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World / Middle East

Iran's Rouhani hails 'special' ties with Iraq ahead of visit 11 Mar 2019 - 09:45 am
File photo of Iran's President Hassan Rouhani listens during a news conference on the sidelines of the 73rd session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., September 26, 2018. REUTERS/Brendan Mcdermid/File Photo
New Assad statue triggers protest in cradle of Syrian revolt 10 Mar 2019 - 09:44 pm
A picture of President Bashar al-Assad is seen in Ramouseh, a government controlled area of Aleppo,  Syria, December 8, 2016. Reuters/Omar Sanadiki
Bouteflika’s plane to take off in few minutes to return to Algeria 10 Mar 2019 - 05:42 pm
An Algerian government Gulfstream plane, registration 7T-VPM, is pictured at Cointrin airport in Geneva, where Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is in hospital, Switzerland, March 10, 2019. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
Protesters in Syria's Daraa rally against Hafez Assad statue 10 Mar 2019 - 05:13 pm
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UK studying how to get children of Islamic State followers out of Syria 10 Mar 2019 - 04:41 pm
Fighters with the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sits on a motorcycle at a makeshift camp for Islamic State (IS) group members and their families in the town of Baghouz, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 9, 2019. / AFP / Dylan COLLINS
First time in Baghdad: Iran's president to visit Iraq 10 Mar 2019 - 11:39 am
File photo of Iranian president Hassan Rouhani. AFP
Israel strikes Hamas targets in Gaza over rocket: army 10 Mar 2019 - 10:01 am
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Regime attacks kill one civilian in Idlib 09 Mar 2019 - 08:24 pm
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More civilians leave Islamic State's Syria enclave, delaying final assault 09 Mar 2019 - 08:11 pm
A view of people moving between tents in a makeshift camp in the last Islamic State (IS) group-controlled piece of territory in Syria's Baghouz in the eastern Deir Ezzor province.  AFP / Free Burma Rangers
Suicide car bomb attack in northern Syria's Manbij wounds 8 09 Mar 2019 - 05:21 pm
Turkish-backed fighters take part in a training at a military barracks, north of the Syrian town of Manbij on March 6, 2019. / AFP / Bakr ALKASEM
Algeria orders early university holiday as students spur protests 09 Mar 2019 - 04:09 pm
Algerian female protesters shout slogans during a demonstration in the capital Algiers against ailing president's bid for a fifth term on March 8, 2019.  AFP / RYAD KRAMDI
Algeria police deny deaths in Friday demos 09 Mar 2019 - 02:44 pm
Thousands of people stage a protest march against the candidacy of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika for a fifth term in Algiers, Algeria on March 08, 2019. Farouk Batiche - Anadolu
British IS runaway teen's baby son dies in Syria 09 Mar 2019 - 01:44 pm
A boy looks out of a truck tarp near the village of Baghouz, Deir Al Zor province, in Syria March 7, 2019. Picture taken March 7, 2019. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Palestinian killed, 42 others injured at Gaza border 08 Mar 2019 - 11:21 pm
Palestinian throws a stone with a slingshot towards Israeli security forces during the
Tens of thousands protest in Algeria as Bouteflika stays defiant 08 Mar 2019 - 11:21 pm
People protest against Algeria's President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, in Algiers, Algeria March 8, 2019. The sign reads:
Ankara says Turkey, Russia patrols begin around Idlib 08 Mar 2019 - 01:52 pm
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Bouteflika warns against 'chaos' as protests challenge election bid 07 Mar 2019 - 11:29 pm
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (AFP/Alain Jocard)
Syria force braces for new outflux from last IS village 07 Mar 2019 - 03:52 pm
Civilians evacuated from the Islamic State (IS) group's embattled holdout of Baghouz wait at a screening area held by the US-backed Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on March 5, 2019.   AFP / Bulent