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Bomb kills 8 in Syrian town held by Turkey-backed forces 16 Dec 2018 - 02:42 pm
A Turkish-backed Syrian Arab fighter tows a looted vehicle with a tractor after seizing control of the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) on March 18, 2018. AFP / BULENT KILIC
Archaeologists find 4,400-year-old tomb south of Cairo 15 Dec 2018 - 04:33 pm
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US Official: 'End days' nearing for Islamic State in Syria 15 Dec 2018 - 04:16 pm
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Australia recognises west Jerusalem as capital of Israel 15 Dec 2018 - 09:59 am
(FILES) In this file photo taken on August 24, 2018 Australia's incoming Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a press conference in Canberra. AFP / SAEED KHAN
Tunisia 'truth commission' calls for govt to back courts judging torturers 15 Dec 2018 - 12:41 am
Members of Tunisia's Free Destourian Party (Free Constitutional Party) shout slogans and hold up protest signs and portraits of late president Habib Bourguiba as they demonstrate against the Truth and Dignity Commission (TDC) outside its closing conferenc
Israeli army shoot dead Palestinian in West Bank 15 Dec 2018 - 12:10 am
Health team members carry an injured Palestinian during Israeli intervention on the protest within the “Great March of Return” demonstrations at Al Bureij Refugee Camp in Gaza City, Gaza, yesterday.
Lebanon's Hariri hopes for new government by end of year 13 Dec 2018 - 04:38 pm
Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri
7 killed, 46 injured in high-speed train crash in Turkey 13 Dec 2018 - 10:42 am
Crash site is seen after high-speed train crashed in Turkish capital Ankara on December 13, 2018. (Ali Bal?kç? - Anadolu Agency )
Several injured in high-speed train accident in Turkey 13 Dec 2018 - 08:07 am
Rescue workers are seen at the station after high-speed train crashed in Turkish capital Ankara on December 13, 2018. ( Do?ukan Keskink?l?ç - Anadolu Agency )
Turkey to launch operation against Syria Kurd militia within days 12 Dec 2018 - 05:59 pm
A Syrian Democratic Forces'(SDF) fighter holds a sniper rifle on his shoulder as he attends the funeral of a slain People's Protection Units (YPG) commander in the northeastern city of Qamishli on December 6, 2018. / AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
Egypt probes images of couple atop pyramid 12 Dec 2018 - 05:05 pm
Belgian pilots fly their vintage Stampe OO-GWB biplane by one of the Pyramids of Giza on the southern outskirts of Cairo on November 13, 2016, during Vintage Air Rally (AFP)
Lebanon will form government "despite obstacles" -foreign minister 12 Dec 2018 - 02:44 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad al-Hariri speaks during a news conference in Beirut, Lebanon, November 13, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Video shows Israeli army killing mentally ill youth 12 Dec 2018 - 12:23 pm
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OIC slams Israeli raid on Palestine news agency office 12 Dec 2018 - 01:59 am
Palestinians stage a protest against Israeli raid on the main office of the official news agency Wafa in Ramallah, West Bank, yesterday.
Iraq premier says lagging govt formation 'not his decision' 11 Dec 2018 - 10:28 pm
Iraqi PM Adel Abdel Mahdi (2nd-L) praying with military figures during a ceremony held in the capital Baghdad, on the first anniversary of the country's victory over the Islamic State (IS) group on December 10, 2018.  AFP photo/ Iraqi Prime Minister's Off
Police chief shot dead in northeast Turkey 11 Dec 2018 - 06:16 pm
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Lebanon's Aoun intervenes to help form government, avoid "catasrophe" 11 Dec 2018 - 02:23 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun (L) and Prime Minister of Lebanon, Saad Hariri (R) hold a meeting on forming a new government at Baabda Palace in Beirut, Lebanon on December 10, 2018.
Iranian oil exports have improved since early November- Iran president 11 Dec 2018 - 11:15 am
FILE PHOTO: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani speaks at 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