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April 15th, 2026 - 06:08 GMT

Sally Shakkour

Trump says Iran war is very close to being over

ALBAWABA - The United States and Iran agreed on April 7 on a two-week ceasefire deal. Despite this, peace talks failed to reach a breakthrough in Pakistan; however, U.S. President Donald Trump believes war could end soon. Trump told Fox News the U.S.-Iran war is "very close" to an end as hostilities ease amid a two-week ceasefire agreement. "I think it's close to over, yeah. I view it as very ...

Yemeni soldiers parade during the funeral of the victims of bombing attacks on the Gulf of Aden on September 22, 2013 at a mosque in the capital Sanaa. (AFP)

September 22nd, 2013 - 03:34 GMT

Eight dead after Yemeni tribes clash with AQAP

Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that Moscow is ready to help fully implement the removal of chemical weapons from Syria by putting Russian military observers on the ground in Syria. (AFP/File)

September 22nd, 2013 - 03:20 GMT

Russia 'ready' to send military observers to Syria

French diplomat Marion Fesneau-Castaing on the ground among Israeli soldiers in last week's scuffle in the West Bank (Courtesy of Abed Omar Qusini/Reuters)

September 22nd, 2013 - 01:02 GMT

Israel considering banishment of French diplomat

Tunisian mediator and Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Houcine Abbassi speaks during a press conference to announce the result of its latest bid to mediate an end to the crisis on September 21, 2013 in Tunis. (AFP)

September 22nd, 2013 - 11:49 GMT

Tunisian efforts to end political turmoil hit stalemate

Palestinians in Gaza have previously used tunnels to Egypt to obtain construction materials under the Israeli ban (Courtesy of Eyad Baba/AP)

September 22nd, 2013 - 11:29 GMT

The benevolent blockader: Israel to allow construction materials into Gaza for first time in six years

The mortar hit Sunday is the first time that an embassy has been attacked in Damascus during the conflict (Courtesy of the Voice of Russia)

September 22nd, 2013 - 10:32 GMT

Mortar hits Russian embassy in Damascus

Ahmad Jarba, head of the biggest Syrian opposition coalition, announced Sunday his group is ready to begin diplomatic discussions with the Syrian government over the future of Syria in Geneva. (AFP)

September 22nd, 2013 - 10:10 GMT

Syrian opposition ready to attend Geneva II talks

The Syrian Revolutionary Youth are continuing peaceful protests across Syria despite the civil war becoming increasingly more brutal.(Getty)

September 22nd, 2013 - 09:48 GMT

Against all odds, peaceful protests in Syria prevail

A Kurd young boy cross a street under blue flags, emblazoned with a candle, of the Movement for Change (MC) (aka Goran) displayed in the streets as part of the campaign for Kurdistan's parliamentary elections on September 18, 2013 in Iraq's northern city of Sulaimaniyah. (AFP)

September 22nd, 2013 - 08:08 GMT

Iraqi Kurd election vote counting gets underway

In this picture released by the State Security on Friday, Sept. 20, 2013, blindfolded suspects stand near seized weapons and explosives. (The Daily Star/NNA, HO)

September 22nd, 2013 - 07:00 GMT

Syrian intelligence worker arrested in Lebanon

A Palestinian protester hurls a smoke grenade back at Israeli soldiers during clashes in Betunia near the West Bank city of Ramallah on September 20, 2013 (AFP)

September 22nd, 2013 - 06:36 GMT

EU demands answers after diplomats manhandled by Israeli soliders

Remains of car bomb explosion at Baghdad funeral. [thejournal]

September 21st, 2013 - 06:32 GMT

Triple car bomb kills 53 during Iraqi funeral