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Blinken voices sorrow for 'innocent' Palestinians killed
Feb 01, 2023
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territories — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken expressed his sorrow on Tuesday for "innocent" Palestinians killed in a spike of violence in the occupied West Bank, after meeting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.Washington's top diplomat met Abbas in the West Bank city of Ramallah on the final stop on a Middle East tour ...
After drought, winter rains revive Iraq’s famed marshlands
Feb 01, 2023
CHIBAYISH MARSHES, Iraq — Black buffaloes wade through the waters of Iraq’s Mesopotam ...
Tunisia’s Saied swears in new ministers after sackings
Feb 01, 2023
TUNIS — Tunisian President Kais Saied swore in new education and agriculture minister ...
Tunisia’s Saied swears in new ministers after sackings
Jan 31, 2023
TUNIS — Tunisian President Kais Saied swore in new education and agriculture ministers on Tuesday, politically sensitive posts in the crisis ...
Blinken urges calm in flaring Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Jan 30, 2023
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday for "urgent steps" to calm spiralling violence in the Israeli-Palest ...
Ten dead in new toll after fresh Syria strikes — monitor
Jan 30, 2023
BEIRUT — A total of 10 people were killed in a series of drone strikes targeting pro-Iran factions in eastern Syria, including three dead in ...
Israeli forces kill Palestinian driver as car speeds off
Jan 30, 2023
HEBRON, Palestinian Territories — Israeli forces killed a Palestinian driver in the occupied West Bank on Monday, officials on both sides sa ...
Blinken arrives in Egypt as Middle East violence erupts
Jan 29, 2023
CAIRO — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look to notch down ...
Tunisians vote in second round of poll for defanged parliament
Jan 29, 2023
TUNIS — Polling began in the second round of elections for Tunisia's toothless parliament on Sunday, but as the divided nation grapples with ...
Blinken starts Mideast tour as Israel-Palestinian conflict flares
Jan 29, 2023
CAIRO — US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived Sunday in Egypt at the start of a Middle East trip on which he will look to notch down ...
Deaths, injuries in gunshots in occupied Jerusalem
Jan 28, 2023
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Two Israelis were injured on Saturday by gunshots in East Jerusalem hours after a gunman killed seven outside a synagog ...
All eyes on turnout as Tunisia votes again after boycott
Jan 28, 2023
TUNIS — Tunisians are to vote again on Sunday in elections for a parliament stripped of its powers, the final pillar of President Kais Saied ...
Israel, Gaza fighters trade missiles after deadly West Bank raid
Jan 27, 2023
GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories - Israel launched air strikes on Gaza on Friday in response to militant rocket fire from the Pa ...

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