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Hajin battle

US-backed forces’ defeat of IS in east Syria to take longer

Hajin battle

The vehicles of US-backed forces are pictured near the village of Susah in the eastern province of Deir Ezzor

US-backed forces’ defeat of IS in east Syria to take longer

Israeli Law

Lara Alqasem smirks at Supreme Court hearing

US student barred from Israel appears at top court

Saudi - Iran

An Iranian man participates in an anti-Saudi demonstration in the capital Tehran on September 9, 2016.

Iran sits back and watches amid Khashoggi furore

Khashoggi probe

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo leaving Riyadh

Saudis vow nobody exempt in missing journalist probe

Gaza

Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman ordered the closure of both of Israel's border crossings with Gaza

Israeli warplanes pound Gaza after rocket fire

Yemeni asylum seekers

Yemeni asylum seekers

South Korea denies refugee status to Yemenis

Iran Sanctions

Members of Iran's paramilitary Basij militia parade in front of the former US embassy in Tehran, to mark the national Basij week

US slaps sanctions on key Iranian paramilitary force

Khashoggi disappearance

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (L) shakes hands with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in Riyadh

Saudis back 'thorough' probe into missing journalist

Western Sahara Conflict

Uniformed soldiers of the pro-independence Polisario Front stand before a Sahrawi flag.

Four parties agree to Western Sahara talks

More banking CEOs pull out of Saudi investment conference

The Future Investment Initiative

More banking CEOs pull out of Saudi investment conference

Saudi Stocks

In this Oct. 7, 2008 file photo, the shadow of a Saudi trader is seen on a stock market monitor in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Saudi stocks make strong comeback

Maghreb

Iberian gas link has strategic implications for Maghreb, EU

Lebanon Economy

Lebanon turns to diaspora to revitalise real estate

Raqa

Raqa remains in ruins one year since recapture from IS

Raqa

Rights group Amnesty International estimates around 80 percent of Raqa was devastated by fighting

Raqa remains in ruins one year since recapture from IS

Archaeology

This picture taken on September 7, 2018 shows a male Sergeant major fish (Abudefduf saxatilis) swimming in the Egyptian Red Sea marine reserve of Ras Mohamed, off the southern tip of the Sinai peninsula

Study says Egyptians farmed fish 3,500 years ago

Art

Co-designer Kholoud Sharafi poses inside the artwork entitled 'United Arab Emirates, Time is Subjective' by designers Reem Al Ghaith, Kholoud Sharafi, Carlos Gris, Hamza Al Omari, and Claudia Rivera

Arab designers leave impact at London Biennale

Karen Dabrowska

Islamic State

A member of the first response team tours the courtyard of the National Hospital building in the northern Syria city of Raqa

Syrians scour Raqa for relatives captured by IS

Sufi culture

The 11th edition of the Festival of Sufi Culture

Fez to hold 11th Festival of Sufi Culture this month

Mosul reconstruction

Iraqis check lists of names at the Nineveh governorate building in Mosul.

Mosul logs civil records lost to years of jihadist rule

Charities in Iran

Students at the ILIA charity complex

Iran's charities help break poverty chain

Cotton

Egypt hopes for cotton revival

Moroccan society

Moroccans turn to internet for social protests

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