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US keeps patrolling around Syrian oil fields 04 Nov 2019 - 05:56 pm
A US armoured vehicle patrols the northern countryside of the northeastern Syrian town of al-Malikiyah (Derik) at the border with Turkey, on November 3, 2019. / AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
Lebanon protests rage on as politicians stall 04 Nov 2019 - 05:43 pm
Demonstrators sit on the ground and read along a blocked road during ongoing anti-government protests in Beirut, Lebanon November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Protesters block roads in Beirut, other areas of Lebanon 04 Nov 2019 - 01:41 pm
Lebanese army soldiers stand guard outside a branch of Byblos Bank in the southern city of Sidon, Lebanon November 4, 2019. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
Turkey says it will send back Islamic State prisoners even if citizenships revoked 04 Nov 2019 - 12:11 pm
File photo of Turkish Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu speaks during a news conference for foreign media correspondents in Istanbul, Turkey, August 21, 2019. Ahmet Bolat/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo
Three protesters shot dead in Iraq's Karbala near Iran consulate: medics 04 Nov 2019 - 11:17 am
Peninsula
Iraqi protesters attack Iran consulate in Karbala 04 Nov 2019 - 08:41 am
Iraqi protesters block al-Sinek bridge which leads to the Iranian embassy, during ongoing anti-government demonstrations in the capital Baghdad on November 1, 2019. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Thousands of Lebanese rally outside presidential palace in support of Aoun 03 Nov 2019 - 02:32 pm
A supporter of Lebanon's President Michel Aoun holds his pictures during a rally in Baabda near Beirut, Lebanon, November 3, 2019. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Intercontinental marathon kicks off in Istanbul 03 Nov 2019 - 10:05 am
 Participants compete in the world's only intercontinental marathon 'Vodafone 41st Istanbul Marathon' in Istanbul, Turkey on November 03, 2019
US military calls on Kurdish forces in northeast Syria 02 Nov 2019 - 05:37 pm
A US soldier sits atop an armoured personnel carrier in the Kurdish-majority city of Qamishli, in Syria's northeastern Hasakeh province on November 2, 2019. / AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
Lebanon's banks see no "extraordinary movement" of money on reopening 02 Nov 2019 - 01:52 pm
FILE PHOTO: A young demonstrator stands outside the Central Bank of Lebanon in Beirut, Lebanon, October 25, 2019. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis/File Photo
Thirsty crops, leaky infrastructure drive Tunisia's water crisis 02 Nov 2019 - 12:04 am
Grandmother Massouda Barhoumi sits under a tree on her family's land, which is a 4km walk from the nearest source of water, in the central region of Kairouan, Tunisia on September 2, 2019. Thomson Reuters Foundation/Layli Foroudi
Lebanon president calls for merit-based govt, in nod to protesters 01 Nov 2019 - 08:36 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun addressing the nation on the third anniversary of his presidency from the presidential palace in Baabda, east of the capital Beirut, on October 31, 2019.  AFP/ Dalati and Nohra
No Israeli govt involvement in alleged NSO-WhatsApp hack: minister 01 Nov 2019 - 08:31 pm
The logo of WhatsApp mobile messaging service in a file photo taken on December 28, 2016 in Paris. AFP / Lionel Bonaventure
Iraqis defy crackdown to hold biggest protests yet 01 Nov 2019 - 06:33 pm
An Iraqi female demonstrator takes part in ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq November 1, 2019. Reuters/Ahmed Jadallah
Car blast kills eight in Syria's Afrin, near Turkish border 31 Oct 2019 - 11:25 am
Peninsula
Roads blocked in Lebanon as protests enter third week 31 Oct 2019 - 11:08 am
Lebanese army soldiers clash with protesters as they attempt to reopen the main highway that links the cities of Saida and Beirut near the town of Jiyeh, south of the Lebanese capital Beirut, on October 30, 2019. AFP
North Korea fires unidentified projectile - South Korea military 31 Oct 2019 - 10:59 am
Peninsula
US releases Baghdadi raid video, warns of likely retribution attack 31 Oct 2019 - 07:56 am
U.S. special forces move towards the compound of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi during a raid in the Idlib region of Syria in a still image from video October 26, 2019. Video picture taken October 26, 2019. U.S. Department of Defense/Handout vi