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Iranian mistrust of Russia surges as Syrian war winds down

Russia / Mideast

Russia warns against attacking Damascus, says West is lying

Israel

Netanyahu may be facing his last stand

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Editors' picks

Turkey poised to open a military front in Iraq

The topsy-turvy world of Jewish-Arab relations

Gaza bypasses Rafah crossing to import goods

Personal status laws

Tunisian women fighting for equal inheritance rights

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From our pulses:

Egypt

Young Cairo painters take their work underground

Egypt seeks scientific innovation by lowering research costs

Egypt

Was Egypt's bond sale a sign of hope or desperation?

Egypt

As fighting rages in Egypt's north Sinai, students get lessons online

Gulf

Saudi crown prince comes to Washington

No light at end of tunnel for Yemen’s economy

Gulf

Pakistani guard returns to Saudi Arabia

Iran

Iran's poorest citizens still waiting for some semblance of parity after 39 years

Questions abound as Iranians claim US Treasury licensing plane sales to Iran

Iran

Iranian lawmakers block cuts to cash handouts

Iran

Iran prepares to boost jobs, clean air by revamping auto fleet

Iraq

Kurds ask higher authority to end crisis with Baghdad

Police video of sex workers causes uproar in Iraqi Kurdistan

Iraq

Iraqi budget drives another wedge between Baghdad, Kurds

Iraq

Iraq’s legendary copper markets fade away

Israel

The topsy-turvy world of Jewish-Arab relations

Rabbis seek to break monopoly on Israeli kosher certification

Israel

Israeli protest movements fighting for the money: Settlers win, Black Panthers fail

Israel

Israeli security forces posing as journalists endanger press

Jordan

Jordanian dry yogurt gets sweet deal

Jordan and Turkey get cozy

Jordan

Jordan shows off its arsenal in new tank museum

Jordan

Jordanian artists combine music, satire to voice their woes

Lebanon

Skiers, snowboarders ride for peace in Lebanon

Israel builds new wall at Lebanon’s southern border

North Africa

Tunisian doctors sound alarm on health system collapse

Palestine

International prize nomination shines spotlight on West Bank theater

Palestinian Museum's digital archive project to preserve heritage

Palestine

New tax plan set to increase Palestinians' burdens

Palestine

Hamas entangled in regional polarization

Syria

Ghouta.com brings Eastern Ghouta's ordeal to the world

Mideast braces for war: Israel vs. Iran-backed Hezbollah

Syria

Turkey props up industrial zone in Syria's al-Bab

Syria

Syrian Islamist factions join forces against Hayat Tahrir al-Sham

Turkey

Eastern Mediterranean starting to resemble disputed South China Sea

Life sentence hangs over US pastor as Washington sizes up Ankara

Turkey

Is Greece Turkey’s new site of confrontation with the West?

Turkey

Culture Alert: March salutes women of all nationalities and sizes

Breaking News

2018-03-13T20:45:04

Pentagon still backs Iran nuclear deal: general

2018-03-13T20:35:05

Tillerson sacking spells doom for Iran nuclear deal

2018-03-13T18:25:03

Israel govt says deal reached signalling end of crisis

2018-03-13T18:05:03

UAE offers $1.4 billion in aid to Sudan: state media

2018-03-13T17:55:04

Lebanon frees actor held over 'collaboration' with Israel

2018-03-13T14:05:04

Syria's war enters its eighth year

2018-03-13T14:05:00

More than 350,000 dead: Syria's war in numbers

2018-03-13T13:55:15

Iran academic says sentenced to 18 months for 'propaganda'

2018-03-13T13:55:03

UN slams 'monstrous indifference' to children's suffering in Syria

2018-03-13T11:15:10

7 years on, Syria war shifting gears but still deadly

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A boy looks through a bus window during an evacuation from the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, Syria, March 13, 2018.

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CULTURE

Young Cairo painters take their work underground

Cultural heritage

Culture Alert: March salutes women of all nationalities and sizes

Cultural heritage

International prize nomination shines spotlight on West Bank theater

RUSSIA MIDEAST

Syria war spillover

Russia considering course change after new challenges in Syria

Syria war spillover

Calls for truce fall on deaf ears in Syria's Ghouta

Al-Qaeda could stand to gain from changing Syrian situation

WASHINGTON

Humanitarian crises

Senate fissure opens up over ending Yemen war

Israel anti-boycott bill inches closer to passing Senate after revisions

Pro-Israel lobby struggles to bring parties together ahead of annual conference

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