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World / Middle East

Syria's White Helmets rescuers will not attend Oscars 26 Feb 2017 - 09:43 am
Syrian civil defence volunteers, known as the White Helmets, search for survivors following regime airstrike on the opposition-held neighbourhood of Tishrin on February 22, 2017. (AFP PHOTO).
Syria's White Helmets rescuers will not attend Oscars 25 Feb 2017 - 06:55 pm
Civil Defence members, also known as the 'White Helmets', in a rebel held area of Aleppo, Syria October 7, 2016. (REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail/file photo)
Iraqi forces push deeper into west Mosul 25 Feb 2017 - 02:17 pm
Rapid Response forces members cross farm land during a battle with Islamic State's militants south west Mosul, Iraq February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra.
Dozens dead in suicide attack in Syria's Homs 25 Feb 2017 - 02:13 pm
An image grab taken from a video broadcasted by the Al-Ikhbariya Al-Souriya TV channel on February 25, 2017.
Iran requests 950 tonnes of uranium from Kazakhstan 25 Feb 2017 - 01:23 pm
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organisation, said Tehran wants to buy 950 tonnes of uranium concentrate from Kazakhstan
Iraqi forces push deeper into western Mosul as civilians flee 25 Feb 2017 - 12:58 pm
An Iraqi Special Forces soldier stands on top of a vehicle in a desert south of Mosul, Iraq February 24, 2017. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic.
Rival militias reach ceasefire in Libyan capital 25 Feb 2017 - 12:55 pm
Photo: AA.
3 Palestinians killed in Gaza tunnel 25 Feb 2017 - 12:48 pm
Photo: AA.
Syria peace talks in Geneva focus on political issues 25 Feb 2017 - 12:42 pm
Photo: AA.
Iraqi warplanes strike Islamic State positions in Syria 25 Feb 2017 - 12:28 pm
Photo: AA.
More than 130 Turkish citizens seek asylum in Germany 25 Feb 2017 - 12:21 pm
Photo: AA.
FSA 'in control of all neighborhoods' in Syria’s Al-Bab 25 Feb 2017 - 12:01 pm
Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA) escort civilians after their victory in the Syrian town of Al Bab after the town center has been entirely freed from Daesh terrorists as part of the
Turkey commemorates 1942 refugee ship disaster 25 Feb 2017 - 11:59 am
Photo: AA.
Bombs target oil pipeline in Iraq's Kirkuk, one killed 25 Feb 2017 - 11:48 am
Peninsula
Syria peace talks in Geneva focus on political issues 25 Feb 2017 - 11:26 am
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura arrives for a meeting of Intra-Syria peace talks with Syria's opposition delegation at Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 24, 2017. REUTERS/Xu Jinquan
Suicide attacks on bases in Syria's Homs kill 42; A senior intelligence officer among the dead 25 Feb 2017 - 11:18 am
The senior intelligence officer 'Brigadier Hassan Daabool'  killed in the twin attacks
Suicide bombing kills 42, injured dozens in Al Bab, northern Syria 25 Feb 2017 - 10:03 am
Free Syrian Army (FSA) members, supported by the Turkish Armed Forces, clash with Islamic State terrorists in Al-Bab town of Aleppo during the 183rd day of the
Over 50 dead in Syria Car bomb attack 25 Feb 2017 - 02:42 am
United Nations (UN) Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura (centre) looks on during a meeting on the second day of a new round of Syria peace talks in Geneva yesterday.