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Syria rebels vow to keep fighting if talks fail 24 Jan 2017 - 12:04 am
Chief Opposition Negotiator Mohammad Alloush (centre) of the Jaish Al Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group attends the first session of Syria peace talks at Astana's Rixos President Hotel, yesterday.
Netanyahu sees 'opportunities' with Trump but calls for restraint 23 Jan 2017 - 07:34 pm
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu looks on as he opens the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, April 10, 2016 (REUTERS / Gali Tibbon)
Syria talks begin in Astana amid regime truce breaches 23 Jan 2017 - 06:30 pm
Chief opposition negotiator Mohammad Alloush (C) of the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group arrives to attend the first session of Syria peace talks at Astana's Rixos President Hotel on January 23, 2017. / AFP / Ilyas Omarov
Iraq builds new airport in Karbala to handle pilgrims 23 Jan 2017 - 05:56 pm
Sheikh Abdul Mahdi al-Karbalai (C), the representative of Iraq's Shiite spiritual leader Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani who is in charge of the Imam Hussein Holy Shrine, and Sami al-Araji (C-R), head of Iraq's National Investment Commission, lay the cornerst
Turkey arrests more than 1,600 terror suspects in week 23 Jan 2017 - 04:55 pm
Turkish special forces stand guard at the entrance of the courthouse on January 23, 2017 at Silivri district in Istanbul. Trial starts of soldiers accused of trying to block Istanbul's Sabiha Gokcen airport during the failed coup of July 2016. / AFP / YAS
Syria rebels vow to keep fighting if talks fail 23 Jan 2017 - 04:41 pm
Mohammad Alloush (C), the head of the Syrian opposition delegation, attends Syria peace talks in Astana, Kazakhstan January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov
Syria peace talks off to rocky start 23 Jan 2017 - 02:57 pm
Participants of Syria peace talks attends a meeting in Astana, Kazakhstan January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Mukhtar Kholdorbekov
Syria talks may signal shift in conflict dynamics 23 Jan 2017 - 02:31 pm
Chief opposition negotiator Mohammad Alloush (R) of the Jaish al-Islam (Army of Islam) rebel group listens to UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura prior to the first session of Syria peace talks at Astana's Rixos President Hotel on January 23, 2017. / AF
Hamas warns US against embassy relocation to Jerusalem 23 Jan 2017 - 01:37 pm
Photo: AA.
80 Houthi militants killed in airstrikes and clashes with army forces in Taiz 23 Jan 2017 - 01:28 pm
File Photo / Reuters.
65 IS terrorists 'neutralized' in north Syria 23 Jan 2017 - 12:04 pm
Photo: AA.
Palestinian fishermen wounded by Israeli attack in Gaza 23 Jan 2017 - 11:31 am
Palestinian fishermen inspect their destroyed fishing boat hauled up onto the shore, close to the southern Gaza Strip town of Rafah, on March 26, 2014. Several Palestinians were wounded when Israeli navy vessels shot at two Gaza-bound boats smuggling ciga
Assailants kill five Egypt soldiers in Sinai: army 23 Jan 2017 - 11:26 am
Jihadists have mounted a string of deadly operations against security forces since the military ousted Egypt's Islamist president Mohamed Morsi in July 2013 ©STR (AFP/File).
Syria rebels, regime to launch talks in Astana 23 Jan 2017 - 10:41 am
Smoke billows from reported shelling by Syrian government forces on the rebel-held area of Daraa, in southern Syria on Janauary 22, 2017 (AFP Photo/MOHAMAD ABAZEED).
Israeli soldiers arrest 13 Palestinians in West Bank 23 Jan 2017 - 10:35 am
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Police kill 2nd suspect behind Istanbul rocket attacks 23 Jan 2017 - 09:51 am
Photo: AA.
Trump, Netanyahu to speak as Israel moves on settlements 22 Jan 2017 - 06:50 pm
Israeli settlements under construction are seen in Palestinian lands in Jerusalem on December 29, 2016 (Daniel Bar On / Anadolu Agency)
Syria peace negotiator says ceasefire on Astana agenda 22 Jan 2017 - 04:59 pm
A picture taken on January 22, 2017 shows the Baiterek monument in downtown Astana. The so-called Astana peace talks, set to begin on Monday, will be the first time a delegation composed exclusively of rebel groups will negotiate with the regime of Syrian

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