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World / Middle East

Iraqi army, allies retake 5 more villages near Mosul 31 Oct 2016 - 03:40 pm
Children play football as smoke rises from oil wells, were set on fire by Islamic State to limit coalition forces pilots' eyesight and to make the wells out of service following Iraqi army's retaking of Al Qayyarah town from Islamic State during the opera
Lebanon's Aoun elected president, ending 29-month vacuum 31 Oct 2016 - 03:13 pm
A general view shows a large poster bearing portraits of ex-general Michel Aoun and reading in Arabic:
Lebanon's Aoun elected president 31 Oct 2016 - 02:57 pm
A supporter of Lebanese presidential candidate Michel Aoun holds his portrait and the Lebanese flag ahead of a parliament session expected to elect the ex-general as president and end a political stalemate of more than two years, as they gather in Jdeidah
Rebel assault on Aleppo slows as UN slams civilian deaths 31 Oct 2016 - 01:47 pm
Syrian opponents attack an Assad regime-controlled military academy and a neighborhood with tanks during an operation to break the siege of the regime forces in the city center in Aleppo, Syria on October on October 30, 2016. Beha el halabi - Anadolu Agen
Lebanese presidential vote goes to second round 31 Oct 2016 - 01:39 pm
A supporter of Lebanese presidential candidate Michel Aoun puts up a portrait of him ahead of a parliament session expected to elect the ex-general as president and end a political stalemate of more than two years, as they gather in Jdeidah, on the northe
Advancing Iraqi forces eye Mosul city limits 31 Oct 2016 - 12:42 pm
An Iraqi officer uses a radio to communicate with the crew of a helicopter during an operation against Islamic State militants south of Mosul, Iraq October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Stringer
Iraqi forces resume offensive on eastern Mosul 31 Oct 2016 - 09:49 am
Peninsula
Iraqi villagers escape Islamic State snipers, leave family behind 31 Oct 2016 - 09:01 am
Newly displaced people are pictured at a screening center in Qayyara, south of Mosul, Iraq October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
Turkish police detain editor of opposition Cumhuriyet newspaper - media 31 Oct 2016 - 08:22 am
Peninsula
Yemen rebels say UN peace plan 'basis for discussion' 30 Oct 2016 - 09:49 pm
Yemeni protestors carry placards bearing the portraits Gulf leaders of during a demonstration in support of Saudi Arabia, after the Saudi-led coalition said Yemeni rebels have launched a ballistic missile earlier in the week that was shot down near the ho
Four Egyptian soldiers killed in Sinai 30 Oct 2016 - 09:25 pm
File photo of the wreckage of a A321 Russian airliner in Wadi al-Zolomat a mountainous area of Sinai Peninsula, Egypt after it crashed on October 31, 2015. (AFP / Maxim Grigoryev)
US aid to Israel is for killing Palestinians: Activist 30 Oct 2016 - 09:09 pm
Ann Wright (Photo courtesy: (Thomas Good / NLN / Wikimedia Commons)
Protests erupt in Morocco after fishmonger crushed to death 30 Oct 2016 - 09:04 pm
People await on the beach before crossing the El Tarajal border, separating Morocco and Spain's North African enclave of Ceuta, in Ceuta on October 27, 2016. (AFP / JORGE GUERRERO)
First mass in two years held in Iraq's main Christian town 30 Oct 2016 - 08:43 pm
An Iraqi Christian prepares for the first Sunday mass at the Grand Immaculate Church since it was recaptured from Islamic State in Qaraqosh, near Mosul in Iraq October 30, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah
Prominent Israeli writer resigns after harassment claims 30 Oct 2016 - 07:26 pm
The allegations against Ari Shavit have caused waves in Israel, where he is well-known as a columnist for leftwing newspaper Haaretz and a commentator for privately owned Channel 10 television. (YouTube image)
60 years on, Palestinians recall Kafr Qasim massacre 30 Oct 2016 - 06:57 pm
Peninsula
Israel says troops kill Palestinian who injured three in car attack 30 Oct 2016 - 06:54 pm
Peninsula
Old enemies set to elect Aoun as Lebanon's president 30 Oct 2016 - 06:19 pm
The presidential chair is pictured inside the presidential palace prior to presidential elections in Baabda, near Beirut, Lebanon October 29, 2016. Picture taken October 29, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir