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World / Middle East

Lebanon ‘Going To Hell’ if no government is formed, Aoun warns 21 Sep 2020 - 03:35 pm
President Michel Aoun talking to the press at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital, regarding ongoing consultations to form a new cabinet.  AFP / DALATI AND NOHRA
Lebanese PM urges efforts to make French initiative succeed 21 Sep 2020 - 11:21 am
A handout picture provided by the Lebanese photo agency Dalati and Nohra on September 17, 2020 shows Lebanon's prime minister-designate Mustapha Adib giving a press conference at the presidential palace in Baabda, east of Beirut. AFP PHOTO / HO / DALATI A
Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims at ravaged palace 20 Sep 2020 - 08:51 pm
Musicians and choir singers prepare to perform at a concert for the victims of August's deadly Beirut blast in the gardens of the damaged 19th-century Sursock Palace in Achrafieh in the Lebanese capital on September 20, 2020. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
SC extends mandate of UN Assistance Mission in Iraq 20 Sep 2020 - 08:22 am
Peninsula
Lebanese Christian party offers idea to resolve dispute over new cabinet 19 Sep 2020 - 04:18 pm
Gebran Bassil. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Lebanon's army finds firework cache at devastated Beirut port 19 Sep 2020 - 12:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: A volunteer digs through the rubble of buildings which collapsed due to the explosion at the port area, after signs of life were detected, in Gemmayze, Beirut, Lebanon September 5, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir/File Photo
Lebanese footballer dies of bullet wound 18 Sep 2020 - 02:11 pm
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Lebanese PM-designate to hold more talks in faltering bid to appoint cabinet 17 Sep 2020 - 05:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Newly appointed Lebanese Prime Minister Mustapha Adib wears a protective face mask as he arrives to attend a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon September 1, 2020. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Turkey begins Phase III trials of Chinese coronavirus vaccine - minister 16 Sep 2020 - 08:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: A booth displaying a coronavirus vaccine candidate from Sinovac Biotech Ltd is seen at the 2020 China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), following the COVID-19 outbreak, in Beijing, China September 4, 2020. REUTERS/Tingshu Wang
'Unbelievable': Another fire in Beirut unnerves shattered residents 15 Sep 2020 - 11:42 am
Lebanese firefighters douse the flames of a blaze that engulfed a landmark modern building, designed by the late world-renowned British-Iraqi architect Zaha Hadid, in central Beirut on September 15, 2020 AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Suspected Israeli strikes kill 10 pro-Iran fighters in Syria: monitor 14 Sep 2020 - 02:14 pm
Peninsula
Syria's schools open amid anti-coronavirus measures 13 Sep 2020 - 06:13 pm
Syrian pupils, some wearing protective face masks, take their seats in class in the capital Damascus on September 13, 2020, during the first day of the school year. / AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Lebanese protesters clash with army near presidential palace 12 Sep 2020 - 06:58 pm
Demonstrators write on a road sign during anti-government protests near presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon September 12, 2020. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Turkish capital hit by freak sandstorm 12 Sep 2020 - 05:49 pm
Massive cloud of dust greys the sky in Turkish capital Ankara on September 12, 2020. Aytaç Ünal - Anadolu
Erdogan warns Macron not to 'mess with Turkey' over eastern Med 12 Sep 2020 - 05:29 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Murat Kula - Anadolu
Huge blast rocks Jordan military arms depot 11 Sep 2020 - 01:42 pm
TOPSHOT - This images taken and received from Twitter user @saleh_monther early on September 11, 2020 shows an explosion at a military numitions depot in the city of Zarqa, 25 kilometres (15 miles) east of the capital Amman /AFP / @saleh_monther / Handout
Lebanese firefighters douse remains of Beirut port fire 11 Sep 2020 - 01:00 pm
Lebanese firefighters stand on a ladder amid billowing smoke as they extinguish the remaining flames at the seaport of Beirut, on September 11, 2020, a day after a huge fire erupted in harbour warehouses. / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Turkey considers allowing Phase III testing of Russia's COVID-19 vaccine 10 Sep 2020 - 09:39 pm
A nurse prepares to inoculate volunteer Ilya Dubrovin, 36, with Russia's new coronavirus vaccine in a post-registration trials at a clinic in Moscow on September 10, 2020.. / AFP / Natalia KOLESNIKOVA