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Iraq

Iraqi TV drama star Mahmoud Abu al-Abbas, center, and actors prepare to perform their roles in "The Hotel, at a filming location in Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)

TV drama ‘Al Funduq’ stirs controversy in Iraq

Egypt

A general view of the new road to Saint Catherine, in the Sinai Peninsula, south of Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters)

ISIS claims deadly attack in Egypt's Sinai

Egypt

A general view of the new road to Saint Catherine, in the Sinai Peninsula, south of Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters)

Sinai militants kill 4 Egypt security personnel: security, medical sources

terror attack

Lebanese military personnel secures the scene where a militant attacked a security forces patrol on Monday night, in Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon June 4, 2019. (Reuters)

Lone attacker kills four security troops in Lebanon's Tripoli

Muslims

Two men look around after people offered prayers during the first day of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at the Suleymaniye Mosque, in background, in Istanbul, early Tuesday, June 4, 2019. (AP)

Faithful Muslims around the world begin celebrating Eid

Syria

People gather at the site of a car bomb blast in Azaz, Syria June 2, 2019. (Reuters)

Car bombing kills 19 in Syria's Azaz

Eid

Palestinian children attend an event organised ahead of Eid al-Fitr holiday in Rafah. (AFP)

Eid al-Fitr spirit unbeatable despite economic strains in the region

Ramadan

Reviving tradition. Traditional storyteller Abdel Wahed Ismail (2nd L) entertains an audience in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, May 17. (AFP)

Determination to overcome ISIS legacy marks Ramadan in Mosul, scars remain

Jerusalem

A man seals parts of a lantern as craftsman Issam Zughair (unseen) holds it up in his shop in the old city of Jerusalem. (AFP)

Jerusalem lantern-making struggles against occupation, Chinese competition