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As neighbours build dams,  Iraqis watch twin rivers dry up
Aug 26, 2020
DIWANIYAH, Iraq — With its neighbours activating new dams, Iraq’s historic twin rivers could run dry — unless new infrastructure projects an ...
Sudan PM tells Pompeo he has no mandate to normalise Israel ties
Aug 25, 2020
KHARTOUM — Sudan said Tuesday it cannot form diplomatic relations with Israel now, dashing hopes for a speedy breakthrough during a visit by ...
In northeast Syria town, families say Turkey cut their water
Aug 25, 2020
HASAKEH, Syria — Outside her home in northeast Syria, Sheikha Majid said her life had become an endless quest for fresh water, three weeks i ...
Pompeo, Netanyahu hopeful more Arab states will forge Israel ties
Aug 24, 2020
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel's prime minister and the US top diplomat voiced hope Monday Israel would soon build ties with more Arab countrie ...
Syria blackout after alleged 'terrorist' pipeline attack
Aug 24, 2020
DAMASCUS — Syria's government Monday blamed a "terrorist" attack on a gas pipeline near Damascus for a nationwide blackout, in the latest su ...
Libya strongman labels GNA ceasefire announcement a stunt
Aug 24, 2020
BENGHAZI, Libya — A spokesman for eastern Libyan strongman Khalifa Haftar has slammed a ceasefire announcement by the rival Government of Na ...
Another Algerian journalist jailed in growing crackdown
Aug 24, 2020
ALGIERS — An Algerian journalist was sentenced on Monday to two years in prison, his lawyer told AFP, in the latest trial of media and pro-d ...
Gold-hunting diggers destroy Sudan’s priceless past
Aug 24, 2020
JABEL MARAGHA, Sudan — When a team of archaeologists deep in the deserts of Sudan arrived at the ancient site of Jabel Maragha last month, t ...
Lebanon's Hizbollah says it downed Israeli drone
Aug 24, 2020
BEIRUT — Lebanon's Iran-backed Hizbollah said Saturday it had downed and seized an Israeli drone that flew over the UN-demarcated Blue Line ...
Libya ceasefire first step on 'arduous' path to peace
Aug 24, 2020
TRIPOLI — A surprise ceasefire announcement by Libya's rival administrations offers a glimmer of hope for peace, but analysts caution scepti ...
Hundreds of lawyers back Morocco women tried over dresses
Jul 07, 2015
Spain arrests woman for recruiting girls for Daesh
Jul 07, 2015
Daesh takes ground from Syrian Kurds after air strikes
Jul 06, 2015
Iran demands end to UN missile sanctions, West refuses
Jul 06, 2015
Egypt killed 241 Sinai militants from July 1-5 — army
Jul 06, 2015
Egypt arrests Brotherhood members for alleged Suez plot — security sources
Jul 06, 2015
Kuwait detains 26 over Daesh suicide attack on mosque — newspaper
Jul 06, 2015
Migrant boats also carrying Daesh militants — EU official
Jul 06, 2015
Hamas reopens offices of Gaza’s only mobile phone firm
Jul 05, 2015
Egypt may take legal action over ‘false’ tolls under new law
Jul 05, 2015
Fears of Syria war persist in Lebanese border village
Jul 05, 2015
New details emerge about Tunisia gunman’s past
Jul 05, 2015
Iraqi jets drop leaflets over Mosul promising to recapture city
Jul 04, 2015
Iran talks in endgame inching close to nuclear deal
Jul 04, 2015
Egypt says 25 militants killed in air strikes as Sisi inspects troops
Jul 04, 2015
Two London teens have married Daesh fighters — lawyer
Jul 04, 2015
Palestinians arrest 100 Hamas members in West Bank — security
Jul 04, 2015
Saudi Arabia opens first privatised airport for pilgrims
Jul 02, 2015
Disaffected Tunisia youth ‘ripe for radicalisation’
Jul 02, 2015
Tunisia identifies all 38 hotel attack victims, 30 of them British
Jul 01, 2015
Kuwait makes DNA tests mandatory after terror bombing
Jul 01, 2015
HRW urges Gulf states to follow Kuwait on maid rights
Jul 01, 2015

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