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Syria

A truck loaded with humanitarian aid is seen heading to Syria for displaced families who fled violence, at the Iraqi-Syrian border crossing in Fish-Khabur, Iraq October 15. (Reuters)

Hospitals, aid workers 'overwhelmed with casualties' amid Syria incursion

jeddah

In this May 2017 file photo, US President Donald Trump stands with Saudi King Salman as he is helped by his bodyguard Maj. Gen. Abdulaziz al-Fagham during a photo with leaders at the Gulf Cooperation Council meeting, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. (AP)

Saudi King's most prominent bodyguard killed in shooting

Libya

Hopes and fears. Libyan activist Amal Obeidi. (Al Arab)

Is there still a place for national reconciliation in Libya?

Khulud al-Fallah

Libya

A fighter loyal to Libya's UN-backed Government of National Accord (GNA) fires his machine gun, at the Salah al-Din front line. (dpa)

Tripoli sees bloody day of fighting as UN envoy lobbies for ceasefire

Saudi Arabia

Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz (R) during a meeting with Lebanon’s former prime ministers Tammam Salam, Fouad Siniora and Najib Mikati (from L to R) in Jeddah. (SPA)

Saudi Arabia’s multipronged strategy to clip Iran’s wings in Arab countries

Al-Shuqaiq

In this April 28, 2018, file, photo, Houthi Shiite mourners chant slogans as they attend the funeral of Saleh al-Samad, a senior Houthi official who was killed by a Saudi-led coalition airstrike on April 19, in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP)

Iran-backed Yemen rebels target Saudi desalination plant: coalition

Libya

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, right, and Khaled Al-Meshri, President of the High Council of State of Libya, shake hands before a meeting, in Istanbul, Friday, April 19, 2019. (AP)

Increasingly blatant Turkish involvement in Libya’s conflict raises questions

Libya

Libyan Prime Minister Fayez al-Sarraj speaks during a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia, May 22, 2019. (Reuters)

Rival Libyan leaders rule out immediate ceasefire

Stephen Quillen

UN

members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) with a flag of the Islamic State held upside-down, outside the destroyed Al-Nuri Mosque in the Old City of Mosul, after the area was retaken from ISIS, on June 30, 2017. (AFP)

UN envoy: Islamic State revival in Iraq must be prevented