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December 23, 2016

US commander says forces embedding more to help Iraqis retake Mosul

US forces assisting Iraqi troops to retake Mosul from Islamic State are embedding more extensively, a senior commander said on Friday, a move that could accelerate a two-month-old campaign...

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December 23, 2016

Lessons learnt from the fall of Aleppo

Since the beginning of the Syrian uprising in 2011, the government restricted independent media outlets and barred international news agencies from covering the anti-government protests. As a result, a...

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December 23, 2016

Turkey: A letter from the Russian ambassador’s assassin

A letter written by the man who killed the Russian Ambassador to Turkey, Andrei Karlov, has been found by investigators, Ankara Chief Public Prosecutor Harun Kodalak revealed According to...

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December 23, 2016

UN Security Council passes resolution to end Israeli settlements

With 14 votes in favour and one abstention, the UNSC passed a resolution urging an end to illegal Israeli settlements...

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December 23, 2016

Russia, Iran and Turkey to discuss Syria ‘peace’ in Astana

President Vladimir Putin said today that Russia, Iran, Turkey and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad had all agreed that the Kazakh capital of Astana should be the venue for new...

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December 23, 2016

Iran shoots down a filming drone in Tehran over security concerns

Iran’s anti-aircraft forces shot down a drone in central Tehran on Friday as it approached the offices of the president and the supreme leader, but the unmanned aircraft later...

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December 23, 2016

Hezbollah: Fall of Aleppo could pave way for ‘political solution’

Lebanese Shia Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah said today the Syrian regime’s defeat of rebels in Aleppo this week had ended their hopes of ousting President Bashar Al-Assad and could...

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December 23, 2016

Morocco targets ‘terrorism apologists’ in new crackdown

The Moroccan Ministry of Interior is warning its citizens that any sympathy for a gunman, who shot the Russian ambassador to Turkey, even on social media, could land them...

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December 23, 2016

Russia: Trump better partner for Syria deal than Obama

Russia is not in touch with the incoming US administration over Syria, but Moscow sees Donald Trump as a better partner to negotiate with than Barack Obama, Russian Deputy...

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December 23, 2016

Palestinian arrested over alleged contact with Hamas chief

Israeli police have arrested an East Jerusalem resident on charge of alleged contact with Hamas’ political chief Khaled Mashaal, Israel’s Channel 2 reported yesterday. According to the police spokesperson Luba Al-Samri,...

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