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Added on the 22/04/2024 10:33:12 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
The Damascus Opera House lights up with colours of the Russian flag on "flag day", an annual Russian holiday celebrating Russia's tricolour flag, restored following the Soviet collapse in 1991 and marked on August 22. Russia's military intervention in 2015 helped turn the war in President Bashar al-Assad's favour. Moscow remains a key regime ally and maintains military bases in Syria. IMAGES
Fiery blazes light up the sky as smoke billows over the southern Lebanese village of Froun following overnight Israeli strikes. Since the outbreak of war between Hamas and Israel on October 7, the Lebanese-Israeli border has witnessed a near-daily exchange of fire between Israel's army and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, a Hamas ally. IMAGES
Sirens wail to mark anniversary of the Coup d'état ordered by Greek junta which led to Turkey's invasion of Cyprus five days later in July 1974. IMAGES
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer meets Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the NATO summit in Washington, DC. IMAGES
Fire rages at an asphalt storage facility of an oil refinery located on a road west of Arbil, the capital of Iraqi Kurdistan. IMAGES