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Turkey plays extra time in Idlib game with new ‘army’ plan

End game looms for Turkey in Idlib

IDLIB, SYRIA - AUGUST 22: Turkish military armoured vehicles are deployed to the observations point in Idlib, de-escalation zone, Syria on August 22, 2019. (Photo by Izeddin Idilbi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Political football as Iran reach World Cup while Australia, Saudis stay alive

Iran's players celebrate after securing their place in the World Cup

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Turkey’s first national soccer game in Kurdish heartland hints at electioneering

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Iranian women cheer at soccer game, finally

Palestinians Tire of Israeli 'Games' on Settlements

Prefabricated homes are seen in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Eli, south of Nablus March 17, 2013. U.S. President Barack Obama is due to make his first official visit to Israel and the Palestinian Territories this week, looking to improve ties after sometimes rocky relations with both sides during his first term in office. Israeli settlement expansion lies at the heart of much of the rancour between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Obama, who has said the U.S. does not accept the legitimac

Iranian hard-liner hints Ahmadinejad not completely out of the game

File Photo - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad smiles as he meets with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations in New York September 24, 2007. REUTERS/Eric Thayer/File Photo - RTSPNRZ

US, Israel war games underscore warnings to Iran on nuclear enrichment

An Israeli F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft performs manuevers during the "Noble Dina 23" multilateral aeronautical exercise over the Mediterranean sea on March 27, 2023. (Photo by JACK GUEZ / AFP) (Photo by JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images)

Pentagon says 2,000 US troops in Syria, not 900

US soldiers inspect the site of reported Turkish shelling days earlier on an oil extraction facility on the outskirts of Rumaylan, in Syria's Kurdish-controlled northeastern Hasakeh province on October 28, 2024. Following an attack on October 23 at the state-run Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) near Ankara, Turkey's defence ministry had announced strikes against sites linked to the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) in Iraq and Syria. (Photo by Delil souleiman / AFP) (Photo by DELIL SOULEIMAN/AFP via Getty Im

Greenpeace blasts 'dangerous' Saudi site for Asian Winter Games

A futuristic megacity in Saudi Arabia will feature two massive, mirror-encased skyscrapers that extend over 170 kilometres of desert and mountain terrain

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