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Car bombs in Iraq’s Falluja kill eight people: police and medics 11 Dec 2016 - 07:54 pm
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Who are Egypt's Coptic Christians? 11 Dec 2016 - 07:38 pm
A nun cries as she stands at the scene inside Cairo's Coptic cathedral, following a bombing, in Egypt December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh
Syria army advances in Aleppo but rolled back in Palmyra 11 Dec 2016 - 07:28 pm
A still image taken from a video released by Islamic State-affiliated Amaq news agency, said to be in Palmyra, on December 11, 2016, purports to show Islamic State fighters in front of silos on fire and said to have been taken over by them.
Algerian blogger jailed over Facebook poem dies 11 Dec 2016 - 06:23 pm
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Regime airstrikes kill 9 in northwestern Syria 11 Dec 2016 - 04:42 pm
Photo: AA.
Syria army advances in Aleppo but rolled back in Palmyra 11 Dec 2016 - 04:27 pm
Journalists walk near the remains of the Monumental Arch in the historical city of Palmyra, in Homs Governorate, Syria April 1, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki/File Photo
Erdogan vows to continue fight against terrorism 11 Dec 2016 - 04:20 pm
Photo: AA.
Turkey strongly condemns terror attack in Istanbul 11 Dec 2016 - 03:11 pm
Turkish police officers and forensic work next to damaged police vehicles and cars on the site where a car bomb exploded near the stadium of football club Besiktas in central Istanbul on December 10, 2016. The car bomb exploded in the heart of Istanbul on
IS retakes Palmyra after Syria army withdrawal 11 Dec 2016 - 03:04 pm
Syrian army soldiers drove through the historic city of Palmyra in April. PHOTO: REUTERS.
48 soldiers dead in IS-claimed Yemen attack: new toll 11 Dec 2016 - 02:31 pm
Graphic content / A wounded Yemeni man arrives at a hospital on December 10, 2016 after a suicide bomber killed 35 soldiers and wounded around 50 others at a military camp in Yemen's southern city of Aden. / AFP / SALEH AL-OBEIDI
Thousands flee heavy Aleppo fighting 11 Dec 2016 - 02:11 pm
Smoke and flames rise after air strikes on rebel-controlled besieged area of Aleppo, as seen from a government-held side, in Syria December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY.
Explosive Bombs Injure Five in South of Baghdad 11 Dec 2016 - 02:09 pm
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Somalia suicide truck bombing kills more than 20 11 Dec 2016 - 02:05 pm
A security officer walks past a temporary stall destroyed after a suicide car bomb went off at the entrance of Somalia's biggest port in its capital Mogadishu December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Feisal Omar
Aleppo rebel zone facing "death or surrender" 11 Dec 2016 - 01:59 pm
Syrian pro-government forces patrol Aleppo's Bab al-Nairab neighbourhood on December 10, 2016. Syria's government has retaken at least 85 percent of east Aleppo, which fell to rebels in 2012, since beginning its operation on November 15. / AFP / George OU
Islamic State captures Palmyra castle overlooking ancient Syrian city 11 Dec 2016 - 01:51 pm
A still image taken on December 11, 2016 from a video released by Islamic State-affiliated Amaq news agency on December 10, 2016, purports to show Islamic State fighters advancing over the Hayan mountain south of Palmyra.
British minister expects Assad to recapture Aleppo 11 Dec 2016 - 01:45 pm
Photo: Reuters.
US defense secretary in Iraq for anti-IS talks 11 Dec 2016 - 01:41 pm
File Photo: US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.
Turkey mourns after Istanbul bombings blamed on PKK kill 38 11 Dec 2016 - 01:41 pm
Turkish police officers carry a coffin of a fellow officer during a ceremony for police officers killed in Saturday's blasts in Istanbul, Turkey, December 11, 2016. REUTERS/Murad Sezer