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World / Middle East

Turkey aims to stop 'anticipated airstrikes' in Idlib 08 Sep 2018 - 06:24 pm
Syrians check the wreckage at a site in Hass town after an airstrike by pro-regime forces on the south of Idlib province on September 8, 2018.   AFP / Amer ALHAMWE
Iraq's top two parliament groups urge PM to resign 08 Sep 2018 - 06:13 pm
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi attends a session at the parliament headquarters, in Baghdad, September 8, 2018. Iraqi Prime Minister Office
Egypt court sends 75 to death, 47 to life over 2013 sit-in 08 Sep 2018 - 05:47 pm
This picture shows detainees inside the soundproof glass dock of the courtroom during the trial of 700 defendants including Egyptian photojournalist Mahmoud Abu Zeid, widely known as Shawkan, in the capital Cairo, on September 8, 2018.  AFP / Mohamed el-S
Iran attacks Iranian Kurdish opposition group base in Iraq 08 Sep 2018 - 05:12 pm
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Bombings and air raids kill 4 in Syria's rebel-held Idlib 08 Sep 2018 - 04:43 pm
Smoke billows following Syrian government forces' bombardment around the town of Khan Sheikhun on the southern edges of the rebel-held Idlib province on September 8, 2018. AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Clashes between Kurds and Syrian army troops leave 18 dead 08 Sep 2018 - 04:39 pm
Members of the Asayish, Kurdish internal security police forces, arrive at the site of clashes with regime forces in Qamishly, northeastern Syria, on September 8, 2018.  AFP / Delil SOULEIMAN
Russian and Syrian jets pound Idlib province after summit 08 Sep 2018 - 01:05 pm
This picture taken in Kafr Ain on September 7, 2018, shows smoke rising as government forces target the city of Khan Shaykhun in the southern countryside of Idlib province. / AFP / Anas AL-DYAB
Basra airport targeted by rocket fire as violent protests grip Iraq 08 Sep 2018 - 12:43 pm
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Death toll in Iraq's Basra protests climbs to 12 08 Sep 2018 - 10:51 am
Iraqi protesters stand on concrete blast walls during an anti-government protest near the building of the government office in Basra, Iraq September 7, 2018. REUTERS/Alaa al-Marjani
Erdogan warns Iran, Russia against ‘lake of blood’ 07 Sep 2018 - 06:34 pm
President Vladimir Putin of Russia, Hassan Rouhani of Iran and Tayyip Erdogan of Turkey attend a news conference in Tehran, September 7, 2018. Kirill Kudryavtsev/Pool via Reuters
Palestinians reject Trump bid to force talks through aid cut 07 Sep 2018 - 06:00 pm
Saeb Erekat, secretary general of the Palestine Liberation Organisation, speaks to journalists in the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 1, 2018. AFP / Ahmad Gharabli
Erdogan and Putin clash over Idlib 'ceasefire' 07 Sep 2018 - 05:57 pm
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (L) shaking hands with his Turkey's counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan during their meeting in Tehran on September 7, 2018. -  AFP PHOTO /Turkish Presidential Press Office
Libya to reopen Tripoli airport on Friday-government 06 Sep 2018 - 05:39 pm
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Free from jihadist grip, Iraqi weightlifters target medals 06 Sep 2018 - 01:12 pm
Iraqi paralympic weightlifter Thaer al-Ali (R) speaks to his trainer Tamer Ghanem, in the northern city of Mosul on August 25, 2018. AFP / Zaid AL-OBEIDI
French army chief: ready to strike Syria if chemical weapons used 06 Sep 2018 - 11:48 am
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One dead, 25 injured in Basra protests, unrest spreads to main Iraqi port 06 Sep 2018 - 11:19 am
Iraqis protest against the government and the lack of basic services outside the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 5, 2018. AFP / Haidar Mohammed Ali
Iraq forces open fire on protesters during new clashes 05 Sep 2018 - 09:36 pm
Iraqis protest against the government and the lack of basic services outside the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 5, 2018.   AFP / Haidar MOHAMMED ALI
Rescued migrants must not be sent back to Libya: UN 05 Sep 2018 - 07:50 pm
Illegal migrants sit inside the Ganzour shelter after being transferred from in the airport road due to fighting in the Libyan capital Tripoli on September 5, 2018.  AFP / Mahmud TURKIA