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Want to run an Iraqi ministry? Apply online, PM says

BAGHDAD — Drain the swamp: it’s a promise leaders around the world are making in this era of voter cynicism …

Israeli jets fly over Lebanon in rare daytime raid on Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria — Israeli jets flying high over Lebanon struck at targets inside Syria on Tuesday, Syrian state media reported, …

Kurds meet with Syrian government to discuss self rule

BEIRUT — Representatives from Syria’s Kurdish-run northeastern region met with the government in Damascus last week to discuss self-administration in …

Iraq bans farming summer crops as water crisis grows dire

MISHKHAB, Iraq — Iraq has banned its farmers from planting summer crops this year as the country grapples with a …

Iraq’s al Sadr, promising reform, is constrained by Iran

BAGHDAD — Iraq’s Muqtada al-Sadr, the maverick Shiite cleric whose political coalition beat out Iran’s favoured candidates to come in …

Early results in Iraq election favour populist cleric al Sadr

BAGHDAD -A populist coalition organized by influential Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr emerged as the front-runner Monday with more than half …

Suspected poison gas kills at least 40 in Damascus suburb

BEIRUT – Suspected poison gas was used to attack the last remaining foothold for the Syrian opposition in the eastern …

New hunting law falls prey to old habits in Lebanon

BRITAL, Lebanon — To bird lovers, the scenes are upsetting. Dozens of dead buzzards lie on a carpet of feathers …

A political shock throws Lebanon’s economy back into crisis

BEIRUT — Just when things were starting to look up for Lebanon’s economy, a new political crisis threatens to send …

Hezbollah: Lebanon PM forced to resign by Saudi Arabia

BEIRUT — The head of Lebanon’s powerful militant group Hezbollah accused Saudi Arabia Sunday of forcing the country’s prime minister …

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