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Now playing Next no comment Displaced Iraqi families await news from Tal Afar Hundreds of families who fled Tal Afar more than two years ago are waiting anxiously for news that their city has been liberated from the Islamic State group. 31/10/2016
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Now playing Next Turkey Fierce fighting and air strikes continue in Syria Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Operation Euphrates Shield will "continue decisively". A truce is due on Monday. 11/09/2016
Now playing Next no comment Syria: Young child being rescued – Jets struck a market place Video posted to social media shows rescuers searching through the debris of damaged buildings hit by airstrikes said to be in the town of Douma in Syria’s Damascus… 11/09/2016
Now playing Next Syria Syrian government agrees to US-Russia deal There has been a mixed reaction to news of the agreement as some hope for a political transition while others fear it may never come to pass. 10/09/2016