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Turkish union says airport protests to continue, some workers released
Sep 17, 2018
ISTANBUL — Turkish authorities released 160 construction workers who had demonstrated against labour conditions at Istanbul's new airport, b ...
US confirms further Palestinian aid cut
Sep 17, 2018
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — The United States has cut additional aid to the Palestinians for programmes supporting conflict resolution with Israeli ...
Iran hails Iraq parliament selections as MPs elect ‘pro’-speaker
Sep 17, 2018
TEHRAN — Iran on Sunday hailed the selections made by Iraq's parliament a day after the body elected candidates backed by a pro-Tehran bloc ...
Saudi-led air strike kills four at Yemen radio station, UN intensifies diplomacy
Sep 16, 2018
DUBAI — An air strike by the Saudi-led coalition against a radio station in Yemen's Houthi-held port city of Hodeida killed four people on S ...
French-US professor arrested at Khan Al Ahmar demo deported by occupation authority
Sep 16, 2018
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — An American-French law professor arrested by Israel while protesting against the demolition of a Palestinian village in ...
Palestinian youth stabs Israeli-American right-wing activist in occupied West Bank
Sep 16, 2018
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A 17-year-old Palestinian stabbed an Israeli-American right-wing activist, a settler, near the entrance to a mall in th ...
Syrians in government areas vote in first local polls since 2011
Sep 16, 2018
DAMASCUS — Syrians in government-controlled areas cast their ballots on Sunday in the first local elections there since 2011, when the count ...
Polls open in Syrian local elections: state media
Sep 16, 2018
DAMASCUS-Voting began across government-controlled parts of Syria on Sunday for the war-ravaged country's first local elections since 2011, ...
Iran accuses French police of slow reaction to attack on Paris embassy
Sep 16, 2018
LONDON — Iran said on Saturday that Kurdish activists attacked its embassy in Paris and it accused French police of arriving late on the sce ...
Turkey-Russia discord over Idlib defers regime offensive, for now
Sep 16, 2018
ISTANBUL — Disagreement between Turkey and Russia over how to tackle the Syrian rebel stronghold of Idlib seems to have deferred a looming r ...
Syria says Israeli air strikes target military positions, 200 confirmed in 18 months
Sep 05, 2018
Deadlocked Iraqi MPs to meet mid September
Sep 05, 2018
Top US general warns against major assault on Syria’s Idlib
Sep 05, 2018
Libya in chaos since overthrow of Qadhafi
Sep 05, 2018
Negotiations with Palestinians are pointless — Israeli minister
Sep 04, 2018
Bloodbath in Syria’s Idlib can still be avoided — ICG
Sep 04, 2018
Clashes rage in Libya’s Tripoli as UN calls for talks
Sep 04, 2018
Eight civilians killed in Iraq in suspected Daesh attacks
Sep 03, 2018
Protests over Yemen’s economic malaise spread to other southern cities
Sep 03, 2018
Rivals jostle for power as Iraq parliament meets
Sep 03, 2018
Jordan’s Palestinian refugees fearful after US slashes aid
Sep 02, 2018
Syrian state media says electrical fault behind airbase blasts
Sep 02, 2018
Kuwait emir announces visit to Washington, talks with Trump
Sep 02, 2018
EU urges US to reconsider ‘regrettable’ decision on UN Palestinian agency
Sep 01, 2018
US sees assault on Idlib as escalation of Syria conflict
Sep 01, 2018
Israel welcomes end of US funding for UN Palestinian refugee agency
Sep 01, 2018
UK minister holds talks in Iran in first visit since US quit nuclear deal
Sep 01, 2018
Israel says it will not be bound by post-war deals on Syria
Aug 30, 2018
Mauritanians in last vote before key presidential election
Aug 30, 2018
Egypt's Sisi appoints raft of new governors in new shake-up
Aug 30, 2018
Migrant rescue NGO quits Libya, denounces ‘criminalisation’ of aid
Aug 30, 2018
Algeria's cholera outbreak now confined to one area — ministry
Aug 30, 2018

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