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World / Middle East

Children among 8 killed in Russian strikes on Syria's Idlib: monitor 24 Dec 2019 - 01:07 pm
A drone picture taken on December 23, 2019 shows empty streets and damaged buildings in the town of Maaret Al-Numan in the northwestern Idlib province. AFP / Omar HAJ KADOUR
Algeria's army chief dies after severe heart attack 23 Dec 2019 - 06:57 pm
Algeria's army chief General Ahmed Gaed Salah attends newly elected Algerian President swearing-in ceremony. Algiers. December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina
Iran denies parole for UK-Iranian, rights activist 22 Dec 2019 - 10:40 pm
Sudan opens Darfur crimes probe against Bashir regime figures 22 Dec 2019 - 07:39 pm
Sudan's former president Omar al-Bashir sits inside a cage during a hearing of the verdict. Sudan, December 14, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah
Syria regime widens control over Idlib, fuelling exodus: monitor 22 Dec 2019 - 03:48 pm
A Syrian boy sits atop personal effects in the back of a pick-up truck fleeing bombardment in the town of Saraqib, in the northwestern Idlib province, on December 21, 2019.  AFP / Ibrahim Yasouf
Lebanon PM-designate begins tough talks to form government 21 Dec 2019 - 06:25 pm
Lebanon's prime minister-designate Hassan Diab at Baabda Palace in Beirut, Lebanon on December 19, 2019.
Libya govt urges military aid from friendly nations 21 Dec 2019 - 02:12 am
Libya's UN-recognised Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj holds a cabinet meeting in the Libyan capital Tripoli on December 19, 2019.  AFP
Lebanon's new PM says he plans a government of experts 21 Dec 2019 - 02:12 am
Lebanese outgoing prime minister Saad Hariri meets with Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab (L) in Beirut on December 20, 2019. AFP
Lebanon PM designate says wants government soon, won't be under Hezbollah sway 20 Dec 2019 - 08:02 pm
Lebanese outgoing prime minister Saad Hariri meets with Prime Minister-designate Hassan Diab (L) in Beirut on December 20, 2019. AFP
Lebanese President designates Hassan Diab as new premier 19 Dec 2019 - 09:35 pm
Hassan Diab arrives to talk to the media after being named Lebanon's new prime minister, at the presidential palace in Baabda, Lebanon December 19, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Regime bombardment kills 14 civilians in northwest Syria: monitor 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm
Syrians check the site of a reported government bombardment in the village of Maasaran on the outskirts of Maaret al-Numan in northwestern Idlib province on December 17, 2019. AFP / Omar Haj Kadour
Erdogan says world cares more about Syria's oil than its children 17 Dec 2019 - 06:08 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan makes a speech during the 1st Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland on December 17, 2019. (Volkan Furuncu/Anadolu Agency)
Moroccan military: 7 migrants dead, 70 saved from shipwreck 16 Dec 2019 - 10:50 pm
File photo: Migrants in a dinghy paddle their way on the Mediterranean Sea to attempt crossing to the Greek island of Kos as a Turkish Coast Guard ship patrols off the shores off Bodrum Sept 19, 2015. Reuters / Umit Bektas
How one deadly day prompted Iraqi leader's exit 16 Dec 2019 - 08:56 pm
Adel Abdul Mahdi
UN urges probe into 'excessive force' against Lebanon protesters 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm
Riot police detain an anti-government demonstrator during clashes in the capital Beirut on December 14, 2019. AFP / Anwar Amro
No consensus yet on new Iraqi PM as deadline looms 16 Dec 2019 - 05:04 pm
An Iraqi worker enters the Great Mosque of Al-Nuri during the complex's reconstruction in Mosul’s war-ravaged old town, on December 15, 2019. AFP / Zaid Al-Obeidi
Lebanon's Hariri may be named PM but faces struggle to form government 15 Dec 2019 - 08:14 pm
Saad al-Hariri
Smog forces schools shut in Iran 15 Dec 2019 - 05:10 pm
An Iranian motorists wearing a breathing mask while commuting as a blanket of smog covers the city as heavy pollution hit the Iranian capital on December 15, 2019. / AFP