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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
Lebanese burn ruling parties' offices after night of clashes 15 Dec 2019 - 04:35 pm
Lebanese riot police prepare to fire teargas canisters during clashes with anti-government demonstrators in the capital Beirut on December 14, 2019. / AFP / SERVICES AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Lebanon counter-protesters clash with police in Beirut 14 Dec 2019 - 09:13 pm
 Clashes in central Beirut on December 14, 2019 . / AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Untiring protesters come up against immovable elite in Algeria 14 Dec 2019 - 08:55 pm
A file photo taken on March 03, 2019 shows protesters holding placards during a sit-in against the then Algerian president’s bid for a fifth term in office at the Porte d Aix in Marseille. AFP / Gerard Julien
Turkish official says EU should boost funding of Syrian refugees 14 Dec 2019 - 04:39 pm
Syrians are seen on the mud-covered road between tents at a refugee camp, where Syrian refugees live, after heavy rain at winter season in northeastern Idlib, Syria on December 13, 2019. Muhammed Said - Anadolu
Iraq's top Shiite cleric condemns gruesome hanging of teen 14 Dec 2019 - 02:10 pm
 Iraqi security forces observe protesters from their checkpoint at al-Sinek bridge in the capital Baghdad amid ongoing anti-government demonstrations on December 12, 2019. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
US sanctions on Iran violate international law: Mahathir 14 Dec 2019 - 10:23 am
File picture of Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
Iraq's top Shiite cleric condemns gruesome hanging of teen 14 Dec 2019 - 02:26 am
Protesters stage a protest with symbolic blooded clothes to draw attention to the human rights violations suffered by Iraqi people as they continue their anti-government demonstrations in Baghdad, Iraq on December 15, 2019. (Murtadha Sudani/Anadolu Agency
Ex-PM elected Algeria's new president, to protesters' dismay 13 Dec 2019 - 07:52 pm
Abdelmadjid Tebboune attends a forum at the headquarters of al-Hiwar newspaper in the capital Algiers In this file photo taken on November 24, 2019. AFP / Ryad Kramdi
Israel hails Johnson win as defeat for anti-Semitism 13 Dec 2019 - 05:47 pm
Algerian protesters rally as election goes ahead 12 Dec 2019 - 07:04 pm
Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest to reject the presidential election in Algiers, Algeria December 12, 2019. The sign reads:
New rocket attack targets Iraq base housing US troops 12 Dec 2019 - 11:39 am
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Somali security forces kill 5 al Shabaab fighters to end hotel siege 11 Dec 2019 - 08:51 am
An ambulance carrying an injured person from an attack by Al Shabaab gunmen on a hotel near the presidential residence arrives to the Shaafi hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia December 10, 2019. Reuters/Feisal Omar
Angry protesters attack Lebanese city's municipality 10 Dec 2019 - 05:50 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanese protesters celebrate the resignation of Saad Hariri in the southern city of Sidon on October 29, 2019 on the 13th day of anti-government protests. AFP / Mahmoud Zayyat
Heavy rain causes floods, paralyzes Lebanon's capital 09 Dec 2019 - 07:15 pm
Cars are stuck after breaking down on a flooded road due to heavy rain, at the southern entrance of the Lebanese capital Beirut on December 9, 2019. / AFP / Anwar AMRO
Lebanon protesters scuffle with lawmaker's bodyguards 09 Dec 2019 - 06:33 pm
File photo:  Riot police stand guard behind barbed-wire next to the Government Palace during ongoing anti-government protests in downtown Beirut, Lebanon, October 24, 2019. Reuters / Alkis Konstantinidis.jpeg
S.Sudan speaker resigns under pressure over mismanagement 09 Dec 2019 - 10:50 am
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Rockets hit Iraq military complex housing US forces: army 09 Dec 2019 - 10:09 am
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