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A large fire has broken out in a ship container at Dubai’s Jebel Ali port, officials said.

Read CNN’s Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei Fast Facts for a look at the life of the Iranian Supreme Leader.

A former top adviser to Jordan’s king and a member of the country’s royal family have been sentenced to 15 years in prison during a landmark sedition trial that centered … Read More

At least 41 people have been killed in a hospital fire in the southeastern Iraqi city of Nasiriya, Dr. Ammar al-Zamili, the spokesperson for the local health department, told CNN.

The Middle East and North Africa is witnessing a surge in Covid-19 cases aggravated by the Delta variant of the virus — and it may get worse over coming weeks … Read More

Lebanon’s Prime Minister designate Saad Hariri has stepped down nearly nine months after he was tasked with forming the crisis-ridden’s next government.

As Lebanon approaches its 101st birthday, there are fears that its Gordian knot could cost the tiny Mediterranean state everything.

A Palestinian campaign against the settlement of Givat Evyatar had been going on for two months when settlers left. The locals call their protest Irbak al Layli, usually translated as … Read More

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about Lebanon, a Middle Eastern country with a history of civil war and political instability.

Read CNN’s Fast Facts about the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric.