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Lebanon: one month of protests 13 Nov 2019 - 05:29 pm
Lebanese demonstrators try to remove the barbed-wire and metal rail, placed by anti-riot police, on the road leading to the Presidential Palace in Baabda, on the eastern outskirts of Beirut on November 13, 2019, nearly a month into an unprecedented anti-g
In Lebanon's Tripoli, crushing poverty fuels protests 13 Nov 2019 - 04:42 pm
A Lebanese child walks past scrap metal for recycling at an impoverished neighbourhood in al-Mani area of the port city of Tripoli, north of Beirut, on November 7, 2019. AFP / JOSEPH EID
Turkish police arrest journalist Altan a week after his release 13 Nov 2019 - 09:51 am
Journalist and writer Ahmet Altan (C) walks with Turkish police as his daughter Senem Altan (R) tries to say him goodbye as he is detained on November 12, 2019, at Kadikoy neighbourhood in Istanbul./ AFP / BULENT KILIC
Man killed as protests sweep Lebanon after Aoun interview 13 Nov 2019 - 09:13 am
Lebanese anti-government protesters burn tires as they block the main highway linking the city of Tripoli to Beirut at the coastal city of Byblos, north of the capital on November 13, 2019. / AFP / Joseph EID
"YOU? Really?": Iran's Zarif scorns EU warning over nuclear deal 12 Nov 2019 - 12:00 pm
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif attends a news conference, a day ahead of the first meeting of the new Syrian Constitutional Committee at the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, October 29, 2019. Reuters/Denis Balibouse/File Photo
Lebanese banks closed due to strike: Union head 12 Nov 2019 - 10:12 am
A picture taken on on November 11, 2019, shows an ATM which has been sealed by Lebanese anti-government protesters in the capital Beirut during a rally against the banking system. AFP / Patrick Baz
Israel kills Islamic Jihad commander in Gaza, another targeted in Damascus 12 Nov 2019 - 09:50 am
Men walk past a damaged building in Mezzah, Damascus, Syria November 12, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Attack in Damascus kills two, wounds six - state media 12 Nov 2019 - 08:11 am
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Israeli gunfire kills a West Bank Palestinian 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
People wheel the dead body of Palestinian man Omar al-Badawi at a hospital in Hebron, in the Israeli-occupied West Bank November 11, 2019. Reuters/Mussa Qawasma
3 blasts hit north Syria town inflicting casualties 11 Nov 2019 - 05:06 pm
Syrian soldiers ride in the back of a truck past people sitting in a field with harvested aubergines, as government forces deploy for the first time in the eastern countryside of the city of Qamishli in the northeastern Hasakah province on November 5, 201
Jordan's king tours enclave along Israel border after end of lease deal 11 Nov 2019 - 05:03 pm
A view from the Israeli side of the border shows Jordanian soldiers praying in front of a national flag during a ceremony at the Jordan Valley site of Naharayim, also known as Baqura, east of the Jordan River on November 11, 2019. AFP / Menahem Kahana
Syria puppeteer offers Idlib children breathing space 11 Nov 2019 - 04:06 pm
Syrian puppeteer Walid Abu Rashed performs a puppet act for children amid the rubble of damaged buildings in Syria's northwestern city of Saraqib in the Idlib province on September 29, 2019. AFP / Zein Al Rifai
Lebanon c.bank says bank deposits are safe, banks to review curbs 11 Nov 2019 - 03:31 pm
Lebanon's Central Bank Governor Riad Salame gestures during a press conference at the bank's headquarters in Beirut on November 11, 2019. / AFP / JOSEPH EID
Key backer of Syrian 'White Helmets' found dead in Istanbul 11 Nov 2019 - 03:27 pm
A Turkish police officer stands guard outside the Mayday Rescue offices on November 11, 2019, in the Karakoy district of Istanbul, following the discovery of the body of the organisation's founder. AFP / Bulent Kilic
Iran says new oil field adds only 22 bln barrels to reserves 11 Nov 2019 - 10:15 am
Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh speaks during a press conference in Tehran on November 11, 2019. AFP / ATTA KENARE
Food shortage fears sparks panic buying in protest-hit Lebanon 10 Nov 2019 - 06:31 pm
People shop at a supermarket in the Lebanese capital Beirut on November 9, 2019. AFP / Anwar Amro
Israeli farmers shut out as Jordan enclave deal expires 10 Nov 2019 - 06:31 pm
The national flags of Jordan and Israel are seen from the Israeli side of the border area between Israel and Jordan, in Naharayim October 29, 2019. Reuters/Ronen Zvulun
Hezbollah says its 'arms won't be twisted' as Lebanese crisis deepens 10 Nov 2019 - 05:55 pm
People participate at a breakfast organised to protest in a privately-run Zaytouna Bay, during the ongoing anti-government protests in Beirut, Lebanon November 10, 2019. Reuters / Andres Martinez Casares

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Vessels are seen anchored in Bandar Abbas along the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by AmirHossein Khorgooei/ ISNA / AFP) / Hormuz crossings hit highest level since mid-April: AXSMarine
This photo shows Takinogawa Dai-san Elementary School, where a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the school building in Tokyo (Photo by Jiji Press / AFP) / Japan OUT Tokyo primary school fire injures about 10, reports say
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