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Syrian and Iraqi Foreign Ministers

June 29th, 2026 - 10:55 GMT

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Iraqi FM arrives in Syria for the first time since the fall of the Assad regime

ALBAWABA - Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, arrives on a diplomatic visit to Syria - marking the first such visit since the fall of Assad in late 2024. The Iraqi FM comes at the “invitation extended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani,” according to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry. Adding that Hussein is set to hold a series of meetings with top Syrian officials in an effort to strengthen the strained ...

Palestinian men walk by Israel's controversial barrier separating the West Bank city of Abu Dis (background) and East Jerusalem (foreground), on February 16, 2021. AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP

February 24th, 2021 - 08:16 GMT

Israel Opens Station in East Jerusalem to Share Vaccines With Palestinian Laborer's

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February 24th, 2021 - 08:08 GMT

Malaysia Deports 1000 Myanmar Detainees Back to Their Strife-Torn Homeland

Lebanese plan to vaccinate MPs comes despite promises Covid-19 inoculation campaign would avoid nepotism (Twitter)

February 24th, 2021 - 08:03 GMT

World Bank Threatens to Stop Covid Jab Finance Over Wrongdoings by Lebanese MPs

Members of the Druze community sit near a billboard bearing the portrait of Syrian President Bashar Assad during a rally in the village of Majdal Shams in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on February 14, 2021, to protest the 1981 Israeli annexation law of the strategic plateau which the Jewish state captured from Syria during the 1967 Arab-Israeli war. JALAA MAREY / AFP

February 24th, 2021 - 07:54 GMT

War Crimes! How Does The UN Exactly See Its Stand on Syria?

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February 24th, 2021 - 07:39 GMT

Turkey: The EU Has 'Double Standards' Over The Refugee Migrants in Greece

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February 24th, 2021 - 07:11 GMT

Afghanistan is 'The Deadliest Place in The World to be a Civilian'

Policemen are seen on the sidelines as students chant slogans while demonstrating in the centre of Algeria's capital Algiers on February 23, 2021 a day after the second anniversary of the "Hirak" protest movement. The "Hirak" protest movement in April 2019 forced longtime president Abdelaziz Bouteflika into resigning. Police were deployed in force in Algiers, with security checkpoints and identity checks carried out around key flashpoints, while helicopters hovering overhead. RYAD KRAMDI / AFP

February 24th, 2021 - 07:05 GMT

'...to Free Ourselves': Algeria's Protest Movement is Back, Calls For 'Independence'

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February 24th, 2021 - 06:59 GMT

Lebanon: President Aoun, First Lady Jabbed Against The Virus

Mustafa al-Kadhimi (Twitter)

February 24th, 2021 - 06:50 GMT

Joe Biden Phones The Iraqi Premier. What Did They Say?

Supporters of different opposition presidential candidates demonstrate in Mogadishu on February 19, 2021. Somalia missed a deadline to hold an election by February 8, when President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, better known by his nickname Farmajo, was due to step down, creating a constitutional crisis. AFP

February 24th, 2021 - 06:25 GMT

Experts Warn Somalia May Now Slip Back Into a Civil War

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February 23rd, 2021 - 07:02 GMT

Almost 1 Million Iranians Have Been Displaced by Natural Disasters in the Last Decade

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February 23rd, 2021 - 12:37 GMT

Afghan Civilian Casualties Shoot up Despite US-brokered Doha Talks