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World / Middle East

South Sudan rebel leader to attend talks with president in Khartoum 13 Jun 2018 - 04:33 pm
File photo of South Sudan rebel leader Riek Machar. Reuters
Lebanon foreign minister escalates refugee row with U.N. agency 13 Jun 2018 - 03:48 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil in Beirut, Lebanon June 4, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Iran warns North Korea: Trump could cancel deal before getting home 12 Jun 2018 - 08:28 pm
People past a mural painted on the wall of the former US Embassy in Tehran, Iran on May 9, 2018. (Fatemeh Bahrami / Anadolu Agency)
PM Abadi says opposed to repeat of Iraq election 12 Jun 2018 - 08:15 pm
Haider al-Abadi
UN urges Beirut to unblock residency permits for staff 12 Jun 2018 - 04:22 pm
UNHCR Spokesperson Lisa Abou Khaled speaks during an interview to AFP at the UNHCR headquarters in Beirut on June 8, 2018.  AFP / Joseph EID
Air strike kills 10 civilians in northeast Syria: monitor 12 Jun 2018 - 03:33 pm
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13 children killed in Idlib, Syria since Thursday: UN 11 Jun 2018 - 07:49 pm
Destroyed buildings are seen after Assad Regime forces carried out an airstrike over a children's hospital, located at de-escalation zone Taftanaz town of Idlib, Syria on June 10, 2018. ( Ibrahim Hatip - Anadolu
Baghdad warehouse fire: PM calls ‘plot’, interior minister says ballots safe, speaker for poll rerun 11 Jun 2018 - 12:31 am
Security forces carry ballot boxes as smoke rises from a storage site in Baghdad, housing the boxes from Iraq's May parliamentary election, Iraq June 10, 2018. Reuters
Fire hits Iraq's biggest ballot warehouse before recount: security official 10 Jun 2018 - 04:26 pm
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Syria strikes kill 11 civilians after jihadist attack: monitor 10 Jun 2018 - 04:01 pm
Syrians gather amidst destruction in Zardana, in the mostly rebel-held northern Syrian Idlib province, in the aftermath of following air strikes in the area late on June 8, 2018.   AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Assad says West is fueling Syria war, hoping to topple him 10 Jun 2018 - 03:49 pm
(FILE PHOTO) A picture of Syria's President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Ramouseh, a government-controlled area of Aleppo, Syria December 8, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Deadly clashes as jihadists attack besieged Syria regime villages 10 Jun 2018 - 11:56 am
Syrians gather amidst destruction in Zardana, in the mostly rebel-held northern Syrian Idlib province, in the aftermath of following air strikes in the area late on June 8, 2018. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Iran, spurned by US, angrily watches Trump-North Korea talks 10 Jun 2018 - 09:38 am
Peninsula
Turkey installs 764 km security wall on Syria border 09 Jun 2018 - 03:03 pm
Peninsula
Bombs in Iraqi city of Kirkuk kill 1, wound 18 09 Jun 2018 - 02:39 pm
A man looks at bloodstains on a roadway after a bomb explosion in the ethnically-mixed Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, Iraq, June 9, 2018. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed
Somalia's al Shabaab claims attack in which US soldier died 09 Jun 2018 - 10:17 am
Peninsula
Hezbollah leader says to stay in Syria 09 Jun 2018 - 01:55 am
Syrian children play among destroyed buildings in Kobane on May 27, 2018.  AFP / Delil souleiman
Israeli troops kill 4 Palestinians as Gaza protest resumes 09 Jun 2018 - 01:30 am
A Palestinian protestor waves his national flag during a demonstration along the border with Israel east of Jabalia in the central Gaza Strip on June 8, 2018.  AFP / Mohammed Abed