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Syria's Assad backs alliance to fight 'terrorism'

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Israel

Hundreds of African migrants released from Israeli detention centre

Following a ruling from the Supreme Court releasing detention time, 1,178 people, mostly from Sudan and Eritrea were released from the Holot centre.

Turkey

Turkey: frustration and disillusionment after call for fresh elections

There is frustration and disillusionment in Turkey after President Recep Tayipp Erdogan called for fresh parliamentary elections. The country’s been

Turkey

Turkey: Erdogan calls for fresh parliamentary poll

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has, as expected, called for fresh parliamentary elections after coalition talks failed to produce a

Yemen

Civilians pay heavy price as Yemen violence rages

Civilians were caught in the crossfire again as Yemen’s civil war raged on Monday. Saudi-led airstrikes in the Red Sea port area of al Hodeidah

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Syria

UN gay rights hearing: 'If Islamic State didn't get me, my family would'

Gaza

'Back to school' delayed in Gaza amid UN teachers strike

More than 200,000 children in the Gaza Strip were unable to return to school on Monday because of a strike by teachers. Teaching staff are angry at

Lebanon

Lebanon: clean-up underway after second night of unrest

Workers are clearing away debris and makeshift barricades after a second night of unrest in Beirut. Anger has come to a head over the Lebanese

Turkey

Turkey's 'blame game' elections

Lebanon

Bloodshed in Beirut as anti-government protests turn violent

One person is reported dead and more than 70 injured after a second day of protests against Lebanon’s government turned violent. People have poured

Syria

Syria: 'Miracle' rescue of little girl amid deadly weekend of violence

Damascus Central Prison was targeted by rebels on Sunday, in another deadly day of Syria’s four-year-long civil war. Insurgents shelled the

West Bank

Confusion over reports of Abbas PLO resignation

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is set to resign as head of the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) executive committee, PLO officials said

Lebanon

Beirut protesters clash with police at demonstration over uncollected rubbish

At least 20 people were injured on Saturday during clashes between police and protesters in Beirut, according to the Red Cross. Police used water

Syria

ISIL 'plans to send AIDS militants on suicide missions'

Syria

Heaviest Israeli raids on Syria since start of civil war

Syrian state TV reported Israeli airstrikes in southern Syria killed six people and wounded seven in the Golan Heights in the heaviest Israeli

Turkey

Turkey poised for snap November polls

Turkey is set to hold snap elections in November, with a temporary government to be formed in the meantime. So says President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Turkey

Turkey accuses BBC of supporting 'terrorism'

Israel

'Several dead' in Israeli retaliation against rocket attacks from Syria

The Israeli air force has fired missiles into Syria in a retaliatory assault for rocket attacks in northern Israel. The Syrian army says at least

Yemen

UN warns of impending famine in Yemen as no way in for food aid

The World Food programme is sounding the alarm on an impending humanitarian disaster in Yemen. Its Executive Director says the risk of famine has

Egypt

Egypt: bomb hits Cairo police building, six wounded

A car bomb in a Cairo suburb has wounded at least six police officers and badly damaged a state security building. There are no confirmed dead. The

Egypt

Cairo car bomb wounds six police officers

A car bomb near a state security building and a court house in a Cairo suburb has left at least six police officers wounded. There are no confirmed

Syria

Syrian scholar Khaled al-Asaad beheaded by ISIL militants

A leading Syrian antiquities scholar has been beheaded by ISIL fighters, according to his relatives. His body was reportedly hung from a pole in the

Israel

Israeli court suspends Palestinian hunger striker's detention

Israel’s Supreme Court has suspended the detention of a Palestinian hunger striker who has sustained brain damage after 65 days without food. The

Turkey

Turkish soldiers killed in an attack in Siirt province

Eight soldiers are reportedly dead after a bomb attack in Siirt province, while Turkish police are shot at outside a palace in Istanbul.

Turkey

Turkey heading towards new elections after coalition talks fail

Early elections for Turkey as President Erodgan favours forming an interim government of his own before the vote: Reportedly speaking to an academic