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October 17, 2016

Fears of sectarian abuse as Iraq launches Mosul offensive

The military offensive underway in Iraq to drive out Daesh from Mosul has raised fears about sectarian abuse. With ground support from the US-led coalition, Iraqi government forces launched...

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October 17, 2016

Suicide bomb kills 10 south of Baghdad

A suicide driver detonated a car packed with explosives at a security checkpoint south of Baghdad today, killing ten people and wounding 25, police and medical sources said. The...

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October 17, 2016

As Battle for Mosul begins, UN expresses concern for civilians

With the operation to liberate Mosul from Daesh starting, the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, Stephen O’Brien, yesterday expressed his concern for civilians in the city....

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October 17, 2016

Tunisia foils attempt to kill interior minister

Counterterrorism forces from the Tunisian National Guard have foiled a terrorist plot to assassinate a major political figure, the official spokesman of the Court of First Instance in Tunis,...

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October 17, 2016

Israel asks for new arrangements with Russia after deployment of air defence system

Israel has sent a letter to the defence ministry in Moscow asking for new arrangements for cooperation after the deployment of a Russian S300 air defence system in Syria,...

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October 17, 2016

Some 3,000 Turkish-trained forces participate in Mosul operation

Some 3,000 Iraqi forces trained by Turkey are taking part in a US-led operation to drive Daesh from the Iraqi city of Mosul, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus...

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October 17, 2016

Iranian MPs call for release of human rights activist Mohammadi

Twenty Iranian MPs have called on the head of the judicial authorities for the release of the journalist and human rights activist Narges Mohammadi, who is serving a 10-year...

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October 17, 2016

Iraq launches ‘Battle for Mosul’

A number of forces are partaking in the battle including the US-led coalition, which includes British forces, Iranian armed forces, Shia Mobilisation Forces, Sunni tribal factions and Kurdish Peshmerga...

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October 17, 2016

Fatah denies ‘tension’ with Egypt

With Egypt hosting a conference reported to be organised by disgraced Fatah leader Mohamed Dahlan, the secular movement denied that there is any “tension” in its relationship with the...

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October 17, 2016

Court overturns sentences of activists after ‘riots’ in Egypt

Egypt’s Court of Cassation overturned the sentences of 32 activists on Saturday, most of whom are students detained over “riots” in 2014, Anadolu has reported. They will instead be...

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