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World / Middle East

Syria, Russia pound rebel enclave, put clinic out of service 21 Feb 2018 - 07:28 am
A person inspects damaged building in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Damascus, Syria February 20, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh
Turkey considers chemical castration for child abusers 20 Feb 2018 - 06:48 pm
Peninsula
Syria Kurds say regime forces will deploy on Turkey border 20 Feb 2018 - 06:29 pm
Smoke rises after a tank of Turkish Armed Forces fired to the positions of PYD/PKK  in Afrin town of Syria, on February 19, 2018. Mahmud Faysal - Anadolu
UN Syria envoy sees risk of "second Aleppo" in Eastern Ghouta 20 Feb 2018 - 04:39 pm
Syrians carry a wounded man who lost in his leg in air strikes on Saqba in Syria's rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area on February 20, 2018. AFP / Msallam ABDALBASET
Five security forces killed in Tehran protests 20 Feb 2018 - 04:21 pm
Peninsula
Egypt adds detained Islamist politician to terror list 20 Feb 2018 - 02:35 pm
Abdel-Monaem Abul Fetouh
New raids on Syria rebel enclave kill 45 civilians 20 Feb 2018 - 01:46 pm
Smoke rises from buildings following bombardment on the village of Mesraba in the rebel-held besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018. AFP / Hamza Al-Ajweh
98 dead in assault on rebel-held Damascus suburb 20 Feb 2018 - 01:10 pm
Smoke rises from buildings following bombardment on the village of Mesraba in the rebel-held besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018. AFP / Hamza Al-Ajweh
Approx 7,000 candidates compete in Iraqi elections 20 Feb 2018 - 12:52 pm
Peninsula
Army to confront any Israeli aggression: Lebanese commander 20 Feb 2018 - 12:46 pm
Lebanese army General Joseph Aoun
Turkey will lay siege to Syria's Afrin in coming days: Erdogan 20 Feb 2018 - 12:38 pm
President of Turkey, Recep Tayyip Erdogan chairs the cabinet meeting held at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on February 19, 2018. ( Kayhan Özer - Anadolu Agency )
Activists: Syria's shelling of Damascus suburb killed 98 20 Feb 2018 - 11:35 am
Smoke rises from buildings following bombardment on the village of Mesraba in the rebel-held besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018. / AFP / Hamza Al-Ajweh
Police name Netanyahu associates in Israeli corruption probe 20 Feb 2018 - 10:53 am
Protesters hold signs calling upon Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down during a rally in Tel Aviv, Israel February 16, 2018. REUTERS/Amir Cohen
Iran teams find wreckage of plane in Zagros mountains: spokesman 20 Feb 2018 - 10:20 am
A handout picture released on February 19, 2018 by the Tasnim news agency shows members of a rescue team helicopter searching for the wreckage of Aseman Airlines flight EP3704 in Iran's Zagros mountain range. AFP PHOTO / HO / TASNIM NEWS
Bombs still fall on Syria's Ghouta after heaviest toll in years 20 Feb 2018 - 10:12 am
Smoke rises from buildings following bombardment on the village of Mesraba in the rebel-held besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus, on February 19, 2018. AFP / Hamza Al-Ajweh
Palestinian leader goes to the UN to counter US on Jerusalem 20 Feb 2018 - 08:25 am
File photo of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas speaking during a news conference following the extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey, December 13, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Iran criticizes US for using minority groups in Syria 19 Feb 2018 - 06:54 pm
Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA) attack PYD/PKK positions as village of upper Hecika cleared of PYD/PKK terrorists within the
Erdogan says Syrian government to face consequences if deal with YPG reached 19 Feb 2018 - 06:22 pm
Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA) attack PYD/PKK positions as village of upper Hecika cleared of PYD/PKK terrorists within the