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Iran says gas pipeline explosion kills at least 2 14 Mar 2019 - 11:38 am
Peninsula
Canada says Algeria must set election date soon 13 Mar 2019 - 04:28 pm
A woman holds her national flag as Algerian teachers protest in central Algiers on March 13, 2019 against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid to prolong his two-decade rule. AFP / RYAD KRAMDI
Eight years of conflict in Syria 13 Mar 2019 - 04:16 pm
A worker works at a construction site in Ein Terma, a district of eastern Ghouta, Syria February 26, 2019. Picture taken February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki
Algerian teachers, students protest against Bouteflika 13 Mar 2019 - 03:09 pm
Algerian teachers and students protest in central Algiers on March 13, 2019 against President Abdelaziz Bouteflika's bid to prolong his two-decade rule. A thousand teachers started the protest in the morning before being joined by students, a teacher at t
Veteran diplomat set to guide Algeria's transition after protests 13 Mar 2019 - 09:29 am
FILE PHOTO: UN-Arab League Envoy to Syria Lakhdar Brahimi speaks to the media after Security Council consultations at the United Nations headquarters in New York May 13, 2014. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton/File Photo
Iran says UK diplomatic protection of jailed mother won't 'make things easier' 12 Mar 2019 - 07:17 pm
This handout picture released by the Free Nazanin campaign on August 23, 2018 shows Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe (R) embracing her daughter Gabriella in Damavand, Iran following her release from prison for three days.  AFP/Free Nazanin Campaign
Algerian protesters denounce Bouteflika 'tricks' 12 Mar 2019 - 03:27 pm
Algerian students demonstrate in the centre of the capital Algiers on March 12, 2019, one day after President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced his withdrawal from a bid to win another term in office and postponed an April 18 election, following weeks of pro
Algeria's Bouteflika abandons re-election bid after weeks of protest 12 Mar 2019 - 12:28 am
 In this file photo taken on November 23, 2017, Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen while voting at a polling station in the capital Algiers during polls for local elections. AFP / Ryad Kramdi
UN says 2018 deadliest year yet for Syrian children, with 1,106 killed 11 Mar 2019 - 08:19 pm
Syrian children sit in the back of a truck driven by White Helmets as they flee their homes in the town of Beit Sawa in eastern Ghouta region on March 4, 2018. AFP/Abdulmonam Eassa
US-backed fighters make limited advances against IS in Syria 11 Mar 2019 - 03:43 pm
Islamic State members walk in the last besieged neighbourhood in the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, Syria March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Algeria judges refuse to oversee vote if Bouteflika participates 11 Mar 2019 - 02:15 pm
Algerian community protesters gather in Montreal, on March 10, 2019, to demonstrate against the rule of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who seeks a fifth term as Algeria head of state after 20 years of power. / AFP / MARTIN OUELLET-DIOTTE
Egypt says 3 troops, 46 militants killed in Sinai 11 Mar 2019 - 02:13 pm
Peninsula
Iran's Rouhani hails 'special' ties with Iraq ahead of visit 11 Mar 2019 - 09:45 am
File photo of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani listens during a news conference on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/File Photo
New Assad statue triggers protest in cradle of Syrian revolt 10 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
A picture of President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Ramouseh, a government controlled area of Aleppo,  Syria, December 8, 2016. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki
Bouteflika’s plane to take off in few minutes to return to Algeria 10 Mar 2019 - 05:42 pm
An Algerian government Gulfstream plane, registration 7T-VPM, is pictured at Cointrin airport in Geneva, where Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is in hospital, Switzerland, March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Protesters in Syria's Daraa rally against Hafez Assad statue 10 Mar 2019 - 05:13 pm
Peninsula
UK studying how to get children of Islamic State followers out of Syria 10 Mar 2019 - 04:41 pm
Fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sits on a motorcycle at a makeshift camp for Islamic State (IS) group members and their families in the town of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 9, 2019. / AFP / Dylan COLLINS
First time in Baghdad: Iran's president to visit Iraq 10 Mar 2019 - 11:39 am
File photo of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. AFP