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Aleppo politician pleads for safe passage to let residents leave city 30 Nov 2016 - 04:27 pm
French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (L) walks with the president of the Aleppo local council, Brita Hagi Hasan, on the way to attend a meeting at the Quai d'Orsay foreign ministry in Paris, France, November 30, 2016. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
Syrian rebel says Aleppo air strikes intensified on Wednesday 30 Nov 2016 - 04:21 pm
Residents escape Assad regime bombardment in Al Moyaser neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria on November 29, 2016. ( Jawad al Rifai - Anadolu Agency )
50,000 have fled east Aleppo as army advances: monitor 30 Nov 2016 - 12:34 pm
Residents escape Assad regime bombardment in Al Moyaser neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria on November 29, 2016. ( Jawad al Rifai - Anadolu Agency )
Egypt upholds Morsi's 20-year prison sentence 29 Nov 2016 - 07:06 pm
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Islamic Sate kills dozens in Mosul, including escaping child 29 Nov 2016 - 06:29 pm
A man walks across a street in Qaraqosh, east of Mosul, Iraq November 25, 2016. Picture taken November 25, 2016. REUTERS/Goran Tomasevic
Regime strikes kill 25 in Syria’s Aleppo 29 Nov 2016 - 03:45 pm
Syrians walk over rubble of damaged buildings, while carrying their belongings, as they flee clashes between government forces and rebels in Tariq al-Bab and al-Sakhour neighborhoods of eastern Aleppo towards other rebel held besieged areas of Aleppo, Syr
Middle East peace 'lies in resolving Israel-Palestine' 29 Nov 2016 - 02:31 pm
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UN says 16,000 flee east Aleppo, calls situation 'chilling' 29 Nov 2016 - 02:11 pm
Residents escape from the scene of the air strikes carried out by the war crafts belonging to Russia and Assad regime forces in al-Shear neighbourhood of Aleppo, Syria on November 28, 2016. ( Mamun Ebu Ömer - Anadolu Agency )
Israeli forces detain 11 Palestinians in West Bank 29 Nov 2016 - 01:18 pm
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3 killed, 8 injured in Baghdad bomb attack 29 Nov 2016 - 01:10 pm
Photo: AA.
4 Iraqis arrested in anti-IS probe 29 Nov 2016 - 01:01 pm
Photo: AA.
led raid kills 14 civilians, 10 terrorists in Mosul 29 Nov 2016 - 12:52 pm
Photo: AA.
Turkish Air Force kills 11 IS terrorists in Aleppo 29 Nov 2016 - 12:46 pm
Photo: AA.
Village guard martyred in southeast Turkey PKK attack 29 Nov 2016 - 12:35 pm
Photo: AA.
Battle for Mosul: Peshmerga target ISIL-held Bashiqa 29 Nov 2016 - 11:52 am
(Photo: Peshmerga Command)
Iraqi forces scan those fleeing Mosul for IS men 28 Nov 2016 - 11:00 pm
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Syria rebels lose entire northeast Aleppo 28 Nov 2016 - 10:58 pm
Syrians who evacuated the eastern districts of Aleppo are gathered in a government-held area in Aleppo, yesterday.
South Sudan accepts more UN peacekeepers with no conditions 28 Nov 2016 - 10:54 pm
Yasime Sooka, a member of the UN Commission on Human Rights, is shown a common staple of Sorghum by community leaders of the UN Protection of Civilians (PoC) site in Juba, South Sudan, yesterday. A group of three commissioners and their teams arrived in t