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Lebanon deploys water cannon, helicopters to fight wildfires across country 15 Oct 2019 - 04:57 pm
A firefighting aircraft tackles wildfires in Dibbiyeh village, south of Beirut, Lebanon October 15, 2019. REUTERS/Aziz Taher
Tunisia, eight years on from its Arab Spring revolt 14 Oct 2019 - 09:07 pm
FILE PHOTO: Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia meets Muammar Gaddafi of Libya as they pose for a family photo during the third European Union-Africa summit in Tripoli November 29, 2010. Reuters / Francois Lenoir
Erdogan says Turkey will not back down from Syria offensive 14 Oct 2019 - 04:44 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan
Outsider Saied set for landslide in Tunisia presidency: exit polls 14 Oct 2019 - 08:03 am
Tunisia’s independent candidate Kais Saied holds a press conference after has secured more than 72% of votes in the presidential election held on Sunday, said an exit polls agency, in Tunis, Tunisia on October 13, 2019. ( Yassine Gaidi - Anadolu Agency )
Turkey says takes key M4 highway in Syria 13 Oct 2019 - 05:24 pm
A Turkish soldier overlooks the border with Syria on Ocotber 13, 2019 near the Turkish city of Ceylanpinar as fighting rages in the Syrian border town of Ras al-Ain on the fifth day of the Turkish offensive in Syria against the Kurdish People's Protection
Pentagon says up to 1,000 US troops to withdraw from northern Syria 13 Oct 2019 - 04:41 pm
FILE PHOTO: Turkey near the town of Suruc shows a US observation post near the Syrian town of Kobani Kobane where the Pentagon said an explosion occurred
Mortars fired at Somalia's Mogadishu airport: sources 13 Oct 2019 - 03:29 pm
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Media mogul, academic face off as Tunisians choose president 13 Oct 2019 - 10:17 am
Supporters of Tunisian presidential candidate Kais Saied campaign on October 11, 2019 in Tunis. AFP / ANIS MILI
Iran offers to mediate between Syrian Kurds, Turkey 12 Oct 2019 - 02:40 pm
Smoke rises from the Syrian town of Tal Abyad, in a picture taken from the Turkish side of the border where a pigeon is seen in Akcakale on October 10, 2019, on the second day of Turkey's military operation against Kurdish forces.   AFP / BULENT KILIC
Iran decries 'cowardly attack' on oil tanker; vows response after facts probed 12 Oct 2019 - 01:44 pm
An undated picture shows the Iranian-owned Sabiti oil tanker sailing in the Red Sea.
Syria Kurds deny Turkey has taken battleground border town 12 Oct 2019 - 01:36 pm
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels patrolling the town of Yabisah, west of Tal Abyad, on the border with Turkey.   AFP / Bakr ALKASEM
Turkey says ground forces are advancing in northern Syria 10 Oct 2019 - 09:37 am
A Turkish armored military convoy is seen driving along the border with Syria, in Akcakale, Turkey October 9, 2019 in this still image obtained from video. REUTERS
How has the detention of a key candidate affected Tunisia's election? 09 Oct 2019 - 09:04 pm
Nabil Karoui
Turkey launches assault on Syrian Kurds 09 Oct 2019 - 05:13 pm
Smoke rises at the site as Turkish troops along with the Syrian National Army begin Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria against PKK/YPG, Daesh terrorists, in Sanliurfa, Turkey on October 09, 2019. ( E?ber Ayayd?n - Anadolu
Turkey denies start of Syria operation 09 Oct 2019 - 12:20 pm
A Turkish army's tank drives down from a truck as Turkish armed forces drive towards the border with Syria near Akcakale in Sanliurfa province on October 8, 2019. AFP / BULENT KILIC
Iran women to attend football match freely for first time in decades 09 Oct 2019 - 11:13 am
FILE PHOTO: Iranian women watch the World Cup Group B soccer match between Portugal and Iran at Azadi stadium in Tehran. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Iraq's uprising an open crisis with no known path forward 09 Oct 2019 - 10:14 am
People hold an anti-government protest in Baghdad, Iraq October 5, 2019. Picture taken October 5, 2019. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani
IS militants hit US-backed Kurdish fighters in north Syria 09 Oct 2019 - 09:37 am
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