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Security around Russian embassy in Turkey stepped up after Ankara attack 19 Dec 2016 - 08:26 pm
Turkish police secure the area near an art gallery where the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov was shot in Ankara, Turkey, December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
Attacker of Russia's Ankara ambassador shouted 'Aleppo,' 'revenge' 19 Dec 2016 - 07:58 pm
Turkish police secure the area near an art gallery where the Russian Ambassador to Turkey Andrei Karlov was shot in Ankara, Turkey, December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Umit Bektas
UN appeals for $547 million in aid for Palestinians 19 Dec 2016 - 07:30 pm
Robert Piper (Twitter image)
Russian ambassador to Ankara wounded in gun attack: reports 19 Dec 2016 - 07:24 pm
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Israel arrests diamond magnate in graft probe 19 Dec 2016 - 07:11 pm
Beny Steinmetz was arrested as part of a wide-ranging investigation involving tens of millions of dollars and including authorities in Israel, Guinea, the United States and Switzerland, Israeli police said in a statement. (Photo courtesy: beny-steinmetz.c
Suicide belts found after attack at Jordan tourist spot 19 Dec 2016 - 06:28 pm
Guard of honor carry a picture of Lieutenant Colonel Saed Mayateh, who was killed during an attack yesterday, during his funeral in the city of Karak, Jordan, December 19, 2016. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed
Mosul’s recapture will take ‘long time’: Commander 19 Dec 2016 - 05:28 pm
Iraqi special forces gather next to their armoured vehicles in the neighbourhood of al-Barid, east of Mosul, on December 18, 2016 during their ongoing operation against Islamic State (IS) group jihadists to wrest back the city. / AFP / Mahmoud AL-SAMARRAI
Turkey, Russia, Iran to meet in Moscow over Syria 19 Dec 2016 - 05:23 pm
Civilians wait to be evacuated from the east part of Aleppo that had been under siege by Assad Regime forces and its supporter foreign terrorist groups at a crossing point at Amiriyah district of Aleppo in Syria on December 19, 2016. ( Mamun Ebu Ömer - An
3,400 Palestinians killed in Syria in last 5 years: NGO 19 Dec 2016 - 04:55 pm
(File Photo) Al-Yarmouk refugee camp, south of Damascus
46-bus civilian convoy arrives to Aleppo’s W. outskirts 19 Dec 2016 - 04:49 pm
Civilians evacuated from the east part of Aleppo that had been under siege by Assad Regime forces and its supporter foreign terrorist groups, arrive Syria's Rashidin area on December 19, 2016. ( Firas Faham - Anadolu Agency )
15 detained for Saturday's deadly Kayseri attack 19 Dec 2016 - 02:11 pm
Photo: AA.
Jordan police find suicide belts after deadly attack 19 Dec 2016 - 01:15 pm
KARAK, JORDAN - DECEMBER 18 : Jordan's security forces carry out operation after the gunmen attacked several police patrols in the southern city of Karak, Jordan on December 18, 2016. According to local sources, unknown gunmen attacked Jordanian policemen
Seven-year-old Syria war symbol evacuated from Aleppo 19 Dec 2016 - 01:03 pm
Bana al-Abed, seven, reading in her home in east Aleppo CREDIT: TWITTER.
Turkish hospitals treat over 130 Aleppo evacuees 19 Dec 2016 - 12:21 pm
Photo: AA.
Thousands evacuated from Aleppo as UN eyes observers 19 Dec 2016 - 12:08 pm
A bus drives through the government-controlled crossing of Ramoussa, on the southern outskirts of Aleppo, on December 18, 2016, during an evacuation operation of rebel fighters and civilians from rebel-held areas. George Ourfalian/AFP.
Jordan says castle siege ends after deadly shootout 19 Dec 2016 - 11:39 am
Photo: AA.
3,000 leave rebel Aleppo in new evacuations 19 Dec 2016 - 11:24 am
ALEPPO, SYRIA - DECEMBER 18 : Syrians wait to be evacuated from the east part of Aleppo that had been under siege by Assad Regime forces and its supporter foreign terrorist groups at a crossing point at Amiriyah district of Aleppo in Syria on December 18,
Lebanon unveils new government 19 Dec 2016 - 11:11 am
BEIRUT, LEBANON - DECEMBER 18: Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C), Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri (R) and Lebanese Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri (L) meet to discuss government formation process in Beirut, Lebanon on December 18, 2016. ( Dalati Nohra