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Syrian and Iraqi Foreign Ministers

June 29th, 2026 - 10:55 GMT

P. Choiaqo

Iraqi FM arrives in Syria for the first time since the fall of the Assad regime

ALBAWABA - Iraqi Foreign Minister, Fuad Hussein, arrives on a diplomatic visit to Syria - marking the first such visit since the fall of Assad in late 2024. The Iraqi FM comes at the “invitation extended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shaibani,” according to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry. Adding that Hussein is set to hold a series of meetings with top Syrian officials in an effort to strengthen the strained ...

Roughly 500,000 Israelis currently live on more than 100 Jewish-only settlements built since Israel occupied the West Bank and East Jerusalem in 1967 (AFP/File)

January 11th, 2018 - 11:33 GMT

Israel Approves Hundreds of New West Bank Settlement Houses

Details of the ambitious plan, which would reportedly involve several states of the region, however, remain ambiguous (AFP/File)

January 11th, 2018 - 09:02 GMT

US Proposes 'Deal of the Century' via Saudi Crown Prince to Palestine: PLO

A total of 71 people were sentenced to 10 years in prison (Shutterstock/File)

January 11th, 2018 - 08:20 GMT

Egypt Jails Over 70 for 2016 'Revolution of the Poor'

A Rohingya refugee reacts while holding his dead son after crossing the Naf river from Myanmar into Bangladesh in Whaikhyang on Oct. 9, 2017 (INDRANIL MUKHERJEE / AFP)

January 11th, 2018 - 07:33 GMT

Myanmar Military Admits to Killing 10 Rohingya Found in Mass Grave

A Syrian girl appears from the rubble holding her shoe following an air strike on Hamouria, in the besieged rebel-held Eastern Ghouta area near Damascus, on Jan. 9, 2018 (ABDULMONAM EASSA / AFP)

January 11th, 2018 - 06:03 GMT

40 Killed in Eastern Ghouta in 2 Days

Iran is second to China in the number of prisoners executed in recent years -- killing 500 people in 2017 alone, mostly for drug offenses, and 10,000 people since 1998 (AFP/File)

January 10th, 2018 - 05:36 GMT

Iran's Drug Law Changes Could Save 5,000 Prisoners From Execution

(Rami Khoury/Al Bawaba)

January 10th, 2018 - 03:00 GMT

'Jordan Will Remain the Defender of Jerusalem': Q&A with a Protector of the Holy Sites

Pakistan (Al Bawaba)

January 10th, 2018 - 02:46 GMT

China is Outbidding the US for Pakistan’s Future

Local journalists stand outside the courthouse as Reuters journalists Kyaw Soe Oo and Wa Lone appear in court in Yangon on Jan. 10, 2018 (YE AUNG THU / AFP)

January 10th, 2018 - 02:41 GMT

2 Reuters Journalists Covering Rohingya Crisis Charged in Myanmar

Verdicts by the court are final and cannot be appealed (Shutterstock/File)

January 10th, 2018 - 01:58 GMT

Bahrain Military Court Upholds Death Penalty for 1st Time

Palestinian security sources said more than 20 Israeli military jeeps raided the Surra village following the attack in search of the shooters (AFP/File)

January 10th, 2018 - 01:48 GMT

IDF Raids Palestinian Village After Settler Killed in Shooting

CEO of Ocean Infinity Limited Oliver Plunkett (R) speaks during a press conference after a signing ceremony to resume the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 at the Malaysian federal administrative center in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur on Jan. 10, 2018 (MOHD RASFAN / AFP)

January 10th, 2018 - 01:27 GMT

US Exploration Firm to Resume Search for Missing MH370