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Turkey votes to extend mandate for troops in Iraq and Syria

Turkey's parliament have voted to extend the authorisation to deploy Turkish troops in Iraq and Syria.

Cult

Green landscapes in an unexpected place

Can you guess a moment where we are: Iceland?

USA

Trump vows to increase US troops in Afghanistan

Speaking in Arlington, Virginia, the US President said that his new strategy for Afghanistan would kill terrorists and honour the sacrifices made by American service personnel

Iraq

ISIL under attack on two fronts

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Iraq

Hundreds of Iraqi's flee the city of Tal Afar over fears it will be the next battleground in the fight against so-called Islamic State

Hundreds of Iraqi's flee the city of Tal Afar over fears it will be the next battleground in the fight against so-called Islamic State

Syria

Gaining ground in Raqqa - US backed Syrian forces surround Islamic State fighters in push to take back the city

US-backed forces have Islamic State fighters surrounded in central Raqqa - but driving the militants out could take up to four months

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Trump wall images lighten the mood in Bethlehem

Lebanon

Militants released as part of Lebanese-Syrian exchange agreement

Militants released as part of Lebanese-Syrian exchange agreement between Hezbollah and Nustra Front. Seven thousand Syrians are set to leave the Arsal region of Lebanon and head to Syria's Idilib province.

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Eight people killed in Damascus airstrikes

Israel

Israel to remove metal detectors from holy site

Israel has said it will remove the metal detectors it placed at the entrance to a holy site in Jerusalem’s Old City.

Israel

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to freeze contact with Israel 'on all levels'

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has announced that the Palestinian leadership will freeze all contact with Israel, as mass protests over new Israeli security measures at the al-Aqsa compound turn deadly.

Iraq

Euroviews. View: The Middle East - more wars to come

The tragedy of why the defeat of ISIL won’t bring peace to the Middle East

Yemen

Yemen fights back against cholera epidemic

Authorities in Yemen begin clean-up operation in Sanaa to combat deadly cholera outbreak

Egypt

Images of Egypt tourist attacker emerge

Turkey

Courts overwhelmed a year after Turkey's attempted coup

Syria

US-Russian ceasefire deal 'holding' in southwest Syria

A partial truce for southwest Syria brokered by the US and Russia at the G20 mostly held firm on Sunday.

Iraq

Iraqi PM in Mosul to congratulate army on ISIL defeat

Haider al-Abadi joined troops and commanders in the city to celebrate 'victory' against the self-proclaimed Islamic State.

Iraq

Iraqi PM celebrates victory in Mosul

Iraq's Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi joined the victory celebratiions in Mosul after eight months of urban warfare brought an end to three years of jihadist rule in the city.

Turkey

The end of the road: Turkish opposition march finishes in Istanbul

'Casting off a shirt of fear': Turkish opposition leads thousands to end of 450km Ankara-Istanbul anti-government march.

Iran

Iran and French oil giant Total clinch energy deal

Total becomes first international energy company to invest in Iran since sanctions eased following nuclear accord