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Growing up in Lebanon
Nov 24, 2020
Reviewed by Riad Al KhouriAMMAN — Recent events show Lebanon as dangerously unstable, but it was — and is still — also much more than that, ...
Turkey blasts German search on ship
Nov 23, 2020
ISTANBUL — Turkey accused the German navy on Monday of conducting an "unauthorised" search on a Turkish-flagged cargo vessel in a bid to enf ...
Yemen’s Houthis claim missile attack on Saudi Aramco site
Nov 23, 2020
DUBAI — Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels said they launched a missile that struck a Saudi Aramco oil distribution facility in the Red Sea c ...
Israeli minister invites Lebanon’s Aoun to direct border talks
Nov 23, 2020
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM — Israel’s Energy Minister Yuval Steinitz has invited Lebanese President Michel Aoun to direct talks in Europe on their c ...
Mourning after deadly new Daesh attack north of Iraqi capital
Nov 22, 2020
SAMARRA, Iraq — Iraq's Salahaddin province declared three days of mourning from Sunday over a deadly attack blamed on the Daesh terror group ...
Nightmare over but Iraqi Christians still dream of leaving
Nov 22, 2020
BAGHDAD — The bells of St Joseph’s Chaldean Cathedral echo across Baghdad, signalling the start of Mass for the dwindling congregation that ...
Syrian president names Faisal Mekdad new FM
Nov 22, 2020
DAMASCUS — President Bashar Assad on Sunday appointed Faisal Mekdad as Syria’s new foreign minister, replacing Walid Muallem who died almost ...
Pompeo meets Taliban, Afghan gov’t negotiators in Qatar
Nov 21, 2020
DOHA — US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo met negotiators from the Afghan government and the Taliban in Doha on Saturday, amid signs of progr ...
Virus-hit Iran shuts non-essential business in much of the country
Nov 21, 2020
TEHRAN — Iran announced on Saturday it had shut non-essential businesses in over half its cities and towns for up to two weeks and introduce ...
No limit to where Iran can defend itself, Guards say
Nov 20, 2020
TEHRAN — Iran's Revolutionary Guards are not tied to "a specific geographical area" in defending the "vital interests" of the Islamic republ ...
Israel aircraft hits Gaza for first time since August truce
Dec 20, 2014
Iran’s support for Syria tested by oil price drop
Dec 20, 2014
UN asks Israel to pay Lebanon $856 million for oil spill
Dec 20, 2014
‘Kurds secured route to besieged Sinjar’
Dec 18, 2014
Gazans rally for ex-strongman as West Bank trial opens
Dec 18, 2014
Iraq wins one-year reprieve on Gulf War reparations due to crisis
Dec 18, 2014
Israelis want Netanyahu out but don’t see better choice — poll
Dec 18, 2014
Over 120,000 pro-Assad fighters killed in Syria conflict — monitoring group
Dec 17, 2014
Police took ‘Syria-bound girl’ off plane on London runway
Dec 17, 2014
Iraq government combats ‘ghost soldier’ corruption
Dec 16, 2014
‘Palestinians to press’ UN vote despite US veto warning
Dec 16, 2014
Palestinian killed in Israeli military operation in West Bank
Dec 16, 2014
Israel’s Arrow 3 missile shield fails interception test — sources
Dec 16, 2014
Police make 7 terror arrests in Spain, Morocco
Dec 16, 2014
Iraq’s new premier battles to unite a fractured nation
Dec 16, 2014
Israeli PM rejects Palestinian UN bid as he meets Kerry
Dec 16, 2014
Al Qaeda takes two Syrian bases in major blow to regime
Dec 16, 2014
Iraq reports 2,700 missing since June jihadist onslaught
Dec 15, 2014
Sudan to witness more violence after ICC shelves Darfur probe — opposition
Dec 15, 2014
Saudi billionaire prince to launch Arab news channel
Dec 15, 2014
Saudi policeman killed in clash with hostage-taker
Dec 15, 2014
South Sudan: War and misery continue one year later
Dec 15, 2014

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