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Saudi Arabia strives to prevent virus outbreak in curtailed Hajj
Jul 29, 2020
MECCA — Pilgrims were quarantined Tuesday in the Muslim holy city of Mecca ahead of the dramatically downsized Hajj as Saudi authorities str ...
Relics of its golden past, Mosul’s trains left to rust
Jul 28, 2020
MOSUL, Iraq — Nearly a century ago, Iraqis and Westerners stood here with tickets to Berlin, Istanbul or Venice. ...
Lebanon reinstates lockdown measures after virus rebound
Jul 28, 2020
BEIRUT — The Lebanese government agreed on Tuesday to reinforce coronavirus lockdown measures after a spike in new cases threatened to overw ...
Saudi Arabia gears up for downsized Hajj
Jul 27, 2020
MECCA — Saudi Arabia on Wednesday begins hosting the annual Hajj, dramatically downscaled due to the coronavirus pandemic that has barred mi ...
Fire, anti-Arab graffiti damage West Bank mosque
Jul 27, 2020
AL BIREH, Palestine — A mosque in the Israeli-occupied West Bank town of Al Bireh was damaged by fire and Hebrew-language graffiti on Monday ...
Two Baghdad protesters die after clashes with police — medics
Jul 27, 2020
BAGHDAD — Two demonstrators died in Baghdad early Monday after being shot in confrontations with security forces, the first victims of prote ...
UN mission urges ‘maximum restraint’ after Lebanon-Israel border clashes
Jul 27, 2020
BEIRUT — United Nations peacekeeping force UNIFIL called for “maximum restraint” after clashes on Monday on the border between Lebanon and I ...
Bombed and looted: Yemen battles to save its heritage
Jul 27, 2020
TAEZ, Yemen — The two facades of the National Museum in the Yemeni city of Taez bear testament to the ravages of a war that has consumed the ...
Morocco sees travel mayhem after snap movement restrictions
Jul 27, 2020
RABAT — Morocco’s roads and transport hubs saw chaotic scenes after authorities announced snap movement restrictions affecting eight cities ...
Tunisia Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi named new PM
Jul 26, 2020
TUNIS — Tunisia's Interior Minister Hichem Mechichi has been appointed to form the next government, the president's office said, amid politi ...
Libya court to rule on Qadhafi’s son Saif, former officials July 28
Jun 01, 2015
Anti-Daesh strategy to face scrutiny at Paris coalition meeting
Jun 01, 2015
Daesh claims Libya suicide attack, declares war on key militia
Jun 01, 2015
Egyptian-American released, flies back to US
Jun 01, 2015
Qatar drops death penalty for Filipino ‘spy’
Jun 01, 2015
UN envoy opens Yemen talks as coalition pounds rebels
May 30, 2015
Barrel bombs kill 71 civilians after Syria army retreats
May 30, 2015
Yemen’s Saleh says S. Arabia offered him ‘millions’ to fight Houthis
May 30, 2015
US and Iran address obstacles to nuclear deal as deadline nears
May 30, 2015
Yemen may never emerge intact from civil war
May 28, 2015
Iraq exhumes 470 bodies from Tikrit mass graves — minister
May 28, 2015
Syrian soldiers tell of harrowing escape from besieged hospital
May 28, 2015
Libya issues warning after PM escapes assassination
May 28, 2015
Saudi execution surge ‘very disturbing’ — UN rapporteur
May 28, 2015
Syria says it carried out deadly air raid on Daesh stronghold
May 26, 2015
Closed-door trial in Iran of Washington Post reporter begins
May 26, 2015
Egyptian officials investigating police killing of student
May 26, 2015
US must examine how assets are being used in Daesh fight — Obama
May 26, 2015
Libyan tribes meet in Cairo as Egypt seeks allies against militants
May 25, 2015
Daesh executes 217 near Syria’s Palmyra in 9 days — monitor
May 25, 2015
Ex-Israeli premier Olmert sentenced to 8 months in prison
May 25, 2015
Daesh seizes Iraqi side of key Syria border crossing
May 24, 2015

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