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Iraqi forces resume offensive on eastern Mosul 31 Oct 2016 - 09:49 am
Peninsula
Iraqi villagers escape Islamic State snipers, leave family behind 31 Oct 2016 - 09:01 am
Newly displaced people are pictured at a screening center in Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Turkish police detain editor of opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper - media 31 Oct 2016 - 08:22 am
Peninsula
Yemen rebels say UN peace plan 'basis for discussion' 30 Oct 2016 - 09:49 pm
Yemeni protestors carry placards bearing the portraits Gulf leaders of during a demonstration in support of Saudi Arabia, after the Saudi-led coalition said Yemeni rebels have launched a ballistic missile earlier in the week that was shot down near the ho
Four Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai 30 Oct 2016 - 09:25 pm
File photo of the wreckage of a A321 Russian airliner in Wadi al-Zolomat a mountainous area of Sinai Peninsula, Egypt after it crashed on October 31, 2015. (AFP / Maxim Grigoryev)
US aid to Israel is for killing Palestinians: Activist 30 Oct 2016 - 09:09 pm
Ann Wright (Photo courtesy: (Thomas Good / NLN / Wikimedia Commons)
Protests erupt in Morocco after fishmonger crushed to death 30 Oct 2016 - 09:04 pm
People await on the beach before crossing the El Tarajal border, separating Morocco and Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, in Ceuta on October 27, 2016. (AFP / JORGE GUERRERO)
First mass in two years held in Iraq's main Christian town 30 Oct 2016 - 08:43 pm
An Iraqi Christian prepares for the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul in Iraq October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Prominent Israeli writer resigns after harassment claims 30 Oct 2016 - 07:26 pm
The allegations against Ari Shavit have caused waves in Israel, where he is well-known as a columnist for leftwing newspaper Haaretz and a commentator for privately owned Channel 10 television. (YouTube image)
60 years on, Palestinians recall Kafr Qasim massacre 30 Oct 2016 - 06:57 pm
Peninsula
Israel says troops kill Palestinian who injured three in car attack 30 Oct 2016 - 06:54 pm
Peninsula
Old enemies set to elect Aoun as Lebanon's president 30 Oct 2016 - 06:19 pm
The presidential chair is pictured inside the presidential palace prior to presidential elections in Baabda, near Beirut, Lebanon October 29, 2016. Picture taken October 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Car bomb kills at least eight in Baghdad market 30 Oct 2016 - 05:23 pm
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Saudi Arabia says arrests Islamic State suspects plotting attacks 30 Oct 2016 - 03:51 pm
Peninsula
Iraqi army takes 2 more villages from Islamic State 30 Oct 2016 - 03:42 pm
Iraqi security forces take part in an operation against Islamic State militants at the al-Shura area, south of Mosul October 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
Syria state media says rebels fire toxic gas in Aleppo 30 Oct 2016 - 03:38 pm
A rebel fighter carries an empty smoking shell in Dahiyet al-Assad after firing towards Regime-held Hamdaniyah neighbourhood, west Aleppo city, Syria October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ammar Abdullah
Syrian opposition makes gains in Aleppo offensive 30 Oct 2016 - 03:02 pm
A Syrian opposition group get prepared before they attack the positions of the Assad regime forces with missiles during an operation to break the siege of the regime forces in the city center in Aleppo, Syria on October 28, 2016. ( Ahmed Hasan Obed - Anad
Iraqi militiamen battle IS southwest of Mosul 30 Oct 2016 - 02:17 pm
Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) personnel fire artillery during clashes with Islamic State militants south of Mosul October 29, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer