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World / Middle East

Iraq Kurds hand over Japan national suspected of IS ties 07 Nov 2016 - 02:13 pm
Photo: AFP.
Yemen war death toll surpasses 7,000: WHO 07 Nov 2016 - 02:07 pm
People stand on the rubble of a prison struck by Arab coalition warplanes in al-Zaydiyah district of the Red Sea port city of Hodeidah, Yemen Oct. 30, 2016. / Reuters.
Iraq forces retake key town on Mosul southern front 07 Nov 2016 - 01:56 pm
An Iraqi army sniper from the 9th armoured division walks to take his position in the area of Ali Rash, adjacent to the eastern Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul, on November 6, 2016, during a military operation to retake the main hub city from the Islam
Islamic State deploys car bombs in new Syria battle 07 Nov 2016 - 01:48 pm
A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter stands near rising smoke, north of Raqqa city, Syria November 6, 2016. REUTERS/Rodi Said
Iraqi Kurds assault IS-held town: commander 07 Nov 2016 - 01:41 pm
Kurdish member of the Freedom Party of Kurdistan (PAK) holds a position on November 6, 2016 in an area near the town of Bashiqa, some 25 kilometres north east of Mosul. / AFP / SAFIN HAMED
IS 'disguising themselves as civilians' in Mosul 07 Nov 2016 - 01:09 pm
Dust rises as a tank from the Iraqi army's 9th armoured division fires at a suspect car approaching their position in the area of Ali Rash, adjacent to the eastern Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul, on November 6, 2016, during a military operation to ret
Iraq peshmerga attack Islamic State town as army battles in Mosul 07 Nov 2016 - 11:02 am
Peshmerga forces stand on a military vehicle in the town of Bashiqa, east of Mosul, during an operation to attack Islamic State militants in Mosul, Iraq, November 7, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari
Iraqi forces battle car bombs with commercial drones 06 Nov 2016 - 07:05 pm
A convoy of the Iraqi army's 9th armoured division drives through an open field to approach the eastern Al-Intissar neighbourhood of Mosul on November 6, 2016, during a military operation to retake the main hub city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihad
Regime airstrike kills 11 in Syria’s Idlib 06 Nov 2016 - 05:16 pm
Peninsula
Sudan arrests more opposition activists over fuel prices 06 Nov 2016 - 04:54 pm
Deputy chief of the opposition Sudanese Congress Party, Khaled Omar
Syria regime shelling kills six children in kindergarten 06 Nov 2016 - 04:43 pm
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IS claims killing of Tunisian soldier 06 Nov 2016 - 03:21 pm
Tunisian soldiers gather near the border with Algeria around Mount Chaambi, western Tunisia, August 2, 2013. (File Photo: Reuters)
US-backed alliance targeting IS-held Raqa 06 Nov 2016 - 03:11 pm
A member of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) holds a grenade-launcher as he gathers with comrades in the town of Ain Issa, some 50 kilometres north of Raqa, on November 6, 2016. The US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters launched on November 6
Raqqa: de facto Syrian capital of IS 'caliphate' 06 Nov 2016 - 03:05 pm
Peninsula
Deal with US to prevent Turkey role in Raqqa assault: SDF 06 Nov 2016 - 02:50 pm
Jihan Sheikh Ahmed, a spokeswoman for the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), holds a press conference in the town of Ain Issa, some 50 kilometres north of Raqa, on November 6, 2016, to announce that the US-backed alliance has began a long-awaited operation t
Palestinian businessmen in Egypt for Gaza conference 06 Nov 2016 - 02:45 pm
A picture taken on September 16, 2013 shows members of Hamas’ security forces standing guard in front of the Rafah border crossing with Egypt in the southern Gaza Strip as demonstrators gather demanding it to be open permanently and without restrictions o
Photos: Internally relocated people fleeing Islamic State in Iraq 06 Nov 2016 - 02:26 pm
Iraqis living in villages of Mosul, fled from Islamic State arrive to Erbil in Iraq on November 4, 2016. Ahmet ?zgi - Anadolu Agency
Iraq forces storm northern Mosul amid anti-Islamic State operation 06 Nov 2016 - 02:15 pm
Smoke rises from burning oil wells in Qayyarah, south of Mosul, on November 4, 2016, during operation by Iraqi forces to retake the main hub city from the Islamic State (IS) group jihadists. Elite Iraqi forces pushed deep into the streets of Mosul on Frid