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White House dismisses idea of US-Israel discussing settlement annexation 12 Feb 2018 - 11:04 pm
A playground is seen in this general view picture of the Israeli settlement of Modiin Illit in the occupied West Bank March 27, 2017. Reuters/Amir Cohen
Putin discusses Mideast with Trump, hosts Abbas 12 Feb 2018 - 09:22 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) shakes hands with Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow on February 12, 2018.  AFP / Sputnik / Maxim Shipenkov
Son urges Iran to free jailed Iranian-American as health deteriorates 12 Feb 2018 - 08:25 pm
Last Wednesday, Baquer Namazi, a former Iranian provincial governor and ex-UNICEF official, was taken to the Evin prison infirmary after a severe drop in blood pressure.
Israel annexation plan is land theft with US 'complicity': PLO 12 Feb 2018 - 08:12 pm
Saeb Erekat (Reuters)
Turkey to name street by US Embassy after its Syrian offensive 12 Feb 2018 - 07:13 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan (2nd L) visits a tyre shop on the route to the Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on February 12, 2018. ( Turkish Presidency / Murat Cetinmuhurdar / Anadolu Agency)
UN says deportations of Syrians from Jordan have dropped 12 Feb 2018 - 06:49 pm
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi, speaks to the Syrian refugees during his visit to Al Zaatari refugee camp, in the Jordanian city of Mafraq, near the border with Syria, February 12, 2018. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed
Syria fighting worse since call for truce: UN 12 Feb 2018 - 04:34 pm
Syrians look at damaged vehicles in a street that was reportedly struck by mortar shrapnel from rebel bombardment the previous day in Jaramana, southeast of the Syrian capital Damascus, on February 12, 2018. / AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Iraqi forces arrest Islamic State leader in Mosul 12 Feb 2018 - 03:58 pm
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Iraq jails Turkish woman, Syrian for life over IS ties 12 Feb 2018 - 02:19 pm
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Turkey warns US to make or break strained ties 12 Feb 2018 - 01:23 pm
File photo of Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. Reuters
France FM visits Iraq to discuss reconstruction 12 Feb 2018 - 09:51 am
France's Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian stands in front of artwork by late Korean-born painter Lee Ungno as he attends a ceremony at the French embassy in Seoul on February 11, 2018 to launch the construction of a new embassy building. / AFP / Sebast
Sec Def Mattis admits that PYD/PKK mobilizes in Afrin 12 Feb 2018 - 08:00 am
US Defense Secretary James Mattis speaks during the daily briefing in the Brady Briefing Room of the White House on February 7, 2018 in Washington, DC. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN
Revenge awaits families of IS fighters in Iraq's Anbar 12 Feb 2018 - 07:31 am
File photo of Omar Shihan al-Alwani, who fought against the Islamic State (IS) group, speaks to AFP journalists in the city of Ramadi, the capital of Iraq's Anbar Governorate on January 26, 2018. / AFP / MOADH AL-DULAIMI
Putin, Abbas to discuss Middle East settlement in Sochi tomorrow 11 Feb 2018 - 06:02 pm
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Turkish, Free Syrian forces liberate village in W.Afrin 11 Feb 2018 - 03:18 pm
A photo taken from Turkey's Hatay province shows military vehicles are being transported to border units as Turkish Armed Forces hit PYD/PKK terror group targets within the 'Operation Olive Branch' launched in Syria's Afrin, on February 11, 2018. Hüseyin
Violence kills 3 civilians in northern Iraq 11 Feb 2018 - 02:12 pm
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Sudanese president replaces security and intelligence chief: agency 11 Feb 2018 - 12:49 pm
File picture of Sudan's President Omar Hassan al-Bashir. REUTERS
Syria regime strikes kill six civilians in Ghouta: monitor 11 Feb 2018 - 10:55 am
Members of Syrian civil defence forces known as the White Helmets evacuate a victim of an air strike in the rebel-held enclave of Arbin in the Eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus on February 9, 2018. AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA