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World / Middle East

After IS, rotting corpses and empty jail cells in Syria's Raqa 18 Oct 2017 - 07:31 pm
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks through a heavily damaged a street leading to an Armenian church in Raqa on October 18, 2017. AFP / Bulent Kilic
Iraqi army retakes almost all disputed areas from Kurds 18 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm
A picture taken on October 18, 2017 shows displaced Iraqis, who fled from Hawija in 2014 to Kirkuk, riding in vehicles as they return to Hawija, after the town was retaken by Iraqi forces. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
Turkey Red Crescent alarmed by humanitarian 'drama' in Syria's Idlib 18 Oct 2017 - 03:16 pm
Children hold hands of a little girl wearing a Turkish flag during Turkish Army's armoured vehicles' deployment to the border line in the Turkish border district of Reyhanli near Syria's Idlib, within the reconnaissance activities in Idlib as part of an i
IS Syria stronghold Raqa falls, but where are its fighters? 18 Oct 2017 - 03:08 pm
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by US special forces, talks on the radio near Raqa's stadium as they clear the last positions on the frontline on October 16, 2017 in the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists crumbling stronghold.  AFP
Head of Syrian army brigade besieged in Deir al-Zor dies 18 Oct 2017 - 02:22 pm
Major General Issam Zahreddine
Iraq forces take oil fields, dashing Kurdish dreams 17 Oct 2017 - 10:50 pm
A picture shows an Iraqi army vehicle at the country's Bai Hassan oil field west of Kirkuk on October 17, 2017. Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk demolishing Kurdish hopes of creating a via
Kurds abandon territory in the face of Iraq government advance 17 Oct 2017 - 08:29 pm
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani speaks during a press conference on September 24, 2017 in Arbil. (AFP / Safin Hamed)
Israel says no talks with Palestinian govt that includes armed Hamas 17 Oct 2017 - 07:30 pm
A Palestinian youth poses in front of his national flag during celebrations in Gaza City after rival Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah reached agreement on October 12, 2017 (AFP / Mohammed Abed)
Iraqi PM says Kurdish referendum ‘a thing of the past’, calls for dialogue 17 Oct 2017 - 07:26 pm
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi
After victory in Raqqa over IS, Kurds face tricky peace 17 Oct 2017 - 06:01 pm
A wounded man lies on a stretcher as he flees Raqqa, Syria October 16, 2017. Reuters/ Rodi Said
Syrian army, allies advance against IS in Deir al-Zor city 17 Oct 2017 - 02:25 pm
Peninsula
Iraqi forces seize more territory in advance against Kurds 17 Oct 2017 - 02:10 pm
Smoke billows as Iraqi forces advance towards the centre of Kirkuk during an operation against Kurdish fighters on October 16, 2017. AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
US-backed force says has fully captured Raqa from IS 17 Oct 2017 - 01:32 pm
Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by US special forces, check the area near Raqa's stadium as they clear the last positions on the frontline on October 16, 2017 in the Islamic State (IS) group crumbling stronghold. AFP / BULENT KILIC
Iraqi forces seize Kirkuk governor's office in push against Kurds 17 Oct 2017 - 09:17 am
Peninsula
Iraqi forces seize oil city Kirkuk from Kurds in bold advance 17 Oct 2017 - 08:06 am
Iraqi forces patrol in the streets after they retake the control of the city center from Peshmerga forces in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. ( Hassan Ghaedi - Anadolu Agency )
Iraq operation follows 3 weeks of tension since Kurd referendum 16 Oct 2017 - 05:41 pm
People gather on the road as they welcome Iraqi security forces members, who continue to advance in military vehicles in Kirkuk, Iraq October 16, 2017. REUTERS/Stringer
Lebanon president: Syrian refugees should return to safer areas 16 Oct 2017 - 04:33 pm
FILE PHOTO: Lebanon's President Michel Aoun is pictured at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon April 12, 2017. Dalati Nohra/Handout via Reuters
Iraq warns Kurdistan not to shut down Kirkuk oil flows 16 Oct 2017 - 04:30 pm
Smoke rises after the clashes near the Kirkuk Airport in Kirkuk, Iraq on October 16, 2017. Yunus Kele? - AA