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Arab nations slam Israel at UN Security Council after weekend of violence

Arab nations criticized Israel during a heated meeting of the UN Security Council on Monday that focused on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ...

Arab leaders urge Israel not to undermine 2-state solution

Egypt, Jordan and the UAE jointly stressed the importance of Israel stopping all measures that undermine the two-state solution, and the need to return to negotiations to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in accordance with international law. ...

Lebanese army recovers bodies from capsized migrant boat

The Lebanese army Sunday recovered the bodies of 13 migrants whose boat carrying at least 56 people capsized the night before, state media reported. ...

We found nothing:’ Thousands of Daesh victims still missing

For journalist Amer Matar, a decade-long search for his younger brother has defined him and changed the course of his life, now dedicated to researching and documenting crimes committed by Daesh in Syria. ...

Israel strikes Gaza Strip after rocket fired at Israel: witnesses, Hamas

Palestinian militants fired a rocket into southern Israel for the first time in months on Monday, in another escalation after clashes at a sensitive holy site in Jerusalem, a series of deadly attacks inside Israel and military raids across the occupied West Bank. ...

Dozens of mothers of prisoners in Gaza denied access to sons

As she gets older, the Palestinian Fayza Abu Al-Qumboz becomes more afraid of dying before she can once more embrace her son, Majed, who has been in Israeli prisons for 16 years. ...

New Iran underground nuclear workshop

Iran has started making components for centrifuges to enrich uranium at a new workshop in its underground nuclear site at Natanz, the UN atomic watchdog said Thursday. ...

Truck hits tourist bus in Egypt, kills 10 including 4 French

A tourist bus collided with a truck on a highway in southern Egypt and burst into flames on Wednesday, killing at least 10 people, including four French and a Belgian, authorities said. ...

Khamenei says Iran’s future should not be tied to nuclear talks with world powers

Iran’s supreme leader said on Tuesday that his country’s future should not be tied to the success or collapse of nuclear talks with world powers, Iranian state media reported. ...

At least one person killed, 3 injured in explosion near Lebanon’s Sidon

At least one person was killed and three were injured in an explosion near a scout center affiliated with the Shiite, Hezbollah-allied Amal Movement near Sidon in southern Lebanon, a security source told Reuters early on Tuesday. ...

Tunisia to compensate revolution’s dead and wounded — president

Tunisian President Kais Saied, facing political and economic crisis and accusations he took power in a coup, announced compensation on Sunday for the families of those killed and wounded in the 2011 revolution that brought democracy to the country. ...

Dozens hospitalized as Iraq gripped by dust storm

A dust storm that has swept through much of Iraq has left dozens of people in hospital with respiratory problems, a health ministry spokesman said Saturday. ...

اليمن.. ميليشيا الحوثي تضاعف من خروقاتها للهدنة الأممية

ضاعفت ميليشيا الحوثي الإيرانية خروقاتها للهدنة الأممية لليوم السابع على التوالي في جبهات القتال بمحافظات مأرب والجوف وصعدة وحجّة والحديدة وتعز والضالع. ...

الرئيس اليمني يعلن نقل كامل صلاحياته لمجلس رئاسي ويعفي نائبه من منصبه

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In a ‘dangerous’ land: Tourists trickle back to Iraq

An American tourist poses for a holiday snap in Iraq, in front of the blue-brick Ishtar Gate that was rebuilt at the ancient site of Babylon under dictator Saddam Hussein. ...

Community mediation aids social justice and peace in Syria’s war-torn Deir Ezzor

The years of war in Syria has left an indelible mark on the countryside of Deir Ezzor governorate with significant economic, social and security effects, including the widespread destruction of infrastructure, the absence of effective policing and the emergence of extremist groups. ...