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Syrian army takes town from Islamic State in Homs 21 Oct 2017 - 03:07 pm
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Kremlin says Putin, Erdogan discuss Syria in phone call 21 Oct 2017 - 01:25 pm
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan speaks during a news conference in Istanbul, Turkey October 20, 2017. REUTERS/Osman Orsal
Lebanese president Gemayel's killer convicted, 35 years later 20 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm
This file photo taken on January 01, 1975 shows Lebanon's late president-elect Bashir Gemayel, who was killed by a remote-controlled explosion during a meeting at the Phalange Party office in the Christian quarter of Ashrafiyeh. AFP
Force hails 'historic' Raqa victory but handover on hold 20 Oct 2017 - 06:54 pm
Kurdish fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ride in the back of a truck passing damaged buildings in Raqa on October 20, 2017, after a Kurdish-led force expelled the Islamic State group from the northern Syrian city. AFP / Bulent Kilic
Israel responds after Syrian shell hits Golan: army 19 Oct 2017 - 09:29 pm
An Israeli flag flutters above the wreckage of an Israeli tank sitting on a hill in the Israeli-occupied sector of the Golan Heights and overlooking the border with Syria and the town of Quneitra, on October 18, 2017. AFP / Jalaa Marey
US says Palestinian unity govt must recognise Israel, disarm Hamas 19 Oct 2017 - 06:35 pm
Jason Greenblatt (via Jerusalem Post)
Iraqi Kurds say open to talks after Baghdad military operation 19 Oct 2017 - 06:31 pm
Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani speaks during a press conference on September 24, 2017 in Arbil (AFP / Safin Hamed)
Hamas leader says 'no one' can force it to disarm or recognise Israel 19 Oct 2017 - 06:22 pm
France criticises Russian stance on Syria toxic gas probe 19 Oct 2017 - 02:36 pm
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Balance of power shifts in Iraq's multi-ethnic Kirkuk 19 Oct 2017 - 02:20 pm
A member of the Iraqi Kurdish forces stands guard at an unfinished housing project where displaced people fleeing violence in the northern Kirkuk province are taking shelter on October 19, 2017 in Arbil, the capital of the autonomous Kurdish region of nor
Fighters in Syria's Raqa prepare for civilian handover 19 Oct 2017 - 02:14 pm
A member (L) of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) inspects the municipal stadium in Raqa on October 18, 2017, after the US-backed forces retook the city from Islamic State (IS) group fighters. AFP / BULENT KILIC
Astana Talks on Syria to be Held on October 30-31 19 Oct 2017 - 10:23 am
A girl runs near a damaged site in the Quneitra countryside, Syria September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Alaa Al-Faqir
After IS, rotting corpses and empty jail cells in Syria's Raqa 18 Oct 2017 - 07:31 pm
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks through a heavily damaged a street leading to an Armenian church in Raqa on October 18, 2017. AFP / Bulent Kilic
Iraqi army retakes almost all disputed areas from Kurds 18 Oct 2017 - 07:15 pm
A picture taken on October 18, 2017 shows displaced Iraqis, who fled from Hawija in 2014 to Kirkuk, riding in vehicles as they return to Hawija, after the town was retaken by Iraqi forces. AFP / Ahmad Al-Rubaye
Turkey Red Crescent alarmed by humanitarian 'drama' in Syria's Idlib 18 Oct 2017 - 03:16 pm
Children hold hands of a little girl wearing a Turkish flag during Turkish Army's armoured vehicles' deployment to the border line in the Turkish border district of Reyhanli near Syria's Idlib, within the reconnaissance activities in Idlib as part of an i
IS Syria stronghold Raqa falls, but where are its fighters? 18 Oct 2017 - 03:08 pm
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), backed by US special forces, talks on the radio near Raqa's stadium as they clear the last positions on the frontline on October 16, 2017 in the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists crumbling stronghold. AFP
Head of Syrian army brigade besieged in Deir al-Zor dies 18 Oct 2017 - 02:22 pm
Major General Issam Zahreddine
Iraq forces take oil fields, dashing Kurdish dreams 17 Oct 2017 - 10:50 pm
A picture shows an Iraqi army vehicle at the country's Bai Hassan oil field west of Kirkuk on October 17, 2017. Iraqi forces took control of the two largest oil fields in the disputed northern province of Kirkuk demolishing Kurdish hopes of creating a via

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