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Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander Brigadier General Mohammad Ali Jafari holds a press conference in Tehran AFP PHOTO/ATTA KENARE
Al-assad

Members of Iranian Special Forces present in Syria and Lebanon are only ‘counsellors’

Iran confirms the presence on Iranian forces in Syria

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Iranian military personnel place a national flag on a submarine during the "Velayat-90" navy exercises in the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran on 3 January 2012 AFP PHOTO / EBRAHIM NOROOZI
Conflict

Israel and Iran usual War Dance

Multinational armada in the Arab Gulf while Iran tests its defences

Nouran El-Behairy
Nouran El-Behairy
Yemeni security forces on patrol (File photo) AFP PHOTO/ MOHAMMED HUWAIS
Al-Qaeda

Militants kill three soldiers in Yemen

Fail to assassinate targeted minister

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
USAID estimates there are roughly 4 million Syrians in need of humanitarian assistance inside the country, with 2 million internally displaced persons. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI
Al-assad

Syria’s refugee crisis and ongoing violence set the stage for Brahimi

Refugee crisis in Turkey worsens as Brahimi continues talks in Syria

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Chinese policeman directs protesters as they march and display anti-Japanese banners during a protest over the Diaoyu islands issue in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province AFP PHOTO
ambassador

Chinese anti-Japan island protests continue

Newly appointed Japanese ambassador dies in hospital

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Infantry men attend a briefing prior to embarking on a night patrol from Lindsey foward operating base on 15 September in Kandahar province AFP PHOTO / TONY KARUMBA
Afghan

Four ISAF soldiers killed by supposed Afghan police in suspected insider attacks.

The NATO-led ISAF forces have conducted several operations around Afghanistan in an…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez
Tunisian protesters break into the US embassy in Tunis during a protest against a film mocking Islam on 14 September AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID
Al-Qaeda

US withdraws embassy staff from Sudan and Tunisia

Yemen and Sudan refuse deployment of Marines

Basil El-Dabh
Basil El-Dabh
People take part in a demonstration in Madrid on September 15. Mass protests in Spain and Portugal, against ever tougher austerity measures, have ramped up the pressure on Iberian governments struggling to avoid international bailouts AFP Photo
austerity

Mass anti-austerity rallies in Spain, Portugal

"I see the future as very black", says a 55-year-old worker

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Afghan policemen stand guard at a checkpoint in Kabul (File photo) AFP PHOTO
Afghan

Afghan women ‘killed in NATO air strike’

Eight women killed, eight others wounded during the air strike

Daily News Egypt
Daily News Egypt
Iranian president Ahmadi Nijad speaks during a press conference (File Photo) AFP Photo
Belgium

US waivers 11 nations complying with Sanctions placed on Iran

Nations complying with Iranian sanctions are granted waivers to aid them in…

Luiz Sanchez
Luiz Sanchez