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Hamas asks Abbas to lift Gaza sanctions 21 Sep 2017 - 02:10 am
Ismail Haniyah (centre), Head of the Political Bureau of Hamas, speaking to media at Rafah border crossing following his visit to Egypt, yesterday.
Iran in UN spotlight as Trump threatens nuclear deal 20 Sep 2017 - 06:31 pm
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani arrives to address the 72nd United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 20, 2017. Reuters/Eduardo Munoz
US-backed force takes 90% of Syria's Raqa from IS: monitor 20 Sep 2017 - 10:32 am
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Egypt's Sisi meets Israeli PM at UN for first public talks 19 Sep 2017 - 01:58 pm
A handout released by the Egyptian Presidency shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) meeting with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi in New YOrk on September 18, 2017, to discuss the Middle East peace process in their first public talks.
Motorbike explosion in Syrian city kills child, monitors say 19 Sep 2017 - 08:57 am
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France defends Iran nuclear deal, Trump to decide soon 18 Sep 2017 - 09:25 pm
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres meets with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani on September 18, 2017 at the United Nations in New York. AFP / Don Emmert
Trump says giving Mideast peace ‘an absolute go’ 18 Sep 2017 - 09:22 pm
US President Donald Trump meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in New York, U.S., September 18, 2017. Reuters/Kevin Lamarque
Tunisia postpones first post-revolt municipal polls 18 Sep 2017 - 09:22 pm
Ennahdha Islamist party leader Rached Ghannouchi attends a meeting in the capital Tunis with all political parties to decide on the date of the next municipal elections on September 18, 2017.  AFP / Fethi Belaid
'Ridiculous' if Trump doesn't back 2-state solution: Palestinian official 18 Sep 2017 - 08:06 pm
Trump is due to meet Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday before the Palestinian president's address to the United Nations General Assembly the same day.
Syria war crimes investigator blasts impunity in farewell speech 18 Sep 2017 - 05:53 pm
(File Photo) Carla Del Ponte. Reuters
Supreme court steps in to block Iraq Kurd independence vote 18 Sep 2017 - 05:23 pm
An Iraqi Kurd holds a Kurdish flag during an event to urge people to vote in the upcoming independence referendum in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of northern Iraq, on September 15, 2017. AFP / SAFIN HAMED
Syria troops closer to besieging IS after crossing key river 18 Sep 2017 - 04:00 pm
A picture taken during a press tour provided by the Russian Armed Forces on September 15, 2017 shows a Russian soldier standing guard in a central street in Syria's eastern city of Deir Ezzor. / AFP / Dominique DERDA
Lebanese woman shot dead by 4-year-old son in gun accident 18 Sep 2017 - 02:43 pm
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US, Russian top diplomats discuss Syria in New York 18 Sep 2017 - 11:38 am
Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (L) , US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) ( Russia Foreign Minister Press Ofice - Anadolu Agency ).
Bombing in W. Mosul kills 15, including tribal fighters 18 Sep 2017 - 10:53 am
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Iraqi forces ‘hunting down’ IS remnants in Saladin 18 Sep 2017 - 10:44 am
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Libya says over 3,000 migrants rescued in week 17 Sep 2017 - 07:20 pm
Sudanese migrants sit at a detention center before their voluntary return to their country, in Tripoli, Libya September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Hani Amara
Iraq VP warns against 'second Israel' in Kurdistan 17 Sep 2017 - 05:44 pm
(File Photo) Vice President Nuri al-Maliki. Reuters