Sudanese protester holds a national flag as he stands on a barricade along a street, demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians, in Khartoum, Sudan June 5, 2019. Reuters
Khartoum residents in 'state of terror' after bloody crackdown 06 Jun 2019 - 07:56 pm
Sudanese drivers wait to fill their tuk-tuk at a petrol station amid a fuel shortage in the capital Khartoum on June 6, 2019. AFP
Planned Lebanon demolitions put 15,000 Syrian children at risk of homelessness - NGOs 04 Jun 2019 - 05:23 pm
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Iran to free Lebanese jailed for US spying: Beirut 04 Jun 2019 - 05:15 pm
Nizar Zakka
Baghdad Green Zone set to open around the clock 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
An Iraqi worker checks a chimney stack outlets at the brick factory in the town of Nahrawan in Baghdad, Iraq June 3, 2019. Reuters/Thaier al-Sudani
'Calm before the storm' on Tripoli's front lines 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
A fighter loyal to the Libyan internationally-recognised Government of National Accord (GNA) prepares the Iftar meal for fellow fighters before breaking their fast at the front lines on MAY 31, 2019, in the suburb of Al-Swani, 25 kilometres south of Tripo
Sudan troops move to crush pro-democracy camp, killing 30 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
Sudanese protesters erect a barricade on a street and demanding that the country's Transitional Military Council hand over power to civilians in Khartoum, Sudan June 3, 2019. Reuters
Hundreds quit crowded camp in northeast Syria 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
Fightres from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) check the identities of displaced people before allowing them to board a bus waiting outside the Al-Hol camp in Al-Hasakeh governorate in northeastern Syria, on June 3, 2019, as Kurdish authorities started
'Turkey continues to be hope for all mankind' 03 Jun 2019 - 07:51 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan greets people as he attends a program on the occasion of Laylat al-Qadr in Esenler district of Istanbul, Turkey on May 31, 2019 Turkish Presidency / Kayhan Ozer