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Nineteen-year-old Noura Hussein has filed an appeal against the death sentence for her husband's 'intentional murder.'
Comment: Iraq's elections are shedding light on the the deep rift within the PMU, and the contested influence of Iran in the organisation's future, writes Mona Alami.
Football clubs in the Middle East are winding down after a grueling 2017-18 campaign, with some surprise teams among the familiar names lifting regional league trophies.
Interview: The author and journalist spoke to Andy Heintz about how Syria came to be the intractable conflict it now appears to be.
Turkey’s military said it "neutralised" at least 12 militants belonging to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers Party, as Baghdad approved Turkish military operations on its border.
Badly injured, depressed and ill, the leader of the largely decimated Islamic State group, once the world's most formidable terror organisation, is reportedly living his final days.
In football, January means one thing - the international transfer window, which means rumours, names, speculation and fantasy.
Football fans heap praise on British head of Saudi football refereeing after his 'respectful' gesture during a Saudi King's Cup game on Wednesday.
While Assad has retaken more than half of the country with a string of victories against rebels, the Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta remains a thorn in the regime's side.
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