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Disputed Iraqi province votes to fly Kurdish flag 28 Mar 2017 - 06:44 pm
A Kurdish Peshmerga soldier holds a Kurdistan flag during a deployment in the area near the northern Iraqi border with Syria, which lies in an area disputed by Baghdad and the Kurdish region of Ninawa province, August 6, 2012. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Syria's Tabqa Dam: a strategic prize 28 Mar 2017 - 05:27 pm
A view shows a part of the northern part of the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River, Syria March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Turkey sends team to UK over flight ban 28 Mar 2017 - 05:22 pm
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Putin meets Iran's Rouhani as ties deepen 28 Mar 2017 - 04:10 pm
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani during their meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 28, 2017. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
Islamic State counter-attacks to defend north Syria stronghold 28 Mar 2017 - 03:05 pm
Members of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), made up of an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters, inspect the Tabqa dam on March 27, 2017, which has been recently partially recaptured, as part of their battle for the jihadists' stronghold in n
Over 300 civilians killed since start of west Mosul operation: UN 28 Mar 2017 - 02:46 pm
Displaced Iraqi children, who fled their homes in the Old City in western Mosul due to the ongoing fighting between government forces and Islamic State (IS) group fighters, are seen looking towards a security forces member ahead of being taken to the Hamm
IS counter-attacks to defend north Syria town: monitor 28 Mar 2017 - 01:44 pm
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Al-Bab residents rebuild town saved from IS 28 Mar 2017 - 01:05 pm
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Turkey: 46 PKK terrorists killed in past week 28 Mar 2017 - 12:47 pm
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Violence kills soldier, 8 militants in Egypt's Sinai 28 Mar 2017 - 12:28 pm
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Around 40,000 Syrians displaced by fighting near Hama 28 Mar 2017 - 12:03 pm
(file Photo) Moalemeen Street. Hama
Rooftop shanties top once iconic Casablanca buildings 28 Mar 2017 - 11:32 am
A picture taken on February 15, 2016 shows the rooftops of old buldings in central Casablanca where poor locals have built shanty homes. AFP / FADEL SENNA
UN envoy shares four baskets plan with Syrian sides 27 Mar 2017 - 03:07 pm
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Turkey distributes humanitarian aid in Somalia 27 Mar 2017 - 02:53 pm
Director General of the Turkish Red Crescent Mehmet Gulluoglu and a Somalian woman are seen during Turkish Red Crescent's visit at Baydhabo camp near the Mogadishu's rural side in Somalia on March 25, 2017. (Sadak Mohamed - Anadolu Agency).
Syria force halts push on IS-held dam for repairs 27 Mar 2017 - 02:29 pm
With air support from the US-led coalition against IS, the Syrian Democratic Forces are fighting to seize the town of Tabqa and the adjacent dam on the Euphrates River (AFP Photo/JOSEPH EID).
PYD takes Tabqa Dam in northern Syria: local sources 27 Mar 2017 - 02:02 pm
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Syrian rebels resume withdrawal from last Homs bastion 27 Mar 2017 - 01:14 pm
(File Photo) A child waves from the window of a bus as Syrians who were evacuated from Waer, the last opposition-held district of Homs, arrive in the northern Syrian town of al-Bab on March 19, 2017, under a controversial Russian-supervised deal to bring
Iraq forces launch renewed attack on Mosul's Old City 27 Mar 2017 - 12:37 pm
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