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          T-72M tank belonging to the pro-government Hashed Al Shaabi (PMF) paramilitary forces advances towards Hatra, south-west of Mosul, during an offensive to retake the area from ISIL on April 26, 2017. Ahmad Al Rubaye / AFP

          Iraq's militias: after victory over ISIL, will next battle be at the ballot box?

          December 28, 2017
          Ensure the containers you're planting in have a drainage system. Sarah Dea / The National

          A beginner’s guide to growing plants in the UAE

          HomeDecember 28, 2017
          Secretary of State Rex Tillerson listens during a cabinet meeting with president Donald Trump. Chris Kleponis / Pool via Bloomberg

          Tillerson defends foreign policy record at year's end

          The AmericasDecember 28, 2017
          Former Pakistani army chief Raheel Sharif is now military commander of the IMCTC / AP

          Why Pakistan's ex-army chief is the man to lead the terror alliance

          CommentDecember 27, 2017
          Men and women from the Red Cross treat a baby in the eastern Ghouta region of Syria in December 2017. Abdulmonam Eassa / AFP

          Medical evacuations from Damascus suburbs pause after four leave

          December 27, 2017
          US president Donald Trump, who visited Saudi Arabia's King Salman in the summer, still has time to reverse American disinterest in the Middle East / Saudi Royal Palace / AFP

          America's growing lack of interest in the Middle East comes at its peril

          CommentDecember 27, 2017
          A boy moves away as a United Nations helicopter lands in. Sudan. Siegfried Modola/Reuters

          Sudan to devalue currency next month

          EconomyDecember 26, 2017
          A girl runs inside an abandoned school in Hamoria, Eastern Al Ghouta, Syria, on December 23, 2017 Mohammed Badra / EPA

          Syrian and Iranian-backed forces advance in border area near Israel

          December 25, 2017
          The support of Vladimir Putin has given Syrian president Bashar Al Assad free rein to hit back at rebels. Mikhail Klimentyev / Sputnik

          Year in review: Russia strengthens bid for Middle East influence

          December 24, 2017
          Some 400,000 people, besieged by the Syrian government, are starving in Eastern Ghouta / AFP

          Syrians are spending yet another Christmas trapped in Al Assad's nightmare

          EditorialDecember 24, 2017
          An Israeli soldier argues with a Palestinian protester dressed as Santa Claus during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Bethlehem / EPA

          Why there are few Christians left in the holy town of Bethlehem

          CommentDecember 24, 2017
          US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley speaks during a UN Security Council meeting on the status of Jerusalem last week / AFP

          Trump said he didn't care about the Jerusalem fallout. Turns out he cares a lot

          CommentDecember 24, 2017
          North Korean leader Kim Jong Un addresses a council of the Workers' Party of Korea. KCNA/Reuters

          North Korea reacts belligerently to US strategy document

          AsiaDecember 24, 2017
          Soldiers patrol in the government-held village of Novoluhanske in eastern Ukraine on December 19, 2017, after heavy shelling forced hundreds of resident to flee. Oleksandr Klymenko / Reuters

          Russia says US is 'crossing the line' in Ukraine

          December 23, 2017
          Of the 193 member states of the UN, 128 voted to oppose to US president Donald Trump’s unilateral recognition of Israeli sovereignty over Jerusalem. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez / AFP

          The world has spoken and Trump doesn't like it

          EditorialDecember 23, 2017
          The results of a vote on a non-binding resolution condemning recent decisions about the status of Jerusalem at United Nations headquarters are shown. EPA/JUSTIN LANE

          More than 120 countries condemn US Jerusalem decision

          December 23, 2017
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