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World / Middle East

Istanbul bans shisha in public places as Turkey mitigates forest fires risks 05 Jul 2023 - 05:51 pm
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French court upholds freezing assets of Lebanon's central bank chief 04 Jul 2023 - 06:28 pm
File Photo: Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh during a studio photo session in Beirut on December 20, 2021. (Photo by Joseph EID / AFP)
Al Araby TV Network slams targeting of its camera crew by Israeli army 04 Jul 2023 - 09:42 am
People walk along a street in the occupied West Bank city of Jenin on July 4, 2023, a day after an Israeli military operation. (Photo by Ronaldo SCHEMIDT / AFP)
Turkish state banks resume supporting lira as rout deepens 03 Jul 2023 - 02:22 pm
File photo: Hand counting Turkish lira banknotes
Islamic body calls for push to prevent Quran burnings 02 Jul 2023 - 08:10 pm
A demonstrator holds a copy of the Holy Quran with accompanying translation during a rally in Jakarta on July 2, 2023, as they protest against the burning of the Islamic holy book outside a Stockholm mosque that outraged Muslims around the world. (Photo by Adek Berry / AFP)
Israeli air strikes hit targets in Syria 02 Jul 2023 - 10:01 am
Peninsula
Iraq calls on Sweden to extradite man responsible for burning Holy Quran 01 Jul 2023 - 07:52 pm
A supporter of Iraq's Sadrist movement holds up the Holy Quran outside the Swedish embassy in Baghdad on June 30, 2023. (Photo by Ahmad Al-Rubaye / AFP)
At least 3 dead in building collapse in Egypt's coastal city of Alexandria, officials say 27 Jun 2023 - 03:11 pm
Civil defence first responders speak with a policeman (white) at the scene of a collapsed 13-storey-building in the Sidi Bishr district of Egypt's northern city of Alexandria on June 26, 2023. (Photo by Hazem GOUDA / AFP)
Huge crowds swarm from Makkah for haj climax 26 Jun 2023 - 06:51 pm
A handout picture provided by the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) on June 26, 2023, shows buses which are used to transport pilgrims, parked at a station in the holy city of Mecca, during the annual haj pilgrimage. (Photo by SPA / AFP)
Egypt's president gives highest honor to visiting Indian PM amid improving ties 25 Jun 2023 - 04:46 pm
A handout picture released by the Egyptian Presidency on June 25, 2023 shows Egyptian president Abdel Fattah al-Sisi (right) granting the Order of the Nile medal to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the capital Cairo. (Photo by AFP)
French special envoy meets key Lebanese players on 'consultative' mission 22 Jun 2023 - 07:33 pm
Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati (right) meets with France's new special envoy for Lebanon Jean-Yves Le Drian, in Beirut on June 22, 2023. (Photo by Anwar Amro / AFP)
Egyptian village mourns dozens feared drowned trying to reach Europe 19 Jun 2023 - 07:18 pm
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French envoy heads to Lebanon in bid to end crisis 18 Jun 2023 - 05:55 pm
A general view shows the area near Beirut's port / Reuters file photo
New truce between Sudan's warring generals takes effect 18 Jun 2023 - 10:12 am
File photo: Smoke billows in the distance amid ongoing fighting in Khartoum on June 13, 2023. (Photo by AFP)
Saudi foreign minister in first Iran visit since detente 17 Jun 2023 - 02:57 pm
Peninsula
EU pledges 560 mn euros for Syrians fleeing war 15 Jun 2023 - 01:25 pm
In this picture taken on June 13, 2023, Ibrahim al-Korbaw, a 48-year-old Syrian refugee and his children, shell cloves of garlic in front of the family tent at a refugee camp in Saadnayel in eastern Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Photo by ANWAR AMRO / AFP)
UN food agency to cut Syria aid by about half 13 Jun 2023 - 09:46 pm
In this aerial view taken on June 3, 2023, a child smiles as she sifts through the rubbish with a scythe, looking for plastic items to sell for recycling, at a dump site near the village of Hazreh in Syria's northwestern Idlib province. (Photo by Aaref Watad / AFP)
Oil transfer from abandoned Yemen ship FSO Safer to start soon 13 Jun 2023 - 12:50 pm
The beleaguered Yemen-flagged FSO Safer oil tanker is pictured in the Red Sea off the coast of Yemen's contested western province of Hodeida on June 12, 2023. (Photo by Mohammed Huwais / AFP)