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Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad. AP
Jordan to host Syria's foreign minister for regional meeting on Monday

Foreign ministers of Egypt, Iraq and Saudi Arabia also set to attend meeting in Amman

MENAApril 30, 2023
Turkey's election campaign is in full swing but rumours persist about President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's ill health. Reuters
Turkey’s Erdogan cancels video meeting due to illness

President was due to speak to Russian leader Vladimir Putin after campaign event at nuclear power plant

MENAApril 27, 2023
Advantage Sweet was travelling to Houston, Texas, when it was seized. Photo: Advantage Tankers LLC
IRGC seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman

Ship intercepted shortly after 1pm local time in international waters as Iranians claim two dead in 'accident' with another craft

MENAApril 27, 2023
People flee their neighbourhoods amid fighting between the army and paramilitaries in Khartoum on April 19, 2023, following the collapse of a 24-hour truce. (Photo by AFP)
Sudan's rival sides trade blame for civilian deaths as fighting rages

Army says Rapid Support Forces attacked diplomats and civilians, while paramilitary group calls for Gen Al Burhan's arrest

MENAApril 20, 2023
Henri Sieger, right, hidden by the Marcel Network, plays with a group of children in France. Memorial de la Shoah / Collection Odette Abadi
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How a Syrian man saved 527 Jewish children from the Nazis

Moussa Abadi and his French wife Odette hid hundreds of children from the Nazis in homes, convents and orphanages across southern France

EuropeApril 17, 2023
A freed prisoner talks to his son after landing on an ICRC-chartered plane after it arrived at Sanaa Airport. Reuters
Ex-Yemeni prisoners land from Sanaa on third day of exchange

Four prominent journalists among former detainees aboard ICRC-chartered flights

GulfApril 16, 2023
Iranians living in Chile protest outside the UN building in Santiago. Reuters
Executions in Iran surge 75 per cent in 2022

There were 582 executions last year while 151 have been killed so far in 2023

MENAApril 13, 2023
Students chanting 'Freedom' as they protest at Tehran's University of Science and Culture. AFP
More than 400 students suspended or expelled over Iran protests

Young people have been tear-gassed and beaten as campuses turned into battlegrounds

MENAApril 12, 2023
Palestinian Orthodox attend the Palm Sunday mass in Gaza City on Sunday. AFP
Israel cancels Gaza Christians' permits ahead of Orthodox Easter

More than 700 permits had been issued for Gaza's tiny Christian community

MENAApril 11, 2023
A person is lifted into an ambulance outside a girls' school after reports of a poisoning attack in Ardabil, Iran. Reuters
New wave of school poisonings in Iran as Tehran vows crackdown

Twenty girls taken to hospital in Tabriz after Nowruz holidays

IranApril 05, 2023
An Iranian army infantry drill in Isfahan province, Iran. AP
Iran foils drone attack on Isfahan defence complex

The Amir Al Momenin complex in Isfahan was the target of the attack

IranApril 05, 2023
Students at the Sharif University of Technology in Tehran attend a protest following the death in police custody of Mahsa Amini. AP
Iran universities to refuse women who will not wear hijab

Teachers encouraged to promote headscarf as Tehran vows to prosecute unveiled women 'without mercy'

MENAApril 03, 2023
Israel's National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir arrives for the weekly meeting at the prime minister's office in Jerusalem on Sunday. AFP
Outrage over budget cuts to fund Israeli national guard

Ben-Gvir condemned for ambitions to create 'private militia'

MENAApril 02, 2023
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has put his plans for judicial reform on hold. Reuters
Netanyahu 'pauses' judicial reform until next parliament session

More than 80,000 people protested against controversial legislation on Monday

MENAMarch 27, 2023
Syria's President Bashar Al Assad arrives at the Presidential Airport in Abu Dhabi on March 19, 2023. UAE Presidential Court / Reuters
Saudi Arabia and Syria in talks to resume consular services

Re-establishment of ties between Riyadh and Damascus would be among the most significant development yet in moves by Arab states

Saudi ArabiaMarch 23, 2023
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