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Lebanon PM-designate pledges 'government of experts' 02 Sep 2020 - 04:34 pm
Lebanese Prime Minister Mustapha Adib, wearing a protective face masks, arrives to meet with the French President at the Presidential palace in Baabda east of the Lebanese capital Beirut on September 1, 2020. / AFP / X07238 / GONZALO FUENTES
Tunisia's parliament votes on new prime minister amid crisis 01 Sep 2020 - 04:03 pm
Hisham El-Mechishi appointed to form the country’s government is welcomed by Leader of the En-Nahda Movement Rached Ghannouchi before attending the vote of confidence session at Tunisian Parliament in Tunis, Tunisia on September 1, 2020.  Yassine Gaidi -
Macron warns Lebanese leaders of sanctions if reforms are not swift 01 Sep 2020 - 03:59 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron hugs a blast victim while attending a ceremony to mark Lebanon's centenary in Jaj Cedars Reserve Forest, northeast of the capital Beirut, on September 1, 2020. / AFP / POOL / GONZALO FUENTES
Lebanon judge issues 5 new arrest warrants over Beirut blast 31 Aug 2020 - 11:57 pm
TOPSHOT - An aerial view taken on August 26, 2020, shows imported vehicles damaged at the port of Beirut in the August 4 massive explosion that caused severe damage across swathes of the Lebanese capital, killed at least 181 people, injured more than 6,50
'My wounded country': Lebanese singer whose voice transcends divisions to meet Macron 31 Aug 2020 - 07:21 pm
(FILES) A file photo taken on October 7, 2010 shows Lebanese diva Fairuz (Fairouz) performing during a rare concert in the Lebanese capital Beirut. The Arab world's last living music legend Fairuz, who French president Emmanuel Macron is to visit Monday i
Mustapha Adib, Lebanon's new PM-designate 31 Aug 2020 - 04:27 pm
Mustapha Adib talks to the media after being named Lebanon's new prime minister at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Jordan reports its highest daily tally of COVID-19 cases 31 Aug 2020 - 12:23 am
This picture taken on August 28, 2020 shows a view of an empty roundabout during a COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic curfew in the centre of Jordan's capital Amman. Jordan on August 28 started imposing a full curfew in Amman and Zarqa, 23 kilometres north-eas
Rockets fall near Baghdad airport, no casualties 30 Aug 2020 - 11:15 pm
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Lebanon army: seven still missing after Beirut blast 29 Aug 2020 - 03:55 pm
Lebanese soldiers walk past a partially destroyed traditional building which was afffected by the Beirut port blast, in the Gemmayzeh neighbourhood, on August 26, 2020. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Opposition says Syrian peace talks generally positive 29 Aug 2020 - 09:39 am
President of the National Coalition for Syrian Revolutionary and Opposition Forces, Hadi al-Bahra speaks to media as Syrian Constitutional Committee's third round continued at the UN Geneva Office after three days break as three members tested positive fo
UN council approves cut in Lebanon peacekeepers as US sought 29 Aug 2020 - 09:34 am
United Nations peacekeeping force (UNIFIL) patrol near the village of Mais el Jabal, along the southern Lebanese border with Israel on August 26, 2020. AFP / Mahmoud ZAYYAT
Lebanon could 'lose control' of coronavirus outbreak - PM 26 Aug 2020 - 10:15 pm
A woman wearing a face mask walks past an
Turkey to allow limited fan attendance at football matches from October 25 Aug 2020 - 07:59 pm
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Deputy Prime Minister tours site of Beirut port explosion 25 Aug 2020 - 06:08 pm
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Gas pipeline blast near Damascus cuts power across Syria 24 Aug 2020 - 10:17 am
Syrian firefighters putting out a burning pipeline between the areas of Adra and al-Dhamir in the Damascus area. A suspected attack on a pipeline in Syria caused a nationwide blackout overnight, the state news agency quoted authorities as saying.
Iran says black boxes show pilots alive after missile hit Ukraine jet 23 Aug 2020 - 08:35 pm
This file image grab from footage obtained from the state-run Iran Press news agency on January 10, 2020 shows what Iran's civil aviation says is the black box of the Ukrainian airline flight that crashed near Tehran killing all 176 on board. AFP PHOTO /
4 dead, 11 missing as flooding hits Turkey's Black Sea coast 23 Aug 2020 - 12:07 pm
A view of flood-hit area after heavy rain caused flood in Dereli district of Giresun, Turkey on August 23, 2020. Gültekin Yetgin - Anadolu
Kuwait to rebuild Lebanon's only large grain silo after blast: Report 23 Aug 2020 - 12:03 pm
A view shows the damage at the site of a massive explosion in Beirut port, Lebanon August 17, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher