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Syria

Last refugees bid farewell in the snow to Aleppo

After a day of delays the evacuation of Aleppo resumes, with reports saying the city has now been emptied of resistance.

Germany

German police looking for 'Tunisian man', local media reports

Identity documents found in the driver's seat of the truck which ploughed into a Christmas market on Monday evening indicate an Anis A, according to Der Spiegel magazine.

Germany

Germans talk of 'unity in the face of terror'

The colours of the German flag were used to light up the Brandenburg Gate in honour of the victims of Monday’s deadly truck attack.

Germany

ISIL claims responsibility for deadly truck attack in Berlin

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World

'Wrath of Euphrates Forces' in battle for Raqqa

Operation to oust ISIL from Iraq and Syria

World

A deadly 2016 for terrorism attacks in Europe

2016 was marked by a series of terror attacks around Europe as ISIL sought to strike back at the nations fighting it in Syria and Iraq.

Yemen

Dozens die in Yemen suicide attack

Officials say soldiers were queuing up to collect their salaries near a military base in the Khor Maksar district of Aden when an ISIL attacker blew himself up.

Syria

Syria, Turkey and Russia weigh in on status of eastern Aleppo ceasefire

Conflicting messages are coming from Syria, Turkey and Russia following the suspension of a ceasefire agreement between the latter two countries which was supposed to see tens of thousands of people e

Egypt

ISIL claims responsibility for Cairo Cathedral attack

The Islamic militant group ISIL has said it was behind Sunday’s bomb attack (Dec 11) on Cairo’s main Coptic cathedral.

Syria

Paris attacks planners killed in airstrike - US

US airstrikes have killed three key ISIL leaders in Syria, according to the US defence secretary Ash Carter.

France

Former ISIL sex slaves receive the Sakharov Prize

ISIL survivors and activists Nadia Murad and Lamiya Aji Bashar have received the 2016 Sakharov Prize in a ceremony in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.

Syria

Syria: intense battle for ancient city of Palmyra

An intense battle for control of Palmyra in Syria has reportedly been swinging back and forth between government forces and ISIL fighters.

Syria

Syrian Army advances in Aleppo

A Syrian military source said the army and its allies had captured the al-Asila and Aaajam districts southeast of Aleppo's ancient citadel.

Syria

ISIL fighters re-enter ancient Palmyra in Syria

Monitors say ISIL fighters have re-entered Palmyra, nine months after losing the ancient Syrian city.

Syria

Syria: exodus continues from embattled Aleppo

The Russian Defence Ministry, quoted by the Interfax news agency, says more than 20,000 civilians have left eastern Aleppo on Saturday. The Ministry also says more than 1,200 rebels opposed to Syrian

Syria

Bombs and diplomacy: Syrian forces push into eastern Aleppo as UN calls for an end to hostilities

The Syrian army is tightening its siege on rebel-held parts of Aleppo.

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Iraqi artillery pounds ISIL targets southeast of Mosul

The Iraqi army has been pounding ISIL targets in Mosul, as part of their bid to drive out the group from the city.

Syria

Aleppo: fears over hundreds of missing

The UN says hundreds of men from eastern Aleppo have reportedly gone missing after leaving rebel-held areas of the city and entering government territory.

World News

'Dozens killed' in airstrikes on ISIL-held town in Iraq

Airstrikes on a town near Iraq’s western border with Syria have killed dozens of people, according to Reuters.

Syria

Aleppo: Syrian army "seizes all of Old City"

Syrian government forces have reportedly recaptured all of Aleppo’s historic ‘Old City’, pushing the last remaining rebels there out.