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World / Middle East

Turkey says U.S. needs to withdraw from Syria's Manbij region immediately 27 Jan 2018 - 02:30 pm
Turkish-backed Syrian rebel fighters take a position as they stand guard near the frontline on January 26, 2018 at the Syrian town of Azaz.  AFP / OZAN KOSE
US tells Turkey it will end weapons support for Syrian Kurdish YPG - Anadolu 27 Jan 2018 - 12:04 pm
A picture taken on January 26, 2018, shows a member of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia standing guard in the fields outside the Kurdish town of Jandairis near the Syrian-Turkish border, west of the city of Afrin. / AFP / STRINGER
Eight dead as US strike hits Iraq forces: provincial official 27 Jan 2018 - 11:46 am
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Bombardment continues in Syria's Ghouta after ceasefire talk 27 Jan 2018 - 10:36 am
A Syrian child plays with a cardboard gun in the rebel-held town of Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on January 25, 2018. / AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
Jordan ends bread subsidy, doubling some prices, to help state finances 26 Jan 2018 - 09:00 pm
A Syrian refugee makes bread to sell at the Zaatari refugee camp in Mafraq, Jordan, January  8, 2015. Reuters/Muhammad Hamed
Dozens of bodies found in Iraq mass grave 26 Jan 2018 - 07:02 pm
FILE PHOTO: Iraqi forces pull a body out from a mass grave they discovered in the Hamam al-Alil area on November 7, 2016. (AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye)
Erdogan vows no let-up in Syria campaign as US tensions rise 25 Jan 2018 - 08:30 pm
 Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L), accompanied by Chief of the General Staff of the Turkish Armed Forces Hulusi Akar, gesturing during a briefing at the Operating Base in Hatay, on the sixth day of 'Operation Olive Branch.' AFP Photo / Turkish
Israel’s Netanyahu says only US can broker peace deal 25 Jan 2018 - 08:24 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu talks to journalist next to his wife Sara during the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting on January 25, 2018 in Davos, eastern Switzerland. AFP / Fabrice Coffrini
US will not chase Palestinians lacking will to seek peace: Haley 25 Jan 2018 - 07:30 pm
Permanent Representative of the United States to the UN Nikki Haley speaks during a UN Security Council meeting that discussed chemical weapons in Syria at the United Nations headquarters in New York, United States on January 23, 2018. (Mohammed Elshamy -
Celebrities criticize Trump cuts to Palestinian refugees 25 Jan 2018 - 07:19 pm
Palestinians hurl stones at Israeli troops during clashes in Hebron, West Bank, 23 January 2018.  EPA/Abed Al Hashlamoun
Syrian peace talks start in Vienna as Russian meeting looms 25 Jan 2018 - 03:40 pm
UN envoy Staffan de Mistura looks on before the start of talks on Syria in Vienna on January 25, 2018.   AFP / POOL / ALEX HALADA
Turkey says not right to discuss Syrian "safe zone" with US -Hurriyet 25 Jan 2018 - 01:08 pm
File photo of Mevlut Cavusoglu, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey speaking to the press at the Turkish Embassy in Paris after his meeting with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on January 23, 2018 in France. Cem Özdel - Anadolu Agency.
Turkey is an aggressive neighbour, Greek PM tells Europeans in Davos 24 Jan 2018 - 06:44 pm
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras (C) and Organization for Migration (IOM) Director-General William Lacy Swing listen a refugee seen on TV screen behind during a session on mass migration across the Mediterranean during the annual World Economic Forum (
Bashar Al Assad has no chance to build Syria's future: Turkey 24 Jan 2018 - 04:02 pm
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Turkey's Afrin operation adds to safety of Europe 24 Jan 2018 - 03:31 pm
Turkish military tanks are prepared for deployment as part of the
Syria says claims it uses chemical weapons "lies" - state TV 24 Jan 2018 - 11:45 am
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Somalia lures defectors in new push against insurgents 24 Jan 2018 - 09:43 am
FILE PHOTO: New recruits of Somalia's al-Qaeda linked al Shabaab militia march during a passing out parade at a military training base in Afgoye, west of Mogadishu, Somalia February 17, 2011. REUTERS/Feisal Omar/File Photo
Last major challenger to Egypt’s Sisi calls off campaign after arrest 23 Jan 2018 - 10:51 pm
FILE PHOTO: Egypt's former army chief of staff Sami Anan, leaves a news conference at his office in Cairo, March 13, 2014. Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghany