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Iraq protest camps splinter over cleric's backing of new PM
Feb 03, 2020
BAGHDAD — Protest camps across Iraq began fracturing on Monday into separate clusters over whether to back premier-designate Mohammad Allawi ...
First UN 'mercy flight' leaves Yemen's rebel-held Sanaa
Feb 03, 2020
SANAA — Yemeni children in critical need of medical care were evacuated Monday from the rebel-held capital Sanaa, in what the United Nations ...
Syrian army, Turkey in deadly flare-up
Feb 03, 2020
BEIRUT — Syrian and Turkish troops traded deadly fire in Syria's northwest on Monday, further raising tension between Ankara and regime back ...
Pan-Islamic body OIC rejects Trump's Middle East plan
Feb 03, 2020
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation on Monday rejected US President Donald Trump's peace plan for the Middle East ...
EU top diplomat holds talks in Iran ‘to de-escalate tensions’
Feb 03, 2020
TEHRAN — Top EU diplomat Josep Borrell on Monday held talks in the Iranian capital on a mission aimed at lowering tensions over the Islamic ...
Iraqi protesters dig in heels despite new PM-designate
Feb 02, 2020
BAGHDAD — Furious anti-government youth dug in their heels in Iraq's capital and south on Sunday, rejecting the previous evening's nominatio ...
Dozens in Lebanon protest Trump's Mideast plan
Feb 02, 2020
AWKAR, Lebanon — Dozens protested near the US embassy in Lebanon on Sunday against US President Donald Trump's Middle East plan.The demonstr ...
Muppets help conflict kids in new Arabic ‘Sesame Street’
Feb 02, 2020
DUBAI — A band of Muppets, both old favourites and new friends, will star in an Arabic retooling of "Sesame Street" with a regional twist.In ...
Iranians must have ‘right to choose’ at polls — Rouhani
Feb 02, 2020
TEHRAN — Iranians must have the "right to choose" between different political movements, President Hassan Rouhani said on Sunday, as co ...
Abbas says Palestinians cutting all ties with Israel, US
Feb 01, 2020
CAIRO — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced Saturday a cut of all ties with Israel and the United States, including security coope ...
Group that seized Tripoli takes Libyan government, oil company websites
Oct 14, 2014
Europe examining ways to press Israel over settlements — diplomats
Oct 14, 2014
British MPs pass non-binding vote to recognise Palestine
Oct 14, 2014
Yemen names new PM in fresh bid to end crisis
Oct 13, 2014
Iraq forces at critical juncture as Anbar teeters
Oct 13, 2014
Lebanon to postpone parliamentary poll to 2017 — minister
Oct 13, 2014
French tourists avoid Tunisia after traveller’s beheading in nearby Algeria
Oct 13, 2014
No new deal with US on using airbase — Turkey
Oct 13, 2014
Gulf states could expand anti-IS combat role — experts
Oct 12, 2014
Yemen’s crisis reflects arc of Arab Spring revolts
Oct 12, 2014
US general sees bigger role ‘advising and assisting’ Iraqi forces
Oct 12, 2014
Israelis and Palestinians join forces to combat Ebola
Oct 12, 2014
Worried Iraqi capital sees militant push around it
Oct 11, 2014
Somalia to halt banned charcoal trade at port recaptured from Al Shabab
Oct 11, 2014
‘Iran nuclear talks could be extended again’
Oct 11, 2014
Bahrain opposition confirms it will boycott election
Oct 11, 2014
After shipwreck, refugee finds despair in Europe
Oct 11, 2014
US think tank says it located possible blast at Iran military site
Oct 09, 2014
How to be Emirati in a sea of foreign influence
Oct 09, 2014
Global public opinion backs recognising Palestine — PLO
Oct 09, 2014
No breakthrough in IAEA-Iran talks on nuclear bomb inquiry
Oct 09, 2014
Health of Spanish nurse infected with Ebola worsens
Oct 09, 2014

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