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World / Middle East

Libya govt urges military aid from friendly nations 21 Dec 2019 - 02:12 am
Libya's UN-recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj holds a cabinet meeting in the Libyan capital Tripoli on December 19, 2019.  AFP
Lebanon's new PM says he plans a government of experts 21 Dec 2019 - 02:12 am
Lebanese outgoing prime minister Saad Hariri meets with Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab (L) in Beirut on December 20, 2019. AFP
Lebanon PM designate says wants government soon, won't be under Hezbollah sway 20 Dec 2019 - 08:02 pm
Lebanese outgoing prime minister Saad Hariri meets with Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab (L) in Beirut on December 20, 2019. AFP
Lebanese President designates Hassan Diab as new premier 19 Dec 2019 - 09:35 pm
Hassan Diab arrives to talk to the media after being named Lebanon's new prime minister, at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Regime bombardment kills 14 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm
Syrians check the site of a reported government bombardment in the village of Maasaran on the outskirts of Maaret al-Numan in northwestern Idlib province on December 17, 2019. AFP / Omar Haj Kadour
Erdogan says world cares more about Syria's oil than its children 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the 1st Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland on December 17, 2019. (Volkan Furuncu/Anadolu Agency)
Moroccan military: 7 migrants dead, 70 saved from shipwreck 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm
File photo: Migrants in a dinghy paddle their way on the Mediterranean Sea to attempt crossing to the Greek island of Kos as a Turkish Coast Guard ship patrols off the shores off Bodrum Sept 19, 2015. Reuters / Umit Bektas
How one deadly day prompted Iraqi leader's exit 16 Dec 2019 - 08:56 pm
Adel Abdul Mahdi
UN urges probe into 'excessive force' against Lebanon protesters 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm
Riot police detain an anti-government demonstrator during clashes in the capital Beirut on December 14, 2019. AFP / Anwar Amro
No consensus yet on new Iraqi PM as deadline looms 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm
An Iraqi worker enters the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri during the complex's reconstruction in Mosul’s war-ravaged old town, on December 15, 2019. AFP / Zaid Al-Obeidi
Lebanon's Hariri may be named PM but faces struggle to form government 15 Dec 2019 - 08:14 pm
Saad al-Hariri
Smog forces schools shut in Iran 15 Dec 2019 - 05:10 pm
An Iranian motorists wearing a breathing mask while commuting as a blanket of smog covers the city as heavy pollution hit the Iranian capital on December 15, 2019. / AFP
Lebanese burn ruling parties' offices after night of clashes 15 Dec 2019 - 04:35 pm
Lebanese riot police prepare to fire teargas canisters during clashes with anti-government demonstrators in the capital Beirut on December 14, 2019. / AFP / SERVICES AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Lebanon counter-protesters clash with police in Beirut 14 Dec 2019 - 09:13 pm
 Clashes in central Beirut on December 14, 2019 . / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Untiring protesters come up against immovable elite in Algeria 14 Dec 2019 - 08:55 pm
A file photo taken on March 03, 2019 shows protesters holding placards during a sit-in against the then Algerian president’s bid for a fifth term in office at the Porte d Aix in Marseille. AFP / Gerard Julien
Turkish official says EU should boost funding of Syrian refugees 14 Dec 2019 - 04:39 pm
Syrians are seen on the mud-covered road between tents at a refugee camp, where Syrian refugees live, after heavy rain at winter season in northeastern Idlib, Syria on December 13, 2019. Muhammed Said - Anadolu
Iraq's top Shiite cleric condemns gruesome hanging of teen 14 Dec 2019 - 02:10 pm
 Iraqi security forces observe protesters from their checkpoint at al-Sinek bridge in the capital Baghdad amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations on December 12, 2019. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
US sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir 14 Dec 2019 - 10:23 am
File picture of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.