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Sesame Street to bring laughter to war-hit children in Middle East 21 Dec 2017 - 12:07 pm
Sesame Muppet Tonton surprised a class of young students in an IRC classroom in the Bekaa Valley, Lebanon. Image from: http://refugee.sesameinternational.org/photo-gallery/
Ally of Iran's Ahmadinejad says sentenced to 63 years' jail 20 Dec 2017 - 06:33 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on April 5, 2017 shows former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (R) and his former vice president, Hamid Baghaie, holding hands during a press conference in the capital Tehran. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Blinded in one eye, Syrian baby becomes symbol of siege 20 Dec 2017 - 02:46 pm
(COMBO) This combination of pictures created on December 19, 2017 shows Syrians covering one eye with their hands in the rebel-held town of Douma in Syria's besieged eastern Ghouta region, as part of a campaign in solidarity with a baby boy, Karim Abdalla
Air strikes kill 19 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 20 Dec 2017 - 12:22 pm
File Photo.
Iraqi Kurdistan protests turn deadly 19 Dec 2017 - 08:26 pm
Kurdish protesters run away from tear gaz during a rally against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer.
Five dead as protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan: medical official 19 Dec 2017 - 07:53 pm
Kurdish protesters run away from tear gaz during a rally against the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG) in Sulaimaniyah, Iraq December 18, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer.
Egypt colonel gets 6 years after announcing presidential bid 19 Dec 2017 - 07:44 pm
Ahmed Konsowa
U.N. to move 10,000 migrants from Libya in 2018 19 Dec 2017 - 04:52 pm
Migrants rest on the MV Aquarius, a search and rescue ship run in partnership between SOS Mediterranee and Medecins Sans Frontieres, as it approaches the Italian island of Sicily after rescue operations in the central Mediterranean off the coast of Libya,
Assad says France sponsors terrorism, cannot talk about peace 19 Dec 2017 - 02:12 pm
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaking to the press after receiving a Russian delegation in Damascus. / AFP / SANA
Assad says France sponsors terrorism, cannot talk about peace 19 Dec 2017 - 12:02 pm
A handout picture released by the Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on December 18, 2017 shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad speaking to the press after receiving a Russian delegation in Damascus. AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA
Iran says Trump cannot cause collapse of nuclear deal - TV 19 Dec 2017 - 11:55 am
A file photo of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Lebanon arrests taxi driver over murder of British woman 18 Dec 2017 - 02:30 pm
A undated handout picture released by the family of Rebecca Dykes through Britain's Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London on December 17, 2017, shows Rebecca Dykes, a British woman employed at the UK embassy in Lebanon, who has been found murder
Erdogan says Turkey will open embassy in East Jerusalem 17 Dec 2017 - 04:03 pm
President of Turkey and Leader of the Justice and Development Party (AK Party) Recep Tayyip Erdogan addresses during his party's provincial head meeting in Karaman, Turkey on December 17, 2017. Mehmet Ali Özcan - Anadolu
Heavy air pollution shuts schools in Iran 17 Dec 2017 - 03:57 pm
 Iranian women wearing face masks wait at a bus stop as winter's heavy pollution has hit new highs in the capital Tehran, on December 17, 2017. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
France 'has no plan' to move embassy to Jerusalem 16 Dec 2017 - 01:01 pm
French foreign affairs minister Jean Yves Le Drian stands at the entrance of the castle of la Celle Saint cloud for a summit from the underfunded G5 Sahel anti-terror coalition on December 13, 2017. / AFP / ludovic MARIN.
Russia to resume flights to Egypt in February 16 Dec 2017 - 10:24 am
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Jordanians march through Amman for Jerusalem, Palestine 16 Dec 2017 - 09:51 am
People attend a protest against U.S. President Donald Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital, in Amman, Jordan on December 15, 2017. ( Shadi Nsoor - Anadolu Agency ).
Lebanon-Syria border crossing to reopen 14 Dec 2017 - 05:04 pm
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