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World / Middle East

Truce deadline for Syria's Aleppo passes without evacuations 22 Oct 2016 - 07:27 pm
T-shirts are laid out during a demonstration urging the British government to intervene in the bombing of Aleppo, outside Downing Street, London, Britain October 22, 2016. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
20-year prison sentence for Mursi confirmed by Egypt court 22 Oct 2016 - 06:31 pm
Egypt's deposed president Mohamed Mursi greets his lawyers and people from behind bars at a court wearing the red uniform of a prisoner sentenced to death, during his court appearance with Muslim Brotherhood members on the outskirts of Cairo, Egypt, on Ju
We are ‘obliged’ to press on to Syria’s Al Bab: Turkish President Erdogan 22 Oct 2016 - 05:56 pm
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during a meeting with the NGO representatives and the opinion leaders at Presidential Palace in Ankara, Turkey on October 20, 2016. ( Kayhan Özer - Anadolu Agency )
Iraqi PM Abadi declines Turkish help offer in Mosul 22 Oct 2016 - 04:08 pm
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (R) inspects Iraqi army's positions during the operation to retake Iraq's Mosul from Daesh, in Mosul, Iraq on October 19, 2016. (Iraqi Prime Ministry Press Office - Anadolu Agency)
Iraqi TV journalist killed south of Mosul 22 Oct 2016 - 02:17 pm
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4500 killed since the collapse of the US-Russian truce in Syria 22 Oct 2016 - 01:02 pm
Smoke rises from reported opposition fire from buildings in an eastern government-held neighbourhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on October 20, 2016 as clashes erupted in an area designated as a humanitarian corridor for civilians to leave the e
Engagment of minor Egyptian children sparks outrage 22 Oct 2016 - 12:49 pm
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24 killed by Russian and Syrian airstrikes in Idlib 22 Oct 2016 - 12:29 pm
(FILE PHOTO) Syrians inspect the destroyed buildings after warcrafts belonging to the Russian and Syrian army carried out an air strike on a civil defense centre in Maret el Numan district of Idlib, Syria on October 20, 2016. ( Muhammed Karkasa - Anadolu
U.S Defense Secretary Carter arrives in Iraq 22 Oct 2016 - 10:18 am
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Iraqi army tries to take main Christian town near Mosul 22 Oct 2016 - 09:45 am
Smoke rises from a building as Iraqi soldiers take positions after retaking of Bartilla Town from Islamic State members during the operation to retake Iraq's Mosul, October 20, 2016.  Ali Mohammed - Anadolu Agency
IS assault on Iraq's Kirkuk ends after 24-hour battle 22 Oct 2016 - 09:26 am
Smoke rises as Kurdish forces take position at a site of an attack by Islamic State militants in Kirkuk, Iraq, October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Ako Rasheed TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Houthis breach truce in Yemen 22 Oct 2016 - 08:56 am
People shop at the old market in the historic city of Sanaa, Yemen, October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Mohamed al-Sayaghi
Truce extended in Aleppo but UN delays evacuations 22 Oct 2016 - 08:36 am
A general view taken with a drone shows a mosque where forces loyal to Syria's President Bashar al-Assad are stationed in Aleppo's government-controlled area of al-Masharqa in Syria October 20, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail
UN says Syrian army used chemical weapons in Qmenas village in 2015 22 Oct 2016 - 08:12 am
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Turkey, Iraq reach agreement “in principle” on Mosul, US says 21 Oct 2016 - 07:22 pm
Civilians return to their village after it was liberated from Islamic State militants, south of Mosul, Iraq October 21, 2016. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudaini
Air raid near Iraq's Kirkuk kills 15 women: officials 21 Oct 2016 - 06:24 pm
Kurdish forces gather after Islamic State forces militants a major attack on the city of Kirkuk, Iraq, October 21, 2016. (REUTERS/Ako Rasheed)
Arab coalition says Yemen rebels breaching truce 20 Oct 2016 - 09:43 pm
A man walks pass a graffiti by artist Thi Yazen AL-Alawy depicting a bottle of milk with a malnourished child inside along a street in Sanaa, Yemen, October 20, 2016. The graffiti is part of a campaign by several artists titled
Mosul offensive going faster than planned, Iraqi PM says 20 Oct 2016 - 08:30 pm
Iraqi government forces flash the sign for victory as they advance towards the village of Tal al-Shawk on the eastern bank of the Tigris river on October 20, 2016, during the ongoing operation to retake Mosul from the Islamic State (IS) group. The operati