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More than 500 dead in Syria's Al Hol camp in 2019 — medics
Jan 16, 2020
AL HOL CAMP, Syria — At least 517 people, mostly children, died in 2019 in an overstretched Syrian camp housing displaced people and relativ ...
Iraq ouster of foreign troops would show US 'failure' — analysts
Jan 16, 2020
BAGHDAD — When it invaded in 2003, the United States promised "Iraqi freedom," democracy, and prosperity. ...
Lebanon holds 100 after protests turn violent
Jan 16, 2020
BEIRUT — Lebanon's security forces were holding at least 100 anti-government protesters Thursday, lawyers told AFP, after two nights of demo ...
US presence in Iraq since 2003
Jan 16, 2020
BAGHDAD —  The United States invaded Iraq in 2003 and pulled out after eight years, returning in 2014 to head a coalition bat ...
Sudan appoints new spy chief after crushing mutiny
Jan 16, 2020
KHARTOUM — Sudan on Thursday appointed a new intelligence chief to replace the general who quit after government forces crushed a deadl ...
Iran's president urges 'unity' after plane protests
Jan 16, 2020
TEHRAN — President Hassan Rouhani appealed on Wednesday for "unity" and flagged the need for radical changes to the way Iran is run, after a ...
Lebanon protesters demand end to political vacuum
Jan 15, 2020
BEIRUT — Protesters resumed blocking major highways on Tuesday in what they said would be a "week of wrath" demanding an end to Lebanon's mo ...
Berlin summit to build on shaky Libyan ceasefire
Jan 15, 2020
MOSCOW — Diplomatic efforts to end the conflict in Libya ratcheted up on Tuesday as Russia said that the warring factions had agreed to main ...
EU states launch process disputing Iran's nuclear compliance
Jan 15, 2020
PARIS — Three EU countries on Tuesday launched a process charging Iran with failing to observe the terms of the 2015 deal curtailing its nuc ...
What’s behind Haftar’s refusal to sign Libya deal?
Jan 14, 2020
TRIPOLI — Military strongman Khalifa Haftar’s reluctance to sign up to a Turkish-Russian orchestrated ceasefire accord underlines the comple ...
Arab ministers in Saudi Arabia discuss Syria, IS crises
Aug 24, 2014
Kidnappers free US journalist missing in Syria since 2012
Aug 24, 2014
Iran refuses UN nuclear watchdog access to Parchin military base
Aug 23, 2014
Forces from Libyan city of Misrata say they seized Tripoli airport
Aug 23, 2014
Over a hundred migrants missing after boat sinks off Libyan coast
Aug 23, 2014
British police try to reassure UAE tourists London safe
Aug 21, 2014
Yemen armed forces on alert as rebel deadline nears
Aug 21, 2014
Palestinian poet Samih Al Qasim dies at 75
Aug 20, 2014
Mother of US journalist Foley ‘never prouder’ of son
Aug 20, 2014
Has Hamas military chief, Mohammed Deif, escaped death again?
Aug 20, 2014
New report warns of anti-aircraft weapons in Syria
Aug 19, 2014
Poet Behbahani, ‘lioness of Iran’, dies at 87 — state media
Aug 19, 2014
Saudi Arabia opens family courts, first step in wider legal reform
Aug 19, 2014
Fugitive Iraqi VP urges role for Saddam loyalists, criticises US action
Aug 18, 2014
IAEA expects progress by August 25 deadline in Iran nuclear inquiry
Aug 18, 2014
Kuwait briefly detains Muslim cleric US suspects of militant financing
Aug 18, 2014
Saudi prince robbed of 250,000 euros in Paris carjacking — police
Aug 18, 2014
Israel warns on security as Gaza truce talks resume
Aug 17, 2014
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait to abide by UN blacklisting of citizens
Aug 17, 2014
Nigerian who died in UAE may have shown signs consistent with Ebola
Aug 17, 2014
Australia to take 4,400 refugees from Syria, Iraq
Aug 17, 2014
Iraqi Kurdish leader appeals to Germany for weapons
Aug 16, 2014

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