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Last stand: Syria's rebel Idlib prepares for a losing battle 17 Sep 2018 - 06:52 pm
A man uses a pickaxe to dig a cave in the Syrian village of Kafr Ain in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province on September 15, 2018. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Turkey's Erdogan says his meeting with Putin on Syria will bring hope 17 Sep 2018 - 03:21 pm
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Syrian regime holds local polls despite refugee crisis 17 Sep 2018 - 01:49 pm
A man and a woman show their ink-stained index fingers after voting for Syria's first local elections since 2011, on September 16, 2018 in the southern Eastern Ghouta, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus. AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
U.S. State Department revokes PLO ambassador family visas -envoy 17 Sep 2018 - 10:11 am
A tattered flag flies over the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office two days after President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton announced that the State Department would close the PLO office in Washington, U.S., September 12, 2
Ahed Tamimi at French music festival 17 Sep 2018 - 03:10 am
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Doctors and nurses rally against Syria regime Idlib offensive 17 Sep 2018 - 02:54 am
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Syrians in government areas vote in first local polls since 2011 16 Sep 2018 - 04:00 pm
A man casts his ballot for Syria's first local elections since 2011, on September 16, 2018 in the southern Eastern Ghouta, on the eastern outskirts of the capital Damascus.   AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Archaeologists discover ancient sphinx in Egypt 16 Sep 2018 - 02:42 pm
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Power outages to stop health services in Gaza hospital 16 Sep 2018 - 02:17 pm
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Polls open in Syrian local elections: state media 16 Sep 2018 - 09:39 am
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Iraq parliament elects pro-Iran list candidate as speaker 15 Sep 2018 - 04:20 pm
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Egyptian court orders arrest of Mubarak's sons over stock market manipulation 15 Sep 2018 - 03:31 pm
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Europe must offset US pullout from nuclear deal - Iran minister 15 Sep 2018 - 02:31 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif takes part in a meeting with European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini (not pictured), at the European Council headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, May 15, 2018. Thierry Monasse/Pool via
Israeli troops kill boy, two men in Gaza protests 15 Sep 2018 - 02:37 am
Protesters carry a Palestinian shot and wounded by Israeli troops on the 25th Friday of
Uncertainties mount as Iraq's PM says he won't seek 2nd term 15 Sep 2018 - 02:11 am
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Palestine president blasts Trump aide’s funding remarks 15 Sep 2018 - 12:34 am
Flags fly over the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) office two days after President Donald Trump's national security adviser John Bolton announced that the State Department would close the PLO office in Washington, September 12, 2018. Reuters/Kevin
Turkey: Solution to Idlib must be political, not military 15 Sep 2018 - 12:34 am
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Defying dangers, Idlib residents protest Syria's Assad 14 Sep 2018 - 10:11 pm
US-backed forces are pictured near the village of Susah in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor, near the Syrian border with Iraq on September 13, 2018. AFP / Delil souleiman