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October 16, 2016

US military 'begins shelling' Daesh in Iraq's Mosul

Coalition warplanes also hitting Daesh in Mosul, according to Peshmerga commander...

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October 16, 2016

Israel PM vows national service ban for B'Tselem over UN row

After B'Tselem criticism of Israel settlement policy at UN, PM says he will remove it as option for national service...

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October 16, 2016

Israel closes border crossings for Jewish holiday

Palestinians from occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip only to be allowed to cross for humanitarian reasons...

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October 16, 2016

Britain sends new military training mission to Tunisia to counter Daesh

Britain has sent 40 military personnel to Tunisia to provide training aimed at helping the North African country prevent the spread of Daesh fighters from neighbouring Libya, the British...

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October 16, 2016

Two Americans held in Yemen released and flown to Oman

Two American prisoners held captive by Yemen Houthi rebels have been released and taken to neighbouring Oman after Omani officials mediated their release, US Secretary of State John Kerry...

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October 16, 2016

US warship targeted again in apparent failed missile attack off Yemen

The missile attack, if confirmed, would mark the third time the USS Mason was fired upon in international waters in the past week from territory in Yemen...

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October 16, 2016

Explosion hits part of southern Turkish city of Gaziantep

A suspected suicide bomber killed three police officers and wounded at least eight people in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep on Sunday during a police raid on what...

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October 16, 2016

Russia: All talks participants agreed Syrians must decide own future

Russia’s foreign ministry said all participants in talks in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Saturday had agreed that Syrians alone should decide their future through inclusive dialogue, and the country should...

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October 16, 2016

Syrian rebels seize Dabiq from Daesh

Syrian rebels backed by Turkey captured the symbolically important village of Dabiq in northwestern Syria from Daesh early on Sunday after clashes, Ahmed Osman, head of the Sultan Murad...

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October 16, 2016

Saudi replaces Iraq envoy who riled Shia militias

In August Iraq asked Riyadh to replace Sabhan after his comments about Iranian involvement in Iraqi affairs and the alleged persecution of Sunni Muslims...

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