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Israel

A man poses inside a server room at an IT company, for an illustration photo. (Reuters)

Israeli spyware traces found in 45 countries

Lebanon

Soldiers from the Italian contingent in the UNIFIL patrol the Blue Line in Lebanon’s southern border town of Naqura. (AFP)

Smooth mandate renewal reaffirms UNIFIL’s crucial role in Lebanon

Lebanon

Lebanese Prime Minister-designate Saad Hariri speaks to the media in front of the Special Tribunal for Lebanon in The Hague, on September 10. (AFP)

Special Tribunal for Lebanon to conclude with whimper rather than much-anticipated bang

Nicholas Blanford

Idlib

Children try improvised gas masks in their home in northern Idlib province, on September 12. (AFP)

State actors horse trade over Idlib assault as aid agencies brace for the worst

Simon Speakman Cordall-11493

Iraq

Iranian Ambassador in Iraq Iraj Masjedi speaks outside the new building of the Iranian Consulate in Basra, on September 11. (AFP)

Iraq in crossfire of escalating Iran-US tensions

Mamoon Alabbasi

Iran

Iran-backed Shia fighters march during a military-style training in the city of Najaf. (Reuters)

Iran lures Pakistani Shias to fight its war in Syria

Turkey

Uighur men stand in front of a map showing the area claimed by Uighur separatists as “East Turkistan” marked in blue at a resettlement community in central Turkey. (AP)

Anxious not to offend China, Turkey stays mum on treatment of Uighurs

Palestinian Authority

A demonstrator scuffles with Israeli policemen in the Palestinian Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar. (AFP)

Palestinians up the diplomatic ante against Israel, US

Mamoon Alabbasi

At crossroads. A man walks past posters of Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika in Ain Ouassara, south-west of Algiers. (Reuters)

Algerian opposition changes tactics ahead of presidential elections