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Fahad Shlayel, Director General of the Production and Programms (R) talks to an employee at the studio of the new channel Saudi Broadcasting Corporation "SBC" in Riyadh, on April 24. (AFP)
Saudi Arabia launches new TV channel targeting youth market
May 24, 2018
UAE navy soldier on patrol at a port in Yemen. (Reuters)
Socotra island dispute resolved
May 19, 2018
Jubaland President Ahmed Madobe speaks in the southern port town of Kismayu. (Reuters)
Somali opposition challenge president’s stance on Gulf dispute
May 19, 2018
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) welcomes Syrian President Bashar Assad during in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, on May 17. (AP)
Assad makes surprise visit to Russia’s Sochi, meets with Putin
May 18, 2018
Syrian civilians and rebel fighters arrive in the town of Ariha, in the northwestern province of Idlib, on March 26, after being evacuated from various areas in Eastern Ghouta. (AFP)
Rebel evacuations add fuel to Idlib’s lethal tinderbox
May 16, 2018
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu (L) speaks with Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales ahead of the inauguration ceremony of Guatemala’s embassy in Jerusalem, on May 16. (AFP)
Guatemala opens Jerusalem embassy amid Gaza turmoil
May 16, 2018
Palestinians run for cover from Israeli tear gas near the border between Israel and the Gaza Strip, on May 14. (AFP)
Palestinians mark Nakba, mourn 60 killed by Israel
May 15, 2018
A man looks at the road leading to the new US embassy in Jerusalem, on May 14. (Reuters)
US moves embassy to Jerusalem amid tensions with Palestinians
May 14, 2018
Iraqi Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr visits his father's grave after parliamentary election results were announced, in the city of Najaf, on May 14. (Reuters)
Iraq's Sadr leads in initial vote results
May 14, 2018
An Iraqi poll worker watches over an empty voting centre during a parliamentary election in the city of Falluja, on May 12. (Reuters)
Record low turnout in Iraq elections
May 13, 2018
Cover of Haitham Hussein’s “Qad la yabqa ahad.”
Syrian novelist Haitham Hussein converses with Agatha Christie
May 12, 2018
A map locating Socotra island in Yemen.
UAE defends deployment in Yemen’s Socotra
May 12, 2018
An Israeli border policeman stands guard as Palestinian demonstrators take part in a protest ahead of Nakba anniversary in Bethlehem, on May 10. (Reuters)
A perfect storm gathering for Palestinians, Israelis
May 12, 2018
An Iraqi woman shows her ink-stained index finger before a national flag after having cast her vote in the country’s parliamentary election, in the capital Baghdad's Karrada district on May 12. (AFP)
Iraq elections begin but forming a government could take months
May 12, 2018
US President Donald Trump speaks at the Diplomatic Room at the White House in Washington, on May 8. (Reuters)
US withdraws from Iran nuclear deal
May 08, 2018
Supporters of Lebanon's Hezbollah gesture as they ride cars and hold Hezbollah flags in Marjayoun, Lebanon May 7. (Reuters)
Hezbollah’s expected gains to complicate Lebanon’s international standing
May 08, 2018
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (C) and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz (R) attend an event to launch the Qiddiya project in Riyadh, on April 28. (Saudi Royal Palace)
Saudi entertainment industry begins to take shape
May 05, 2018
Establishment figures. Two women eat breakfast under portraits of Lebanon’s assassinated former President Bashir Gemayel in Beirut’s Christian neighbourhood of Achrafieh on May 4. (AFP)
Campaigning in Lebanon reaches final days, main issues unaddressed
May 05, 2018
A man looks at lists of candidates for the upcoming municipal elections in Tunisia's central city of Kasserine on April 23. (AFP)
Concerns over voter turnout ahead of Tunisia’s municipal elections
May 01, 2018
Conservative Muslim at the helm. Britain’s new Home Secretary Sajid Javid arrives for the weekly meeting of the cabinet at Downing Street in London on May 1. (AFP)
Sajid Javid becomes first Muslim home secretary amid Windrush fallout
May 01, 2018