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World / Middle East

Lebanese Hezbollah commander killed fighting IS in Syria 04 Oct 2017 - 12:35 pm
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Iraqi forces in final assault to take Hawija from Islamic State 04 Oct 2017 - 09:26 am
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Head of Syria ex-Qaeda group 'critical' after Russia strike: Moscow 04 Oct 2017 - 09:23 am
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Islamic State releases video of what it says is two Russians captured in Syria 03 Oct 2017 - 05:53 pm
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12,500 flee Iraq fighting in IS-held Hawija: UN 03 Oct 2017 - 03:25 pm
Members of an Iraqi family, displaced from the outskirts of Islamic State (IS) group stronghold Hawija (about 65 kilometres east of the northern city of Kirkuk), raise white flags while travelling with a donkey-cart on the road outside the town on October
Islamic State group claims deadly Damascus bomb attack 03 Oct 2017 - 12:49 pm
Syrians check the site of a double suicide bomb attack which hit the al-Midan police station in Syria's capital Damascus on October 2, 2017.   AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Iraq's Kurdistan region plans presidential, parliamentary votes on Nov. 1 03 Oct 2017 - 12:42 pm
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Iran sends tanks to border with Iraq’s Kurdish region 03 Oct 2017 - 12:59 am
Kurdish Regional President Massoud Barzani (centre) meeting with Kirkuk provincial Governor Najim Al Din Karim (third left) and representatives of Kurdish political parties in Kirkuk.
Trial of Benghazi attack suspect begins 03 Oct 2017 - 12:59 am
A file picture of a burnt car in a building at the US Consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
Palestine PM in Gaza amid power switch 03 Oct 2017 - 12:50 am
Hamas’ overall leader Ismail Haniyah (right) shakes hands with Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah in Gaza City yesterday.
Fifteen people dead after attack on Damascus police station 02 Oct 2017 - 04:29 pm
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Islamic State torches oil wells in northern Iraq 02 Oct 2017 - 04:19 pm
Iraqi forces and the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation units) hold a position as they advance towards the Islamic State (IS) group's stronghold of Hawija on September 30, 2017 to recapture the town from the jihadists.  AFP / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE
Drone strike kills 8 Hezbollah fighters in Syria: monitor 02 Oct 2017 - 02:31 pm
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Iraq allows foreigners to leave Kurdistan via Baghdad 02 Oct 2017 - 10:44 am
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West Bank, Gaza sealed off for Jewish Holiday 02 Oct 2017 - 10:05 am
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Iraqi forces liberate 25 villages from IS 02 Oct 2017 - 09:40 am
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Service member with the US-led coalition killed in Iraq 02 Oct 2017 - 09:12 am
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Egyptian officials in Gaza ahead of Palestinian unity talks 01 Oct 2017 - 11:01 pm
FILE PHOTO: A Palestinian boy rides a donkey cart in Beit Hanun, northern Gaza Strip.  (AFP / Mahmud Hams)