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Boat carrying Syrian refugees sinks off Lebanon, boy dies 22 Sep 2018 - 05:08 pm
Lebanon's navy rescuing dozens of people, including Syrians, from a sinking boat off the country's northern coastal town of Sheikh Zinad, in the Akkar province.  AFP / Lebanese Army Website / ANWAR AMRO
Iran to respond "swiftly and decisively" to military parade attack - foreign minister 22 Sep 2018 - 12:00 am
Peninsula
Hezbollah leader boasts group has 'highly accurate' missiles 20 Sep 2018 - 02:35 pm
An image grab taken from Hezbollah's al-Manar TV on September 20, 2018 shows Hassan Nasrallah, the head of Lebanon's militant Shiite movement Hezbollah. AFP / AL-MANAR TV
UK warns British-Iranian dual nationals over travel to Iran 19 Sep 2018 - 08:39 pm
The family of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe
Yom Kippur: Settlers storm Al-Aqsa Mosque protected by Israeli army 19 Sep 2018 - 06:50 pm
Israeli security forces take a Palestinian into custody as Israeli settlers storm Al-Aqsa compound in East Jerusalem on September 18, 2018. (Jerusalem Islamic Waqf/Anadolu Agency)
Thousands head home in Syria's Idlib after deal: monitor 19 Sep 2018 - 02:35 pm
A Syrian motorist drives amidst ruins in Morek, a town in the northern countryside of Hama province that links regime-held areas to the south and rebel territory in neighbouring Idlib province to the north, on September 18, 2018. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Turkey cuts investment criteria for foreigners seeking citizenship 19 Sep 2018 - 12:26 pm
Peninsula
Iran hails Iraq parliament selections 19 Sep 2018 - 01:23 am
Mohammed al-Halbusi (L), newly elected speaker of the Iraqi Parliament, delivers a speech on September 18, 2018, following a meeting in Basra. AFP / Haidar Mohammed Ali
Russia: Syrian anti-aircraft guns mistakenly downed plane, but Israeli raids caused 19 Sep 2018 - 01:23 am
A photo taken on July 23, 2006 shows an Russian IL-20M (Ilyushin 20m) plane landing at an unknown location.  AFP / Nikita Shchyukin
US expresses 'sorrow' over downing of Russian aircraft in Syria 19 Sep 2018 - 12:22 am
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks during a press conference at the State Department in Washington, DC, September 14, 2018. AFP / Saul Loeb
Russia Faults Israel Over Syria Plane Downing But Keeps Calm 18 Sep 2018 - 07:23 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Alexander Zemlianichenko/ REUTERS
Turkish military reinforcements reach Syrian border 18 Sep 2018 - 06:05 pm
Tanks belonging to Turkish Armed Forces' are being dispatched to support the units at the border in Reyhanli district of Hatay, Turkey on September 13, 2018. Cem Genco - Anadolu
Civilians to remain in Syria's Idlib: Turkish FM 18 Sep 2018 - 04:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: A wall along the border between Turkey and Syria is pictured at the Syrian town of Atimah, Idlib province, in this picture taken from Reyhanli, Hatay province, Turkey October 10, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Putin: plane downed in Syria after 'chain of tragic accidental circumstances' 18 Sep 2018 - 04:22 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin attend the Mayor's inauguration ceremony in Moscow on Setember 18, 2018. / AFP / SPUTNIK / Alexey FILIPPOV
Syria downs Russian plane, Moscow blames Israel 18 Sep 2018 - 02:20 pm
Syrian air defence batteries responding to what the Syrian state media said were Israeli missiles targeting Damascus international airport. AFP / SANA
Idlib province: last Syrian rebel stronghold 18 Sep 2018 - 12:59 pm
FILE PHOTO: Members of al Qaeda's Nusra Front gesture as they cheer in the northwestern city of Ariha, after a coalition of insurgent groups seized the area in Idlib province May 29, 2015. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
Russia calls off Idlib attack, agrees with Turkey on buffer zone 18 Sep 2018 - 12:38 am
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) talks to Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the Black Sea resort of Sochi in Sochi on September 17, 2018. AFP / Alexander Zemlianichenko
Germany to reduce number of troops in northern Iraq 18 Sep 2018 - 12:38 am
German Defence Minister Ursula von der Leyen (C) speaks to Kurdish Peshmerga fighters during her visit to the military camp of Mirra on the outskirts of Arbil, the capital of the northern Iraqi Kurdish autonomous region on September 17, 2018. AFP / Safin