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A Hezbollah supporter holds pictures of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders and the end of a 40-day mourning period. (AP)
Hezbollah’s Soleimani statue draws ire
February 17, 2020
Iraqi women participate in anti-government protests in Baghdad’s Tahrir Square, February 13. (AFP)
Undeterred by cleric’s intimidation, Iraqi women press on with protests
February 15, 2020
Portrait of Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Doha. (AFP)
'We are scared,' former Qatari justice minister tells UK magazine
February 15, 2020
Yemeni President Abd Rabbo Mansour Hadi at an emergency meeting of Gulf Arab leaders in Mecca, last May. (AP)
Tensions with southern separatists put Yemeni president in a bind
February 15, 2020
The official poster for the Red Sea International Film Festival, featuring Saudi ballerina Samira Alkhamis.
Saudi Arabia 'changing the script' with first-ever film festival
February 14, 2020
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) and former Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert after a news conference in New York, February 11. (AFP)
Palestinian leader goes to the UN but has to live without a resolution
February 14, 2020
A poster of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, right, is hung in Tahrir Square during ongoing anti-government protests in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, February 8. (AP)
Iraqi protesters struggle to keep momentum despite al-Sadr's about-face
February 13, 2020
Aidarous al-Zoubeidi, head of Yemen's Southern Transitional Council (STC), speaks during an interview with AFP in the southern city of Aden on January 16. (AFP)
Yemen prime minister in Riyadh as crisis with separatists continues
February 13, 2020
A traveller wears a mask as he pushes a cart with luggage at the Dubai International Airport. (Reuters)
Patient cured of coronavirus in the UAE, but new cases emerge
February 11, 2020
Qatar Charity building in the Qatari capital, Doha. (AFP)
Qatar faces 'embarrassing' lawsuit in US for terrorism financing
February 11, 2020
File photo shows a UAE navy soldier patrols at Al-Mokha port in Yemen, March 6, 2018.
Yemen naval forces find more Houthi planted mines in Red Sea
February 11, 2020
A protestor holds the hand of a Lebanese army soldier during a protest against the political elite in Beirut, Lebanon January 27, 2020. (REUTERS)
Proliferation of illegal arms in the spotlight after Hermel attack
February 10, 2020
Tunisian Ambassador to the UN Moncef Baati. (Flickr)
Tunisian diplomacy, politics face Mideast ripple effects
February 08, 2020
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan (L) and Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani in Doha, last November.(Reuters)
After PM sacking, Qatar continues courting Ankara
February 08, 2020
A general view of the Central Bank of Morocco in Rabat. (Reuters)
Moroccan banks face challenges from rash of bad loans
February 08, 2020
British Justice Secretary Robert Buckland outside 10 Downing Street in London, last October. (Reuters)
UK moves to stop early release of terror offenders
February 08, 2020
An anti-government protester stands near burning tyres during a demonstration against the newly appointed Prime Minister Mohammed Allawi in Najaf, February 5. (AP)
Iraqi anti-government protests heat up in Najaf
February 08, 2020
Renu Begum, sister of teenage British girl Shamima Begum, holds a photo of her sister as she makes an appeal for her to return home at Scotland Yard, in London, Britain, February 22, 2015. (Reuters)
Shamima Begum loses first stage of citizenship appeal
February 07, 2020
A file photo reproduction of a combo of two pictures of a suspected military chief of al-Qaeda network in Yemen, identified as Qassem al-Rimi. (AFP)
US confirms killing al-Qaeda leader in Yemen
February 07, 2020
Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C) meets with UN Special Coordinator Jan Kubis at the Presidential Palace.Lebanese President Michel Aoun (C) meets with UN Special Coordinator Jan Kubis at the Presidential Palace. (dpa)
Lebanon must pursue “reform” in return for aid: UN special coordinator
February 06, 2020