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World / Middle East

Lebanon's new president Michel Aoun meets Assad envoy in Beirut 07 Nov 2016 - 03:14 pm
Lebanese President Michel Aoun waves to the crowd during a rally celebrating his election on November 6, 2016, at the presidential palace in Baabda. AFP / ANWAR AMRO
Jerusalem mayor threatens to demolish Palestinian homes 07 Nov 2016 - 02:43 pm
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Russia says still holding off on Aleppo strikes 07 Nov 2016 - 02:39 pm
Men walk in a public park in a rebel-held besieged area in Aleppo, Syria November 6, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
Turkey warns US against demographic change in Raqqa 07 Nov 2016 - 02:34 pm
U.S. fighters stand near military vehicles, north of Raqqa city, Syria November 6, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Iraq Kurds hand over Japan national suspected of IS ties 07 Nov 2016 - 02:13 pm
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Yemen war death toll surpasses 7,000: WHO 07 Nov 2016 - 02:07 pm
People stand on the rubble of a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen Oct. 30, 2016. / Reuters.
Iraq forces retake key town on Mosul southern front 07 Nov 2016 - 01:56 pm
An Iraqi army sniper from the 9th armoured division walks to take his position in the area of Ali Rash, adjacent to the eastern Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul, on November 6, 2016, during a military operation to retake the main hub city from the Islam
Islamic State deploys car bombs in new Syria battle 07 Nov 2016 - 01:48 pm
A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands near rising smoke, north of Raqqa city, Syria November 6, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Iraqi Kurds assault IS-held town: commander 07 Nov 2016 - 01:41 pm
Kurdish member of the Freedom Party of Kurdistan (PAK) holds a position on November 6, 2016 in an area near the town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED
IS 'disguising themselves as civilians' in Mosul 07 Nov 2016 - 01:09 pm
Dust rises as a tank from the Iraqi army's 9th armoured division fires at a suspect car approaching their position in the area of Ali Rash, adjacent to the eastern Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul, on November 6, 2016, during a military operation to ret
Iraq peshmerga attack Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul 07 Nov 2016 - 11:02 am
Peshmerga forces stand on a military vehicle in the town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Iraqi forces battle car bombs with commercial drones 06 Nov 2016 - 07:05 pm
A convoy of the Iraqi army's 9th armoured division drives through an open field to approach the eastern Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul on November 6, 2016, during a military operation to retake the main hub city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihad
Regime airstrike kills 11 in Syria’s Idlib 06 Nov 2016 - 05:16 pm
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Sudan arrests more opposition activists over fuel prices 06 Nov 2016 - 04:54 pm
Deputy chief of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party, Khaled Omar
Syria regime shelling kills six children in kindergarten 06 Nov 2016 - 04:43 pm
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IS claims killing of Tunisian soldier 06 Nov 2016 - 03:21 pm
Tunisian soldiers gather near the border with Algeria around Mount Chaambi, western Tunisia, August 2, 2013. (File Photo: Reuters)
US-backed alliance targeting IS-held Raqa 06 Nov 2016 - 03:11 pm
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds a grenade-launcher as he gathers with comrades in the town of Ain Issa, some 50 kilometres north of Raqa, on November 6, 2016. The US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters launched on November 6
Raqqa: de facto Syrian capital of IS 'caliphate' 06 Nov 2016 - 03:05 pm
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