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Syrians celebrate retaking town near Israel-occupied Golan 28 Jul 2018 - 04:10 am
Syrians wave the national flag in the town of Quneitra in the Syrian Golan Heights on July 27, 2018. The town was almost completely destroyed by departing Israeli soldiers in 1974 after seven years of occupation. AFP / Youssef Karwashan
Israel to build new settler homes in occupied West Bank after deadly knife attack 28 Jul 2018 - 04:10 am
Palestinian protesters gather as tear gas canisters are launched by Israeli forces during a demonstration along the border between Israel and the Gaza strip, east of Gaza city on July 27, 2018. AFP / Mahmud Hams
Israeli police raid al-Aqsa mosque after clashes; two dead in Gaza 28 Jul 2018 - 01:05 am
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Iraqi Airways suspends pilots who fought in-flight over food 27 Jul 2018 - 10:42 am
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Syrian flag raised in Quneitra on Syrian side of Golan Heights 27 Jul 2018 - 05:43 am
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on July 26, 2018 shows Syrian army soldiers carrying the national flag in the village of Hamidiya in the southern province of Quneitra. AFP /SANA
Israeli cartoonist fired after drawing Netanyahu as pig 26 Jul 2018 - 07:17 pm
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UN Palestinian agency to axe 250 jobs after US funding cuts 26 Jul 2018 - 02:35 am
Employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees (UNRWA) hold UNRWA officials' photos as they gather in front of the UNRWA's headquarters in Gaza City to protest against the agency's recent decision to scale down its operations -- and
More than 220 dead in IS attacks on southern Syria's Sweida 26 Jul 2018 - 01:28 am
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on July 25, 2018 shows a member of the Syrian security forces walking past a truck damaged in a suicide attack in the southern city of Sweida. A string of suicide attacks in Syria b
Dozens dead in IS attacks on Syria's Sweida city, villages: Report 25 Jul 2018 - 10:08 am
A handout picture released by the official Syrian Arab News Agency (SANA) on July 25, 2018 shows a member of the Syrian security forces walking past a truck damaged in a suicide attack in the southern city of Sweida. (AFP PHOTO / HO / SANA)
Syrian forces reach Golan Heights 25 Jul 2018 - 01:10 am
Smoke trails from two Patriot missiles can be seen near the Israeli city of Safed in northern Israel July 24, 2018. Reuters
Erdogan calls Israel 'fascist' in new Netanyahu row 25 Jul 2018 - 01:06 am
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan greets parliamentarians from his ruling AK Party (AKP) during a meeting at the parliament in Ankara, Turkey July 24, 2018. Kayhan Ozer/Presidential Palace/Handout via Reuters
Trump, Iran drama escalates -- via Twitter 24 Jul 2018 - 09:35 pm
The saber-rattling began when Iranian President Hassan Rouhani cautioned Trump not to
US: Middle East states not doing enough for Palestinians 24 Jul 2018 - 09:35 pm
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Israel shoots down Syrian warplane as Golan frontier heats up 24 Jul 2018 - 06:44 pm
In this handout file photo provided by the Israeli Army on February 22, 2001, a Patriot anti-missile missile is launched on the last day of joint five-day US-Israeli military excercise in the Negev desert. The Israeli army said on July 24, 2018 that it ha
Turkey told U.S. it opposes sanctions on Iran -foreign minister 24 Jul 2018 - 06:04 pm
Turkish Foreign Affairs Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu visits Baku Turkish Martyrs' Memorial in Baku, Azerbaijan on July 24, 2018. ( Resul Rehimov - Anadolu Agency )
Gunmen open fire and enter Erbil governorate building in Iraq 23 Jul 2018 - 10:17 am
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Palestinian teen shot dead by Israeli army in Bethlehem raid: Ministry 23 Jul 2018 - 09:15 am
Israeli forces stand guard the area as Palestinians demonstrate in support of bedouin inhabitants near their village of Khan al-Ahmar, in the occupied West Bank July 18, 2018. (AFP / ABBAS MOMANI)
‘Jewish state’ law sparks outrage among Jews 22 Jul 2018 - 09:03 pm
More than 1,000 Israeli settlers including children are their way into East Jerusalem’s flashpoint Al-Aqsa Mosque compound backed by Israeli police officers, at the Al-Aqsa Complex in Jerusalem on July 22, 2018. (Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu Agency)

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Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja (R) talks to the media along with his team at the Tribhuvan International airport after becoming the first to summit Pakistan's K2 mountain in winter, in Kathmandu on January 26, 2021. Photo by PRAKASH MATHEMA / AFP Nepal mourns 'big loss' of mountaineer Nirmal Purja
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(FILES) In this picture taken on January 21, 2021, Nepali mountaineer Nirmal Purja speaks during an interview with AFP in Skardu, a city district of the Gilgit-Baltistan region in northern Pakistan. (Photo by Aamir QURESHI / AFP) Nirmal Purja, who redefined climbing, confirmed dead in Pakistan
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This photograph shows a house damaged following a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in Pozzuoli, near Naples on August 1, 2026. (Photo by Cesare ABBATE / ANSA / AFP) Quake near Italy's Naples injures 21, damages properties
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