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Iran fuel tanker attacked off Syria
Apr 24, 2021
BEIRUT — An Iranian tanker was attacked off Syria’s coast on Saturday sparking a fire, in the first assault of its kind since the war starte ...
Sinkholes fill Turkey's breadbasket in drought
Apr 22, 2021

KARAPINAR, Turkey — Sinkholes wide enough to swallow a bus dot the drought-stricken breadbasket of the Turkish plains, worrying farmers as ...
Israel strikes Syria after attack near secretive nuclear site
Apr 22, 2021
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — A Syrian officer was killed and three soldiers wounded Thursday in strikes launched by Israel after a missile was fired ...
Pope tells Hariri of hopes of visiting Lebanon
Apr 22, 2021

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis reaffirmed his desire to visit Lebanon in a meeting on Thursday with prime minister-designate Saad Hariri, but ...
Large-scale Houthi offensive roils Yemen’s oil-rich Marib
Apr 21, 2021
MARIB, Yemen — Peering through binoculars, a Yemeni commander scans a forbidding desert moonscape for lurking Houthi rebels, who are ramping ...
Egypt sacks rail authority chief after string of deadly accidents
Apr 21, 2021
CAIRO — Egypt's railways chief was sacked on Tuesday following a string of deadly train disasters, two days after the latest accident that c ...
Algeria arrests 8 over ‘foreign-funded’ protest-linked group
Apr 20, 2021
ALGIERS — Algerian security services said on Tuesday they had arrested eight people linked to the Hirak pro-democracy protest movement over ...
Oriental lute makes comeback on Iran music scene
Apr 20, 2021
Known as the oud in Arabic, it is commonly called the barbat in Persian, although some would argue the instruments differ slightly.
Potholes, graffiti, broken street lights: Lebanon’s crumbling capital
Apr 19, 2021
Many parking metres have been disabled in protest over an alleged corruption scandal, while cars are parked randomly on sidewalks.
Iran asks Interpol to arrest Natanz 'sabotage' suspect
Apr 19, 2021
TEHRAN — Iran has asked Interpol to help arrest a suspect in a sabotage attack on its Natanz nuclear facility which it blames on Israel, a l ...
Egypt Muslims attack Christian woman, houses after affair rumour
May 26, 2016
Israel’s Lieberman: bouncer-turned-political firebrand
May 25, 2016
Palestinian PM dismisses Netanyahu’s direct talks proposal
May 24, 2016
Greece to start key data handover on EgyptAir crash Wednesday — source
May 24, 2016
Hardliner elected head of key Iran oversight body
May 24, 2016
Father of Lebanese soldier killed by Nusra Front admits revenge murder on TV
May 24, 2016
US demands Russia to push Syria to stop attacks
May 23, 2016
Egypt prosecutor seeks data on crashed plane from France, Greece
May 23, 2016
Tel Aviv police accused of unprovoked beating of Arab Israeli
May 23, 2016
UN says Sudan 'expels' senior humanitarian official
May 23, 2016
Israeli defence minister steps down
May 22, 2016
UN, Western donors urge Somalia to speed up vote process
May 21, 2016
Turkish parliament strips MPs of immunity in blow to Kurdish opposition
May 21, 2016
Tunisia’s Ennahda to separate politics from religious activity
May 19, 2016
Citizens of Sanaa yearn for end to Yemen’s war
May 19, 2016
Daesh branches in Libya, Yemen, Saudi Arabia added to US terror list
May 19, 2016
Yemen PM rejects rebel-proposed unity gov’t
May 18, 2016
Kerry, Egypt's Sisi discuss Mideast peace, Libya conflict
May 18, 2016
Italy says Africa nations back plan to close Libya migrant route
May 18, 2016
Somaliland's independence pleas fall on deaf ears
May 18, 2016
‘Forces loyal to Libyan unity gov't retake checkpoint south of Misrata’
May 17, 2016
‘Bachelor ban’ in Qatar tests relations with migrant workers
May 17, 2016

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