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Algeria youth leader charged with undermining national unity: lawyer 24 Nov 2019 - 11:53 pm
Fouad Ouicher of the Youth Action Rally was charged alongside Saida Deffeur, one of the organisation's activists, said lawyer Seddik Mouhous.  (Twitter image courtesy of Khaled Drareni @khaleddrareni)
Rights researcher deported by Israel vows to continue work 24 Nov 2019 - 08:17 pm
US citizen Omar Shakir, the New York-based rights group's director for Israel and the Palestinian territories is pictured during an interview at an east Jerusalem hotel, on November 24, ahead of his expulsion from Israel. AFP / Ahmad Gharabli
Anti-government protests sweep oil-rich southern Iraq 24 Nov 2019 - 08:17 pm
A protester jumps between burning tires during ongoing anti-government protests in Basra, Iraq November 24, 2019. Reuters/Essam al-Sudani
US citizen jailed in Lebanon as country deals with crisis 24 Nov 2019 - 08:17 pm
Amer Fakhoury's family insists he had no direct contact with prisoners and never abused anyone, and there was never an abuse allegation against him.
Will Netanyahu's party stick with him? Senior leaders quiet 24 Nov 2019 - 07:06 pm
Benjamin Netanyahu
Lebanon detains children for tearing down political banner 24 Nov 2019 - 03:09 pm
Lebanese protesters raise a national flag as they take part in a 20km (12 miles) march in the Bisri Valley, southwest of the capital Beirut on November 22, 2019, to protest against the construction of a dam in the area. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Security forces kill two protesters near Iraq's key Umm Qasr port in south: Sources 24 Nov 2019 - 11:51 am
Peninsula
Protester shot dead, dozens wounded in Iraq: medical source 23 Nov 2019 - 04:22 pm
Members of Iraqi security forces are seen during ongoing anti-government protests, in Baghdad, Iraq November 23, 2019. REUTERS/Khalid al-Mousily
Iraqi officials: Pence visits US troops in surprise trip 23 Nov 2019 - 04:09 pm
U.S. Vice President Mike Pence attends a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, October 17, 2019. REUTERS/Huseyin Aldemir/File Photo
Internet outage forces Iranians to resort to old ways 23 Nov 2019 - 02:57 pm
A bike-delivery food messenger stands next to another man as they both use smartphones along the side of a street in the Iranian capital Tehran on November 23, 2019.  AFP / ATTA KENARE
Car bomb kills 9 in northern Syria town: monitor 23 Nov 2019 - 01:51 pm
The aftermath of a car bomb explosion at the industrial zone in the northern Syrian town of Tal Abyad, on the border with Turkey.   AFP / Zein Al RIFAI
Blast in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed gunmen kills 3 23 Nov 2019 - 01:39 pm
Peninsula
Six migrant bodies washed up on Libyan coast 22 Nov 2019 - 11:56 pm
A pregnant woman is helped by a member of medical staff after arriving aboard a Spanish maritime rescue boat, after being rescued at sea north of Spain's Canary Islands, on the island of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, November 22, 2019. Reuters/Borja
Lebanon: five weeks of protests 22 Nov 2019 - 10:43 pm
A Lebanese woman with her face painted with the character of the Joker takes part in a protest in downtown Beirut on October 23, 2019. AFP / Patrick Baz
Lebanese protesters pack streets to mark independence day 22 Nov 2019 - 09:00 pm
People attend a parade, on the 76th anniversary of Lebanon's independence, from a crane platform at Martyrs' Square in Beirut, Lebanon November 22, 2019. Reuters/Andres Martinez Casares
Jordan won't impose new taxes in new 2020 budget -finance minister 22 Nov 2019 - 12:58 pm
Peninsula
Nuclear agency urges Iran to explain uranium particles at undeclared site 21 Nov 2019 - 07:18 pm
An Iranian flag flutters in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency headquarters in Vienna, Austria September 9, 2019. Reuters / Leonhard Foeger
Israeli attorney general to decide on Netanyahu charges 21 Nov 2019 - 06:47 pm
Israeli Attorney-General Avichai Mandelblit holds documents as he attends a weekly cabinet meeting in the Jordan Valley, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank September 15, 2019. Reuters/Amir Cohen