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An Emirati gunner watches for enemy fire from the rear gate of a UAE Chinook helicopter flying over Yemen. (AP)
UAE-Yemen contentious issues unresolved as Saudi-led coalition reports gains
May 26, 2018
No kind words. Danish Minister of Integration from the Liberal Party Inger Stoejberg attends a parliament session in Copenhagen. (AP)
Danish minister says fasting Muslims ‘dangerous’ for society
May 26, 2018
Foul play? Workers of the Iraqi Independent High Electoral Commission move ballot boxes outside a warehouse in Baghdad, on May 18. (Reuters)
Iraq to investigate voting fraud allegations
May 26, 2018
A view of the destruction in the Hajar al-Aswad neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus, on May 22. (AFP)
New law threatens further difficulties for Syria’s refugees
May 26, 2018
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