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New US threats to Iraq widen rifts
Sep 27, 2020
BAGHDAD — Enraged by near-daily attacks on its interests in Iraq, Washington has threatened to close its embassy in Baghdad, in a blow to a premier seen as a bulwark against Iran.Iraq has long been caught in a tug-of-war between its allies Iran and the US, rendered rockier by Washington's "maximum pressure" policy against Tehran since 2018.In a new ...
Yemen warring sides agree to swap over 1,000 prisoners
Sep 27, 2020
DUBAI — The warring sides in Yemen's long conflict have agreed to exchange 1,081 pris ...
Iranian asylum seeker stuck in limbo on divided Cyprus
Sep 26, 2020
 NICOSIA — Dissident Iranian singer Omid Tootian has for days been sleeping in a ...
Iraqi youth with development disorders suffer in, and after, Mosul lockdown
Sep 26, 2020
MOSUL, Iraq — When Mosul ended its COVID-19 lockdown last month, health specialists faced a disheartening reality: A deterioration among you ...
Libyans caught between fear of pandemic and scepticism
Sep 26, 2020
TRIPOLI — Haytham, tall and well-built, turns away customers without masks from a shop entrance in Libya's capital, telling them to return w ...
Abbas asks UN for international Mideast conference next year
Sep 26, 2020
UNITED NATIONS, United States — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas appealed on Friday to the United Nations to arrange an international con ...
Last stand in Yemen as battle for oil-rich province rages
Sep 26, 2020
MARIB, Yemen — Hadi Ahmed wearily sets up a tent in Yemen's Marib province, after fleeing fighting, yet, again in the government's last nort ...
Lebanon PM designate bows out from forming new Cabinet
Sep 26, 2020
BEIRUT — Lebanon's premier-designate stepped down on Saturday, saying he had been unable to form a reform-minded government to lift the coun ...
Fateh, Hamas say deal reached on Palestinian elections
Sep 25, 2020
GAZA CITY - Gaza's Islamist rulers Hamas and their  rivals Fateh in the occupied West Bank agreed on Thursday to hold the first Palesti ...
France urges Lebanon parties to form gov't 'without delay'
Sep 24, 2020
PARIS — France on Tuesday urged competing political forces in Lebanon to agree on forming a government "without delay" as it ramped up press ...
In blast-hit Beirut, Armenian elders determined to stay
Sep 23, 2020
BEIRUT — Beirut resident Vany Bandikian once dreamt of travelling outside Lebanon, but after a massive explosion wrecked her neighbourhood, ...
Shaping peace together: EU-UNDP inaugurate first Rugby Field in Libya
Sep 23, 2020
BENGHAZI — On the occasion of the International Day of Peace, the European Union (EU) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) ha ...
US seeks breakthrough on Sudan before election
Sep 23, 2020
WASHINGTON — With weeks to go before US elections, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is racing to make a breakthrough with Sudan that he hopes ...
Iran Guard unveil new naval ballistic missile
Sep 28, 2020
Lebanon reels after efforts to form gov't collapse
Sep 27, 2020
Pentagon vows to help Israel keep military superiority
Sep 24, 2020
Iran cries 'victory' over Trump in UN Security Council
Sep 24, 2020
Four Algerian siblings jailed for Bouteflika-era graft
Sep 23, 2020
Russia vows military cooperation with Iran
Sep 23, 2020
Tunisia picks up 246 migrants at sea in a single night
Sep 21, 2020
Palestinian activist arrested after altercation with Israeli soldier
Sep 21, 2020
Libyan oil firm lifts force majeure on 'safe' fields
Sep 21, 2020
Lebanon hosts concert for Beirut blast victims at ravaged palace
Sep 21, 2020
Somalia names new PM, announces plan for national elections
Sep 19, 2020
Yemen warring sides in 'final' talks on prisoner swap deal
Sep 16, 2020
France 'regrets' Lebanon has not yet formed gov't
Sep 16, 2020
Sudan says it arrests 41 for possessing large amount of explosives
Sep 16, 2020
Iran warns US against 'strategic mistake' after Trump threat
Sep 15, 2020
UAE, Bahrain and Israel formalise ties at White House
Sep 15, 2020
Three Western targets in Iraq attacked in 24 hours — sources
Sep 15, 2020
Beirut in race to save heritage before rain returns
Sep 15, 2020
UN peacekeepers rescue 36 at sea off Lebanon
Sep 14, 2020
UN nuclear watchdog to visit 2nd Iran site in 'a few days'
Sep 14, 2020
Suspected Israeli strikes kill 10 pro-Iran fighters in Syria — monitor
Sep 14, 2020
Turkish vessel leaves contested waters in eastern Med
Sep 13, 2020

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