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World / Middle East

Somalia's al Shabaab denounces ex-spokesman as apostate who could be killed 16 Jan 2018 - 09:27 am
File photo of former al Shabaab leader Mukhtar Robow Abu Mansur attending a news conference in Mogadishu, Somalia August 15, 2017. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Palestinian shot dead by Israeli army in West Bank: officials 15 Jan 2018 - 07:35 pm
Israeli security forces intervene protestors during a demonstration to protest against U.S. decision to recognize Jerusalem as Israel's capital and to show their support for the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails, at Nebi Saleh village of Ramallah, We
Trump and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict 15 Jan 2018 - 07:24 pm
US President Donald Trump (L) and Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands after delivering a speech at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on May 23, 2017.  AFP / Gil Cohen-Magen
Baghdad twin suicide bombing kills 31 15 Jan 2018 - 02:49 pm
Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily
Syrian foreign ministry blasts new US-backed border force -state media 15 Jan 2018 - 11:36 am
Peninsula
Twenty-six killed in Baghdad twin suicide attack: health official 15 Jan 2018 - 09:42 am
Iraqi security forces inspect the site of a bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq January 15, 2018. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily
Iraqi PM Abadi to seek re-election, in alliance with Iran-backed group 14 Jan 2018 - 07:24 pm
Haider al-Abadi
Turkish passenger plane skids off runway metres away from sea 14 Jan 2018 - 06:15 pm
A Pegasus Airlines Boing 737 passenger plane is seen struck in mud on an embankment, a day after skidding off the airstrip, after landing at Trabzon's airport on the Black Sea coast on January 14, 2018. (AFP / IHLAS NEWS AGENCY )
U.S.-led coalition helps build new Syrian force, angering Turkey 14 Jan 2018 - 05:32 pm
Two men prepare a multi-barrel rocket launcher within the clashes between armed opposition group Tahrir al-Sham and Assad Regime forces around the Abu Al-Duhur Military Airbase in a de-escalation zone in Idlib, Syria on January 13, 2018.Rasheed Hababa - A
Bomb wounds Hamas official in Lebanon 14 Jan 2018 - 02:56 pm
People inspect a damaged car in Sidon, southern Lebanon, January 14, 2018. REUTERS/Ali Hashisho
'No hope of survivors' in Iranian tanker fire: official 14 Jan 2018 - 12:06 pm
Iranian oil tanker Sanchi is seen engulfed in fire in the East China Sea, in this January 13, 2018, picture provided by Shanghai Maritime Search and Rescue Centre and released by China Daily. China Daily via Reuters
Israel destroys tunnel from Gaza it says intended for attacks 14 Jan 2018 - 09:51 am
File photo of diggers are seen near the area where the Israeli forces said a
Iran's Rouhani says US has failed to undermine nuclear deal - TV 14 Jan 2018 - 09:44 am
File photo of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
Tunisia president meets unions, employers after unrest 13 Jan 2018 - 06:13 pm
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi (C) attends a meeting with political parties, unions and employers on January 13, 2018 in Tunis, following unrest triggered by austerity measures. (AFP / FETHI BELAID)
Iran rejects any change to nuclear deal 13 Jan 2018 - 10:58 am
Peninsula
Chinese salvagers recover two bodies from flaming Iranian tanker 13 Jan 2018 - 09:41 am
This handout picture taken and released on January 12, 2018 by the Transport Ministry of China shows the Chinese firefighting vessel
Egypt to impose curfew on parts of North Sinai: official gazette 12 Jan 2018 - 09:48 pm
View of the Rawda mosque, roughly 40 kilometres west of the North Sinai's capital of El-Arish, after a gun and bombing attack on November 24, 2017. (AFP)
Turkey warns citizens against travel to US in tit-for-tat move 12 Jan 2018 - 09:05 pm
Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu, who is in Los Angeles and will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on the sidelines of a conference in Vancouver, said he would discuss the matter with his counterpart.