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World / Middle East

Israel freezes work on 'Armenian genocide' bill 03 Jun 2018 - 10:07 am
File photo of an Israeli soldier standing guard under an Israeli national flag during a tour made by Israeli parliament members in the Jordan Valley near the Jewish settlement of Maale Efrayim January 2, 2014. Credit: Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
Lebanese woman detained for insulting Egyptians in viral video 02 Jun 2018 - 08:32 pm
Mona el-Mazboh. Facebook
Jordan protests snowball over price hikes, income tax draft law 02 Jun 2018 - 08:02 pm
Demonstrators confront anti-riot policemen as they protest against against a proposed income tax draft law in front of the Prime Minister's office in Amman, late on June 1, 2018.   AFP / STRINGER
Syria FM: Iran has no combat forces, bases in the country 02 Jun 2018 - 02:05 pm
Syria foreign minister Walid al-Moallem
12 civilians shot dead in northern Iraq 02 Jun 2018 - 01:06 pm
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Turkish air strikes "neutralise" 15 Kurdish militants - military 02 Jun 2018 - 11:54 am
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US vetoes UN resolution on protecting Palestinians 02 Jun 2018 - 11:00 am
United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley (L) votes during the Security Council meeting on the situation in the Middle East including the Question of Palestine at the United Nations Headquarters in New York, United States on June 01, 201
Razan Najjar, 21-year-old Palestinian paramedic volunteer, shot in chest by Israeli live fire in Gaza 02 Jun 2018 - 01:09 am
Palestinian nurse Razan al-Najjar helps an injured at an emergency medical tent during protests at the Israel-Gaza border. (Facebook/ The Palestinian Information Center)
Lebanon working for return of thousands of Syrian refugees: security official 31 May 2018 - 10:30 pm
Syrian children play in a makeshift refugee camp on the outskirts of the town of Zahle in Bekaa Valley,  Lebanon,  on June 20, 2016.  AFP / Patrick Baz
UN agencies for Syria refugees warn of critical cash crunch 31 May 2018 - 01:31 pm
Syrian children displaced from Eastern Ghouta play in a park in Afrin on May 5, 2018.AFP / Nazeer AL-KHATIB
Red Cross sends surgeons, supplies to Gaza to treat wounded 31 May 2018 - 11:53 am
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Assad says U.S. must leave Syria, vows to recover SDF areas 31 May 2018 - 10:13 am
Syria's President Bashar al Assad attends an interview with a Greek newspaper in Damascus, Syria in this handout released May 10, 2018. SANA/Handout via Reuters/File Photo
Assad says US will leave Syria, vows to retake SDF-held areas 31 May 2018 - 09:38 am
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Turkey says to go elsewhere if U.S. won't sell it F-35 jets - NTV 30 May 2018 - 11:16 am
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and his German counterpart Heiko Maas commemorate the 25th anniversary of an arson attack killing two Turkish women and three girls by right-wing extremists in Solingen, Germany, May 29, 2018. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rat
Senior Hamas official says ceasefire reached over Gaza violence 30 May 2018 - 08:32 am
A picture taken from Gaza City on May 29, 2018, shows a smoke billowing in the background following an Israeli air strike on the Palestinian enclave.  / AFP / THOMAS COEX
Israeli hits dozens of Gaza targets after mortar barrage 29 May 2018 - 10:13 pm
An Israeli army tank patrols along the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018. AFP / Jack Guez
Syrian army ready for southern battle: Pro-Assad commander 29 May 2018 - 03:42 pm
A general view shows the sun setting over a rebel-held area in the southern Syrian city of Daraa on May 28, 2018. / AFP / Mohamad ABAZEED
Russia, USA and Jordan to meet in southern Syria amid tensions - RIA 29 May 2018 - 11:00 am
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