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Gaza

Children share their experiences of the recent Israel-Gaza violence

"The houses were falling down on people," said one 11-year-old. "We lost hope. Some people ran away and the paramedics told us to run to the hospital."

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Syrians flee towards Turkish border as government forces advance

Displaced Syrians flee towards the border with Turkey after an offensive by Syrian government forces in the rebel-held northwestern region, Idlib.

Syria

Syria: dangerous new conflict within a conflict

Richard Engel has an exclusive report for our partners at NBC on a dangerous new conflict within Syria: involving US troops fighting Russian nationals.

Syria

Ghouta's ghastly fate as bombs fall like rain

Civilian casualties are mounting in the region abutting the Syrian capital Damascus as airstrikes and mortar bombardments intensify, and the Syrian army prepares for a ground offensive in a built-up area of 400,000 people.

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Egypt

Egypt launches second round of air strikes over Libya

Germany

Hannover evacuated after several unexploded WWII bombs discovered

At least 50,000 people have been forced to evacuate their homes in the German city of Hannover – so that several World War Two bombs can be defused.

Vatican

Pope ashamed of "mother of all bombs" name

The Pope took offence to the word "mother" being used to describe a deadly weapon.

Iraq

Battle for Mosul: Iraqi army in 'final push'

The Iraqi army’s new push in the battle to recapture Mosul has been hailed as “the beginning of the end” for the extremist group there.

Syria

Bus bomb attack on Aleppo civilians "likely a war crime", UN says

A bomb attack on a bus convoy crowded with civilians fleeing the embattled city of Aleppo in Syria “likely amounts to a war crime”, according to the UN.

Afghanistan

Afghan officials: US bomb killed more ISIL fighters than thought

The number of militants who died in this week's huge US bomb attack has been revised upwards by officials to over 90.

Afghanistan

Dozens of militants killed by US mega bomb - Afghan defence officials

At least 36 suspected ISIL militants are thought to have been killed when the US dropped "the mother of all bombs" in Afghanstan.

Syria

Suspected gas attack kills dozens in northern Syria

Another suspected chemical attack in Syria has killed at least fifty people including a dozen children.

Yemen

US intensifies Yemen airstrikes

The Pentagon says a further 20 US strikes have targeted al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula since the middle of last week.

Syria

Syria: airstrikes hit rebel-held areas east of Damascus despite ceasefire

In Syria warplanes have bombed rebel-held towns east of Damascus, striking residential areas where less than 24 hours earlier Russia declared a ceasefire.

United Kingdom

Londoners evacuated as quarter-ton WWII bomb found

Around 50 residents of an affluent London neighbourhood have been evacuated after construction workers uncovered an unexploded World War Two bomb.

Syria

Syria: at least 11 dead in suspected Idlib airstrike

At least 11 people have been killed by an airstrike in the Syrian rebel-held province of Idlib, activists say.

Syria

Syrian rebels say close to taking strategic ISIL stronghold of al-Bab

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels say they have reached the centre of the strategically important ISIL held city of al-Bab, in northern Syria.

Syria

Senior al-Qaida operative killed in US airstrikes, Pentagon

In total 11 al-Qaida members were killed in airstrikes in Syria, the Pentagon announced.

Gaza

Gaza blames Israel for tunnel blast 'killing two Palestinians'

The authorities in Gaza say two Palestinians were killed by an Israeli bomb attack on a tunnel near the Egyptian border.

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Airstrike targets Syrian school hours before ceasefire

Just hours before a ceasefire came into effect in Syria, amateur footage captured the terrifying aftermath of an airstrike on a school in the rebel-held area of Arbin, Damascus, which is reported to h