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Fresh Syria talks set for July 10 in Astana 19 Jun 2017 - 01:42 pm
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Occupation forces arrest 8 Palestinians in West Bank 19 Jun 2017 - 12:25 pm
This file photo shows a Palestinian man arrested by Israeli soldiers in the occupied West Bank city of al-Khalil (Hebron). © AFP.
Syria troops advance in Raqa towards Deir Ezzor 18 Jun 2017 - 09:32 pm
Smoke billows from buildings in the northern Syrian city of Raqa on June 18, 2017, during an offensive by US-backed fighters to retake the Islamic State (IS) group bastion. / AFP / DELIL SOULEIMAN
Mosul's Old City threatened as showdown looms 18 Jun 2017 - 03:53 pm
An Iraqi military tank advances towards the Islamic State militants positions in the Old City in western Mosul, Iraq June 18, 2017. REUTERS/Erik De Castro
Iraqi forces launch final assault on Islamic State-held Mosul Old City 18 Jun 2017 - 01:55 pm
Displaced Iraqis arrive at a temporary camp in the compound of the closed Nineveh International Hotel in Mosul on June 16, 2017 which was recovered by Iraqi troops from Islamic State group fighters earlier in the year. (AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED)
Gunfire on Syria aid convoy wounds one: Red Crescent 18 Jun 2017 - 11:24 am
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Roadside bomb kills policeman south of Cairo 18 Jun 2017 - 10:40 am
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Syria talks in Geneva to resume on July 10 18 Jun 2017 - 10:13 am
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Syrian regime declares 48-hour cease-fire in Daraa city 18 Jun 2017 - 10:11 am
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Syrian army declares city ceasefire as Russia, UN plan July peace talks 17 Jun 2017 - 09:03 pm
The damaged Al-Rahman mosque is pictured at al-Nuaimah village in Deraa province, Syria June 17, 2017. (REUTERS/Alaa al-Faqier)
Tension persists in W. Bank after Jerusalem attacks 17 Jun 2017 - 02:42 pm
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More than 900 migrants rescued off Libya 17 Jun 2017 - 01:31 pm
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IS holds 100,000 civilians in Iraq: UN 17 Jun 2017 - 12:39 pm
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Three Palestinians injured in clashes with occupation forces west of Ramallah 17 Jun 2017 - 11:52 am
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Iraqis hunt for their cars in devastated post-IS Mosul 17 Jun 2017 - 11:12 am
Damaged cars are seen stacked in the middle of a road in western Mosul's Zanjili neighbourhood on June 9, 2017, during ongoing battles to try to take the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. / AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Gated compounds keep the rich away from Cairo's chaos 17 Jun 2017 - 10:37 am
A picture taken on May 21, 2017 shows residential buildings in a gated compound community in a suburb of the Egyptian capital Cairo. AFP / MOHAMED EL-SHAHED
Battle for Raqqah: Syrian civil war mutates 17 Jun 2017 - 01:24 am
Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) fires rifles at a drone operated by Islamic State militants in Raqqa, Syria, yesterday.
Uncertainty over Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi's fate after airstrike 17 Jun 2017 - 01:24 am
This file image shows Abu Bakr Al Baghdadi adressing worshippers at a mosque in Mosul.