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Now playing Next Turkey Erdogan and Putin face to face in key regional talks Relations have strengthened despite Ankara and Moscow supporting opposing sides in Syria's civil war 29/09/2017
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Now playing Next Iraq Rights groups condemn 'revenge killings' in liberated Mosul Videos purporting to show the murder of suspected ISIL fighters at the hands of their militia and security forces captors have emerged on social media. 14/07/2017
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