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For war-scarred Iraq, climate crisis the next great threat
Jul 08, 2021
Upstream dams in Turkey and Iran have diminished the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, which are also heavily polluted with sewage, waste and agr ...
South Sudan to mark 10th anniversary without fanfare
Jul 08, 2021

JUBA — South Sudan will mark 10 years of independence on Friday with little fanfare as the troubled country battles economic chaos and a de ...
French, US envoys to Lebanon to visit Saudi Arabia in bid to stem crisis
Jul 07, 2021
BEIRUT — The French and US envoys to Lebanon are to visit Saudi Arabia, France's embassy said on Wednesday, an unusual move amid internation ...
Attacks target bases hosting forces in Iraq and Syria
Jul 07, 2021
BAGHDAD — Rocket and drone attacks on Wednesday targeted bases in Iraq and Syria hosting US forces that are part of an international coaliti ...
Ethiopia resumes filling Nile mega-dam reservoir, angering Egypt
Jul 07, 2021
CAIRO — Ethiopia has started the second phase of filling the reservoir of its mega-dam on the upper Blue Nile, Egypt and Sudan said, raising ...
Migrants welcomed in Tunisia’s impoverished south
Jul 07, 2021
Based in the city of Medenine, it’s a rare locally driven opportunity for migrants to better themselves and integrate, in a wider North Afri ...
Israel PM suffers defeat over Arab family unification ban
Jul 07, 2021
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel’s Prime Minister Naftali Bennett accused his opponents on Tuesday of harming national security as his coalition ...
Hundreds in northeast Syria protest 'honour killings'
Jul 07, 2021
HASAKEH, Syria — Hundreds of women protested against so-called "honour killings" in northeast Syria on Tuesday after the latest murders of y ...
Lebanon's Diab urges donors to 'save' crisis-hit country
Jul 07, 2021
BEIRUT — Lebanon's caretaker premier Hassan Diab on Tuesday urged donors to "save" the country, despite the fact it has no formal government ...
Over 60 migrants feared drowned off Tunisia in 3 days
Jul 06, 2021
TUNIS — More than 60 migrants of sub-Saharan origin have been lost at sea off Tunisia since Saturday, after two Europe-bound vessels sank, l ...
Libya factions challenge UN-backed government
Oct 17, 2016
Iran says Kerry’s remarks on sanctions ‘unacceptable’
Oct 17, 2016
Israel closes Palestinian territories for holiday
Oct 16, 2016
Syria rebels capture emblematic Daesh stronghold Dabiq
Oct 16, 2016
Fuel aid halt shows deeper rift between Saudi Arabia, Egypt
Oct 16, 2016
Saudi-led coalition says it 'wrongly targeted' Yemen funeral
Oct 15, 2016
Russia offers to secure rebel evacuation from Syria’s Aleppo
Oct 14, 2016
Pentagon prepares for possible new strikes in Yemen
Oct 14, 2016
Turkey, Israel to examine building gas pipeline — minister
Oct 13, 2016
British FM eyes ‘military options’ in Syria
Oct 13, 2016
Israel arrests 3 for plotting Daesh-inspired attacks
Oct 13, 2016
US sees Houthis behind strike on warship
Oct 12, 2016
In Lebanon, getting Syrian children in school a huge task
Oct 12, 2016
Hizbollah vows at mass Beirut rally to keep up ‘jihad’ in Syria
Oct 12, 2016
Pentagon hints at retaliation after Yemen missile fire
Oct 11, 2016
Escalation in Syria means EU less likely to soften stance on Russia
Oct 11, 2016
US increasing footprint ahead of Mosul operation
Oct 09, 2016
New Israeli settlement plan risks peace, EU says
Oct 09, 2016
White House accuses Israel of betraying trust
Oct 06, 2016
Israeli tanks fire on Gaza in response to rocket
Oct 06, 2016
First cruise ship docks in Tunisia since 2015 attack
Oct 06, 2016
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards warn Saudis over Arabian Gulf war games
Oct 06, 2016

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