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Iran records highest daily death toll from COVID-19 29 Jun 2020 - 11:20 pm
Pedestrians, wearing protective masks due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, walk past shops in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 28, 2020.  / AFP / ATTA KENARE
U.S. envoy in Lebanon says "page turned" after interview ban 29 Jun 2020 - 05:15 pm
U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Dorothy Shea speaks during a news conference after meeting with Lebanon's Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beirut, Lebanon June 29, 2020. REUTERS/Mohamed Azakir
Iran issues arrest warrant for Trump over killing of top general: Fars news 29 Jun 2020 - 03:05 pm
FILE PHOTO: Flowers lie around a portrait of Iranian Major-General Qassem Soleimani, who was killed in an airstrike near Baghdad, at the Iranian embassy's fence in Minsk, Belarus January 10, 2020. REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko/File Photo
Turkey imposes curfew for university entrance exams 28 Jun 2020 - 09:51 am
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UN warns of 'unprecedented hunger crisis' in Syria 27 Jun 2020 - 12:38 pm
7-month-old Syrian baby Wardah carries the risk of losing her life due to an undiagnosed illness is seen on the hands of her father in a tend at Atmeh refugee camp in Idlib, Syria on June 21, 2020.  Muhammed Said - Anadolu
Iraq registers 2,200 new coronavirus cases, its highest daily toll 24 Jun 2020 - 06:23 pm
A costumer, wearing a protective mask due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has her temperature checked before entering a supermarket in the Iraqi capital Baghdad, on June 23, 2020. / AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Iran's coronavirus death toll continues to resurge, nears 10,000 24 Jun 2020 - 03:27 pm
Passengers, wearing face shields due to the COVID-19 coronavirus, sit inside a bus in the Iranian capital Tehran on June 22, 2020. / AFP / ATTA KENARE
Iran says it's ready for talks if US apologises over nuclear pact 24 Jun 2020 - 11:01 am
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani attends a programme held within to encourage and increase domestic production, in Tehran, Iran on June 23, 2020. (Presidency of Iran / Handout - Anadolu Agency)
Sudanese jobless in Lebanon risk life on Israel border 23 Jun 2020 - 10:10 am
Israel's northern border with Lebanon is heavily fortified and intensively patrolled but still dozens of impoverished Sudanese risk their lives trying to cross in search of work JACK GUEZ AFP/File
US to lift Sudan sanctions after gov't election: Source 21 Jun 2020 - 05:23 pm
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Erdogan says Turkey has lost some ground in coronavirus fight 20 Jun 2020 - 02:38 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan speaks during opening ceremony of the 3rd runway of Istanbul Airport, the state guest house and the mosque in Istanbul, Turkey on June 14, 2020. ( Serhat Ça?da? - Anadolu
4 Syrian children die in tent blaze on Jordan farm 20 Jun 2020 - 02:24 pm
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Turkish lira currency of choice in northern Syria 19 Jun 2020 - 03:46 pm
People living in Syria's northwest, begin to use Turkish lira to maintain their purchasing power amid steep fall in value of Syrian pound against US dollar, on June 14, 2020.Bekir Kas?m - Anadolu
US hits Syria with toughest sanctions yet to push Assad to end war 17 Jun 2020 - 03:53 pm
FILE PHOTO: A woman walks past a poster depicting Syria's President Bashar al-Assad in Damascus, Syria, March 5, 2020. REUTERS/Yamam Al Shaar/File Photo
Turkey makes masks compulsory in 42 provinces after uptick 16 Jun 2020 - 07:23 pm
FILE PHOTO: People wearing protective face masks walk at Grand Bazaar as it reopens after weeks of the close doors amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Istanbul, Turkey, June 1, 2020. REUTERS/Umit Bektas/File Photo
Egypt arrests journalist after Al Jazeera appearance: Watchdog 16 Jun 2020 - 05:45 pm
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Rockets hit near Baghdad airport: Iraq military 16 Jun 2020 - 12:44 pm
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Turkey: Ancient city of Ephesus limits visitor numbers 14 Jun 2020 - 04:19 pm
A view of the remains of Ephesus Ancient City, in Izmir, Turkey on June 10, 2020. Mehmet Emin Mengüarslan - Anadolu