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Winter worries for migrant rescue ships off Libya 17 Nov 2016 - 04:00 pm
This file photo taken on November 5, 2016 shows migrants and refugees on a rubber boat waiting to be evacuated during a rescue operation by the crew of the Topaz Responder, a rescue ship run by Maltese NGO
Iraqi army, militias capture villages, base near Mosul 17 Nov 2016 - 03:34 pm
 A commander from the Iraqi Special Forces 2nd division calls his men back to a previous position as they come under fire from IS fighters while pushing into the Aden neighbourhood in Mosul on November 16, 2016. AFP / Odd ANDERSEN
Islamic State killed 300 former policemen south of Mosul, HRW says 17 Nov 2016 - 10:33 am
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Russia strikes kill at least 30 jihadists in Syria: ministry 17 Nov 2016 - 09:57 am
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In battered town seized from IS, Iraq's Yazidis dream of return 17 Nov 2016 - 09:05 am
A Yazidi man inspects a temple destroyed by the Islamic State militants in the town of Bashiqa, after it was recaptured from the Islamic State, east of Mosul, Iraq November 10, 2016. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Marjani
Turkey detains mayor, appoints administrators in southeast - sources 17 Nov 2016 - 08:47 am
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At least 20 troops dead in fighting in Libya's Benghazi, hospital says 16 Nov 2016 - 05:28 pm
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Former Egypt VP recalls Cairo's 2013 'Rabaa massacre' 16 Nov 2016 - 03:52 pm
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Kata'ib Hezbollah says about to reach airbase west of Mosul 16 Nov 2016 - 03:09 pm
A military vehicle of the Iraqi Counter Terrorism Service drives in al-Zahraa neighborhood during a fight with Islamic State in Mosul, Iraq Novemebr 13, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmad Jadallah/File Photo
Aleppo air strikes kill 20 in rebel-held east 16 Nov 2016 - 03:01 pm
Rescuers and civilians inspect a destroyed building in the Syrian village of Kfar Jales, on the outskirts of Idlib, following air strikes by Syrian and Russian warplanes on November 16, 2016.  AFP / Omar haj kadour
Iraq says ancient city of Nimrud destroyed by Islamic State 16 Nov 2016 - 01:57 pm
A picture taken on November 15, 2016, shows destruction caused by the Islamic State (IS) group at the archaeological site of Nimrud, some 30 kilometres south of Mosul in the Nineveh province, a few days after Iraqi forces retook the ancient city IS jihadi
Syrian, Russian jets pound rebel areas: monitor 16 Nov 2016 - 12:13 pm
People run away after the war crafts belonging to the Syrian and Russian forces carried out airstrikes on residential areas at the opposition controlled Salihin neighborhood of Aleppo, Syria on November 15, 2016. (Jawad al Rifai - Anadolu Agency)
Turkey's Erdogan says Belgium a centre for PKK militants and coup plotters 16 Nov 2016 - 10:46 am
File photo used for reference only. Reuters
Erdogan says Turkish-backed rebels close to taking Syria's al Bab 16 Nov 2016 - 10:44 am
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Russia has long-term ambitions in the Middle East: Israeli official 15 Nov 2016 - 08:35 pm
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Russia starts new 'large-scale' operation in Syria 15 Nov 2016 - 08:33 pm
A still image taken from a drone footage and released by Russia's Defence Ministry on November 15, 2016, shows missiles hitting what Defence Ministry said was militants' ammunition warehouse at an unknown location in Syria. Ministry of Defence of the Russ
Algeria president returns after France medical trip 15 Nov 2016 - 08:25 pm
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Swimmers worth their salt cross shrinking Dead Sea 15 Nov 2016 - 07:13 pm
Dead Sea (David Shankbone / Wikimedia Commons)