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Interior Minister Matteo Salvini. (Reuters)
Italy doubles down on criticism of France over Libya
January 22, 2019
A file photo shows Israeli Minister for Social Equality Gila Gamliel (R) in Jerusalem. (AFP)
Arab states unlikely to pay Israel for loss of Jewish assets
January 22, 2019
This frame grab from video provided by Hawar News, ANHA, shows Kurdish fighters standing guard at the site of a suicide attack near the town of Shaddadeh, in Syria's northeastern province of Hassakeh, Syria, Monday, Jan. 21, 2019. (ANHA via AP)
ISIS claims attack on US convoy in northeast Syria
January 21, 2019
High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini gives a joint press conference during a Foreign Affairs Ministerial meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on January 21, 2019. (AFP)
EU slaps sanctions on Syrians, Russians over CW attacks
January 21, 2019
Veteran journalist and senior contributor to The Arab Weekly Ed Blanche. (Tamara Blanche)
Ed Blanche, senior Arab Weekly writer, passes away
January 19, 2019
Visitors ride a vehicle on a tour of the Dubai Desert Conservation Reserve. (DDCR)
UAE’s first desert reserve offers unique wildlife escape
January 19, 2019
UN special envoy for Libya and head of the UN Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) Ghassan Salame. (AFP)
UN holding national conference in Libya in coming weeks
January 19, 2019
Houthi Shia fighters stand guard during a rally to mark the third anniversary of the Houthis' takeover of the Yemeni capital, in Sana'a, Yemen, on September 21, 2017. (AP)
UN experts say Iran fuel is financing Yemen rebels' war
January 19, 2019
Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen in Algiers, Algeria April 9, 2018. (Reuters)
Algeria calls April election with leader's plans unclear
January 18, 2019
Abdul Qader al-Murtada (C), head of the national committee for prisoners of the Houthi rebel movement attends a meeting with a delegation of the Saudi-backed Yemeni government in Amman, Jordan, to discuss a prisoner exchange deal, 17 January 2019. (DPA)
Houthi rebels accused of holding, torturing female detainees
January 17, 2019
Passengers look at information boards at the Tunis airport during a nationwide strike in Tunis, Tunisia January 17, 2019. (Reuters)
Tunisia's largest union starts nationwide strike over pay
January 17, 2019
An image grab taken from a video published by Hawar News Agency (ANHA) on January 16, 2019, shows the aftermath of a suicide attack in the northern Syrian town of Manbij. (AFP)
Suicide blast in Manbij, 4 US soldiers killed
January 16, 2019
Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (R) meets with US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the Royal Court in Riyadh, January 14. (AP)
Saudi leaders discuss Yemen situation with Pompeo
January 15, 2019
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, left, is received by Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel al-Jubeir, center, at the Royal Court, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Monday, January 14, 2019. (AP)
Pompeo meets Saudi leaders, agreement on 'de-escalation' in Yemen
January 15, 2019
Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz during an interview in Warsaw. (AP)
US announces international meeting to put pressure on Iran
January 12, 2019
No government, no summit. Lebanese parliament Speaker Nabih Berri gestures at the presidential palace in Baabda. (Reuters)
Lebanese politics complicate preparations for Beirut summit
January 12, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, gives a speech at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, January 10, 2019. (AP)
US announces global summit to combat Iran's 'destabilising influence'
January 11, 2019
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, gives a speech at the American University in Cairo, Egypt, Thursday, January 10, 2019. (AP)
Pompeo’s Cairo speech rejects Obama’s 2009 vision
January 10, 2019
A coast guard walks past a ship docked at the Red Sea port of Hodeidah, Yemen January 5, 2019. (Reuters)
Yemen ceasefire holds as UN pushes for further talks
January 09, 2019
US envoy ends efforts to mediate Arab quartet's row with Qatar
January 09, 2019