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August 28, 2016

Discover Kairouan, Tunisia

The UNESCO World Heritage town of Kairouan in Tunisia used to be one of the greatest centres of Islamic scholarship and Quranic learning between the ninth and eleventh centuries....

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August 28, 2016

America and Russia could end the war in Syria tomorrow, but don’t hold your breath

While the Guardian’s Simon Jenkins decries the West’s “meddling” in Syria – and suggests that “We must step back” – his humane cri de coeur touches fleetingly on the...

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August 28, 2016

PKK bomb kills Turkish soldier in Hakkari

A roadside bomb allegedly planted by the PKK has killed a Turkish soldier in Turkey’s south-eastern province of Hakkari on Sunday, wounding three others, a security official said. Security forces...

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August 28, 2016

Turkish Prime Minister hails Bahraini monarch for coup solidarity

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim has thanked Bahrain’s King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa for the Gulf state’s solidarity shown during Turkey’s defeated July 15 coup plot. The Turkish premier met...

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August 28, 2016

PKK launches an RPG attack on Turkey’s Diyarbakir airport

No one was hurt after PKK militants launched a rocket-propelled grenade attack on an airport in Turkey’s southeastern Diyarbakir province, the governor’s office said in a statement. It said...

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August 28, 2016

Iraq fully liberates Daesh-held Khalidiya island: PM

Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi has announced the full liberation of al-Khalidiya Island in western Iraq from Daesh. In a televised statement late Saturday, al-Abadi said Iraqi troops had...

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August 28, 2016

Russian airstrike kills 3 in Syria’s Idlib

Three people were killed and eight others injured in a Russian airstrike Saturday in northern Syria’s Idlib province. Russian warplanes struck residential areas in Idlib’s countryside with cluster bombs,...

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August 28, 2016

Iraq: 5 soldiers killed in Daesh attack in Anbar

Five Iraqi soldiers were killed late Saturday in a Daesh attack in the western Anbar province, an army officer has said. Daesh militants attacked a police headquarters in al-Ratba...

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August 28, 2016

Turkish air strikes kills 25 PYD militants in Syria

Turkey’s military says 25 PKK/PYD militants were “neutralised” in northern Syria in an air strike on Sunday. In a statement, the Turkish Armed Forces said the air campaign was...

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August 28, 2016

Iraq asks Saudi Arabia to replace ambassador

The Iraqi foreign ministry has asked Saudi Arabia to replace Thamer Sabhan, its ambassador in Baghdad, state television reported on Sunday. Shia politicians in the Iraqi capital have asked...

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