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Syria: Air strike on ISIL prison

US-led coalition hits ISIL-run prison in eastern Syria - monitoring group says dozens of prisoners killed

Syria

US accuses Syria of planning 'major chemical attack'

Officials warned Bashar al-Assad and his military will "pay a heavy price" if it carries out such an attack.

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Protesters and police clash at banned Istanbul pride parade

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Syria

SDF make inroads into Raqqa

IS de facto capital Raqqa under heavy assault

Turkey

Syrian refugees return home from Turkey for Eid

Thousands of Syrians have been lining up at the border to go home for the first time in two years

Turkey

Clashes as Turkey bans Gay Pride in Istanbul

Police stopped activists for gay, lesbian, bisexual, trans and intersexed rights from gathering in large numbers

Turkey

Erdogan says Arab demands on Qatar are 'against international law'

The Turkish President was voicing his strongest support yet for Qatar, accused by four Arab states of supporting terrorism.

Turkey

LGBT community may defy Istanbul Pride ban

Yemen

Yemen: UN warns warring sides over civilian deaths

The United Nations says at least 49 civilians have died in 'indiscriminate' attacks over the past month alone.

Saudi Arabia

Mecca suicide attack 'foiled' after police corner would-be bomber

The would-be attacker blew himself up after exchanging fire with police.

Qatar

Turkey: no plans to close military base in Qatar

Qatar

Turkey: no plans to close military base in Qatar

Turkey's defence minister says his country has no plans to review its military base in Qatar.

Syria

Russia launches attacks on ISIL in Syria

Russia launches missiles at ISIL fired from the Med

Israel

[watch] Mountain goat versus hungry wolf: who wins?

What happends when a wolf takes on a sure-footed mountain goat?

Turkey

Erdogan struggles to find rally venue for G20 visit to Germany

Israel

Kushner in Middle East

President Donald Trump's special adviser and son-in-law has been in Israel and the West Bank to talk peace

Cult

Fayrouz gives glimpse of upcoming album

Lebanese icon Fayrouz revealed on social media a sneak peak of her newest album to be released this fall.

Gaza

Egypt fuels Gaza to ease power crisis

Fuel from Egypt used to be smuggled through tunnels, many of them now destroyed by Cairo.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia gets new crown prince

Saudi Arabia's king has appointed his son Mohammed bin Salman as crown prince - replacing his nephew, Mohammed bin Nayef, as first in line to the throne.

Qatar

Qatar crisis: Turkey to send 11 tons of humanitarian aid to Doha

Turkey is to boost its aid to Qatar.

Syria

US says it shot down a Syrian warplane in self-defence

Following Russia's warning that it will view US warplanes as targets if they fly west of the Euphrates river, the US military has justified shooting down a Syrian warplane on Sunday as an act of self-defence.

Syria

Russia warns US after Syrian fighter downed

Russia and US in a row after Syrian jet downed

Syria

Russia warning after US shoots down Syrian jet

Russia’s Defence Ministry said the Russian military will consider any flying objects within reach of its war planes as possible targets after the US shoots down a Syrian military jet near Raqqa.

Syria

Iran fires missiles at ISIL base in Syria

Iran says it has fired missiles at an Islamic State base in Syria in retaliation for attacks by the extremist group last week.