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US resumes aid to Palestinians with $235 million

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Lebanon: Message in a Battle

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The New Clubhouse App is Beginning to Spread Throughout the Middle East

Ten years on, Syrian crisis ‘remains a living nightmare’: UN Chief

MENA start-ups attract $1 billion during 2020, despite coronavirus

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Israel promotes settlement plan for sensitive East Jerusalem area

UN refugee agency for Palestinians appeals for money to pay salaries

Israel rebuked for demolition of Palestinian homes

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Regional affairs: Tensions rise in Eastern Mediterranean Sea

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The Beirut Blast: An Accident in Name Only

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With Israel’s annexation plans looming, an hour of decision for Jordan’s Hashemites

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Syria: Fighting on Two Fronts

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Palestine: Facing Severe Economic Challenges

Syria: Beyond the Line in the Sand

Israel/OPT: A Mockery of Peace

Lebanon: Salvation Army?

MENA: Living off the Books

Silencing the Guns in Syria’s Idlib

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Greece blocks 35,000 migrants, plans to deport arrivals

Mediterranean migrants deaths over 20,000 since 2014

Israel/OPT:Impunity persists for violations in OPT, UN Human Rights Council

ISIL still at ‘centre’ of terrorism threat

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US Middle East peace plan ‘lopsided’: independent UN rights expert

Palestinian Leader to Take Trump's Peace Plan to UNSC

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Trump to release ‘great’ Israel peace plan ahead of Netanyahu visit

Lebanon seeking 4-$5 billion in loans for wheat, fuel, medicine

Macron berates Israeli security men in tussle at Jerusalem church

Russia says urging Gulf states to consider a joint security mechanism

Nearly 300,000 Syrians displaced from Idlib since mid-December

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Migrants continue to arrive in Europe

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Israeli settlements remain ‘flagrant violation’ of international law, UN

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At UN, Middle East countries discuss steps towards regional nuclear-free zone

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Turkey starts repatriation of captured IS militants

Top US army general says 600 troops to remain in Syria

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Turkey will not withdraw troops from Syria until other countries pull out

Lebanon's grand mufti calls for protesters' demands to be met

Syrian talks to reconvene in Geneva on November 25: UN envoy

US says it is guarding oil fields for Syrian Kurds

US troops back at military bases in northeast Syria

UNICEF urges governments to repatriate thousands of children stranded in northeast Syria

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More Russian military arrive in Syria under peace deal with Turkey

Russian police deploy in Syria's Kobani, Trump calls ceasefire 'permanent'

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Pompeo voices skepticism about US Mideast peace prospects

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Syrian army uncover tonnes of US-made C4

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Hamas says newly-developed tactic behind 'Iron Dome' failure

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Grave concern over escalating humanitarian crisis in northwest Syria: UN

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China's growing interest in Middle East sets off US alarm bells

Syria's air defenses intercept missiles near city of Hama

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Gulf states reject US recognition of Golan Heights as Israeli

Israel jails hundreds of Palestinian boys a Year

Israel launches Gaza strikes after rockets fired at Tel Aviv

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IS loses ground in final Syria enclave, hundreds surrender

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Israeli election monitor blocks Arab party, clears far-rightists

US deploys THAAD to Israel for 1st time

Israel pushing for Africa foothold with military training: Report

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US-planned Syria safe zone must be under Turkey's control, Erdogan

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IS fighters refuse to leave last Syrian stronghold

Biggest UN aid delivery in Syria provides relief to desperate civilians

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Netanyahu channeling Trump in Israel’s election campaign

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Israel deploys 'Iron Dome' after Syria warns of retaliatory strike on Ben Gurion airport

Turkey's Erdogan Lays Out Plans for Syria Security Zone

Israel confirms air strikes against Iranian forces in Syria

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Russia, Kurdish militants reject US 'security zone' under Turkish control

US soldiers killed in IS-claimed Syria blast

Israel evicts Palestinian family to replace them with settlers

Erdogan: Turkey to set up 'security zone' in Syria

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No abrupt pullout of troops from Syria, Bolton

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US says no timeline for Syria withdrawal

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Israel building new super-stealth wings for its F-35Is

Syrian army enters Manbij after Kurdish calls to deter Turkey

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Trump says Saudi Arabia to help rebuild Syria

Macron vows to keep French forces in Levant region amid US withdrawal

Trump, Erdogan agree to coordinate US pullout from Syria

Funding shortage forces WFP to reduce food aid in Palestine

Haley urges Palestinians to accept a peace deal with Israel

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Israel’s attack against Hezbollah stunt to distract from Bibi’s bribes

Syria says downs 'hostile targets' in suspected Israeli attack

Israel Grows Stealth Arsenal With More F-35 Fighter Jets

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Gaza: Fears of further bloodshed as Israel adopts ‘zero tolerance’ policy

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Russia completes deliveries of S-300 air defense systems to Syria - Shoigu

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A record one million Syrians displaced over six months: UN

Prospects for a Deal to Stabilise Syria’s North East

Largest remaining Syrian rebel enclave could become killing zone

Israel signals it could target Iranian military assets in Iraq

US halts funding to UN agency helping Palestinian refugees

UN Chief fears ‘humanitarian catastrophe' in Syria's Idlib

Russia builds up Mediterranean fleet amid rising tensions over Syria

UN chief suggests options to improve Palestinian protection

UN agency says schools for Palestinian refugees to open on time despite US cut

Mossad Assassinated Syrian Weapons Chief, New York Times

Gaza ceasefire holds after two-day flare-up

Hamas fires rockets, Israel bombs Gaza killing pregnant woman and a child

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Israeli military court jails Palestinian minor

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Israeli strike kills at least two palestinians in Gaza

Lebanon hits political logjam after election

Druze soldiers quitting Israeli military over controversial nation-state law

Syrian Kurdish group says it and Damascus agree to negotiate end to violence

US base in southern Syria sends ‘signal' to Iran

Israel/OPT: Ahed Tamimi release a bittersweet moment as other Palestinian children languish in Israeli jails

Pentagon reluctant to work with Russian military on Syrian refugees

Death toll in southwest Syria attacks climbs to 50

Israeli forces kill Palestinian teen in West Bank raid: medics

Damascus condemns White Helmet evacuation as 'criminal operation'

Israel launches US-backed missile shield on Syria frontier

Israel, Hamas agree to restore calm in Gaza: Hamas

UN calls for safe passage for 140,000 trapped in southwest Syria

Syria's Assad set to recover Golan frontier as rebels surrender

Israel adopts divisive Jewish nation-state law

UN fails to get major new funding pledges for Palestinian refugees

Resettlement needs set to rise to 1.4 million people in 2019, UNHCR

Kushner schooled by Abbas after claiming Palestinian leader fears US peace plan

US bent on destroying nuclear deal: Iran FM

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Israel Behind Attack in Syria That Killed Dozens, US Official

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Israel unveils new standoff ground-attack missile

US vetoes UN resolution denouncing violence against Palestinians

Red Cross sends war surgeons and supplies to Gaza

Ex-Mossad chief questions legality of Netanyahu's order to prepare Iran strike

Assad says US must leave Syria, vows to recover SDF areas

Israel-Gaza border falls quiet after Egypt brokers ceasefire

UN aid chief highlights 2 million Syrians in greatest need

Israel Wants US to Keep F-35 'Upgrade Capabilities' Secret From Turkey – Media

Israeli army kills two Palestinians in Gaza border shelling: medics

Lebanon tells Syria development law could hinder refugees' return

Urgent action needed to avoid war, alleviate suffering in Gaza – UN

Syria says Iranian withdrawal not up for discussion: report

Palestinians ask ICC to investigate alleged Israeli human rights crimes

Israel says first country to use US-made F-35 in combat

UN sets up human rights probe into Gaza killings

Syria's Assad flies to Russia for talks with Putin: Kremlin

2018 worst year in Syria's humanitarian crisis: U.N. official

Pope condemns Gaza killings, says Mideast needs justice, peace

Israeli forces kill two Palestinians near border as Gaza buries dead

Use of excessive force in Gaza an abhorrent violation of international law

41 Palestinians killed and hundreds wounded by Israeli gunfire

'Gaza is about to explode,' UN envoy warns Security Council

Israel: Arms embargo needed as military unlawfully kills and maims Gaza protesters

Syrian army says 'enemy' rockets hit military bases

UN rights chief decries Israel's excessive use of force in Gaza

Palestinian U.N. aid still $200 million short after Trump cuts

As Syria war grinds on, UN-EU conference aims to revive peace process

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Malaysia releases images of suspects in murder of Palestinian

Israel drops leaflets warning Gazans not to approach border

Insurgents south of Syrian capital surrender, says state TV

UN launches global plan to strengthen protection of internally displaced persons

Russian, NATO generals to discuss Syria, Europe in Baku: TASS

Assad steps up efforts to crush last besieged enclaves

No evidence of chemical attack in Douma - doctor

US accuses Russia, Syria of tampering with Douma evidence, Moscow denies

Syria attack triggered Western action, but on the ground Assad gained

One dead as thousands of Palestinians protest at Gaza-Israel border

Russia may consider supplying S-300 missile systems to Syria

Western air strikes on Syria could let terrorism expand: Iraq

China says Syrian strikes violate international law, urges dialogue

Russia says attack on Syria to hurt peace talks: RIA

US, British, French air strikes target Syrian chemical capabilities

Israeli forces wound 30 more Palestinians in Gaza-Israel border protests

Threat of US-Russia clash hangs over Syria

Syria: Break impasse in Security Council, avoid situation 'spiraling out of control' - UN chief

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