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Iraq opens mass grave to identify Daesh victims
Jun 14, 2021
BAGHDAD — Iraqi authorities said on Sunday the remains of 123 people killed by the Daesh terror group extremists had been removed from a mass grave in a bid to identify them.The Badush prison massacre was one of the worst crimes Daesh carried out after it seized control of a third of Iraq in a lightning offensive in 2014.In June that year, Daesh fi ...
Clashes after Tunisia demo against police violence
Jun 13, 2021
TUNIS — Youths clashed with officers again on Saturday evening, hours after a demonst ...
Saudi Arabia allows 60,000 vaccinated residents on Hajj, bars foreigners again
Jun 13, 2021
RIYADH — Saudi Arabia announced Saturday it will allow 60,000 residents vaccinated ag ...
Algeria elects parliament amid 'repression' of protest movement
Jun 13, 2021
ALGIERS — Algeria voted on Saturday in a parliamentary election overshadowed by a crackdown on a long-running protest movement that has camp ...
Security of airports, embassies to be 'Afghan responsibility'
Jun 13, 2021
KABUL — Foreign forces should hold "no hope" of keeping a military presence in Afghanistan after the US and NATO withdraw troops, the Taliba ...
Iran’s Larijani rebuffed over election bar
Jun 12, 2021
TEHRAN — Iran’s ex-parliament speaker Ali Larijani on Saturday demanded an explanation of why he was barred from running in next week’s pres ...
Jabs for votes: Lebanon's oligarchs turn to Covid bribery
Jun 11, 2021
BEIRUT — Lebanon's cash-strapped leaders are bribing their base with free Covid-19 jabs ahead of next year's elections, in what observers sa ...
Yemen raids halted to push peace efforts--Saudi-led coalition
Jun 11, 2021

RIYADH  — The Saudi-led coalition fighting Iran-linked Houthi rebels in Yemen said on Thursday it has stopped carrying out attacks the ...
Iranians to vote as ultraconservatives eye easy victory
Jun 10, 2021
TEHRAN — Iranians will vote for a new president on June 18 in a poll many see as decided in advance, with ultraconservatives expected to str ...
Syria activates air defence against 'Israeli aggression' — state media
Jun 10, 2021
DAMASCUS — Syria's air defence system has been activated against an "Israeli aggression" in Damascus, state news agency Sana said late Tuesd ...
Drowned migrants get 'dignified' burial in Tunisia cemetery
Jun 10, 2021
ZARZIS, Tunisia — A cemetery in southern Tunisia for migrants who drowned crossing the Mediterranean in the hope of a better life in Europe ...
Iraqi Kurds in border zone flee Turkey's hunt for PKK
Jun 10, 2021
SULAIMANIYAH, Iraq — One fine day in May, Yohanna Khushfa gathered his 200 sheep and took off, along with 120 other villagers in Iraqi Kurdi ...
Blinken says ‘hundreds’ of US sanctions to remain on Iran
Jun 08, 2021
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday that “hundreds” of US sanctions will remain on Iran even if the United States ...
Algeria awaits results after voters snub election
Jun 13, 2021
Somalia asks Kenya to reopen embassy in Mogadishu
Jun 13, 2021
Morocco rejects EU resolution over Spain migrant influx
Jun 13, 2021
Iran slams UN nuclear body's 'counterproductive' report
Jun 11, 2021
Two aid workers killed in an ambush in South Sudan
Jun 08, 2021
Daesh claims deadly Libya car bombing
Jun 08, 2021
Tribal fighting in South Darfur kills 36 — state media
Jun 08, 2021
Two drones shot down above Iraq base housing US troops — army
Jun 07, 2021
Libyan authorities searching for abducted Red Crescent official — security source
Jun 06, 2021
'Arab-Kurd unrest in Syria's Manbij leave 6 dead'
Jun 02, 2021
ICC prosecutor urges Sudan to hand over Haroun
Jun 02, 2021
Algeria partially reopens borders after 15 months of virus shutdown
Jun 02, 2021
Morocco king makes overture to Europe over migrant minors
Jun 02, 2021
Decade of Syria war killed nearly 500,000 people
Jun 02, 2021
Morocco says US military exercises to be held in Western Sahara
Jun 02, 2021
Iran says Saudi talks ongoing in 'good atmosphere'
Jun 01, 2021
Searching for Gertrude Bell, colonial ‘mother’ of modern Iraq
May 31, 2021
Somaliland votes in long overdue elections
May 31, 2021
Pope to host July 1 summit with Lebanon's Christian leaders
May 30, 2021
Pro-Palestinian rally in Washington seeks end to US aid to Israel
May 30, 2021
Fear in Iraq's Mosul as Daesh families return from Syria
May 29, 2021
Blinken wraps up Mideast tour to shore up Gaza truce
May 27, 2021

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