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Iranian-British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe was released in March as part of Iran’s efforts to combat the spread of Covid-19 in its jails. Reuters

UK summons Iranian ambassador over imprisoned British-Iranian aid worker

October 30, 2020
Cyber security analysts believe the group, known as Phosphorus, is conducting state-sponsored attacks. Reuters

Microsoft: Iranian hacker group hits ‘100 high-profile people’

October 29, 2020
Iraqi public hospital doctors test a resident for Covid-19 in the capital Baghdad's suburb of Sadr City on April 2, 2020. AFP

Iraq struggling to contain Covid-19 crisis amid crumbling health system

October 29, 2020
A member of Syria's opposition National Liberation Front fires a 155mm gun towards positions of Russian and regime forces on October 28, 2020, in retaliation to a reported Russian air strike on a training camp 2 days ago, that killed dozens of rebel fighters, in the northwestern Idlib province. / AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR

In Syria's northwest, coronavirus is not the biggest problem

October 29, 2020
In this October 29 image, a UN naval ship patrols off the Lebanese coast during talks between Israeli and Lebanese delegations in Naqoura, southern Lebanon. Reuters

Lebanon and Israel maritime border talks: further meetings agreed

October 29, 2020
Iraqi demonstrators chant slogans during a gathering in Haboubi Square in the southern city of Nasiriyah. AFP

Iraq Parliament breaks electoral law stalemate in win for protesters

October 29, 2020
Apartment buildings under construction in the Beit El settlement in the occupied the West Bank. AFP

US lifts funding ban on Israeli research in West Bank and Golan Heights

October 29, 2020
TOPSHOT - Algerian worshippers pray on October 28, 2020 at the Great Mosque of Algiers, also known as Djamaa el-Djazair, during its inauguration in the Algerian capital. Algeria's Grand Mosque, the world's third-biggest and Africa's largest, hosted its first public prayers yesterday, a year and a half after construction was completed. Known locally as the Djamaa El-Djazair, the modernist structure extends across 27.75 hectares (almost 70 acres), and is smaller only than the two mosques in Mecca and Medina, Islam's holiest sites, in Saudi Arabia. / AFP / RYAD KRAMDI

Inside Algeria’s $1bn mosque, the third-largest in the world

October 29, 2020
An aerial view of the Lebanese capital Beirut and its Raouche Rocks (C-R), also known as Pigeon Rocks, on October 27, 2020. / AFP / THOMAS COEX

Beirut explosion reveals Lebanon's deep-rooted corruption

October 29, 2020
Angry crowds burn a French flag in Peshawar, Pakistan, following remarks made by French President Emmanuel Macron, amid an escalating row over freedom of speech and extremism. Reuters

UN official urges 'mutual respect' amid French cartoon row

October 29, 2020
Tunisian actress Sarah Hannashi poses during a photo shoot at the El Gouna Film Festiva in the Red Sea southern resort of El Gouna, on October 28, 2020. XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / EL GOUNA FILM FESTIVAL / PATRICK BAZ - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - / AFP / EL GOUNA FILM FESTIVAL / PATRICK BAZ / XGTY / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / EL GOUNA FILM FESTIVAL / PATRICK BAZ - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS -

The Middle East Framed - regional photography for October 29, 2020

October 29, 2020
Displaced Iraqi children from the minority Yazidi sect, who fled the Iraqi town of Sinjar, play at the Khanki camp on the outskirts of Dohuk province, July 31, 2019. Reuters 

Iraq announces intent to close all displaced camps across the country

October 29, 2020
The French consulate in the Saudi Red Sea port of Jeddah on October 29, 2020. AFP

Saudi man arrested for attacking guard at French consulate in Jeddah

October 29, 2020
Placards of candidates are seen on a highway on the outskirt of Amman. Parliamentary elections are scheduled for 10 of November 2020. EPA

Apathy spreads before Jordan elections as pandemic stunts campaigning

October 29, 2020
 Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune delivers a speech during an inauguration ceremony in the presidential palace, in Algiers, Algeria. AP Photo

Algeria’s President Tebboune transferred to Germany for medical checks

October 29, 2020
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