Middle East and North Africa
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Overturning the jihadi group will leave an ideological vacuum – and to prevent it from rising again, young people need jobs and political representation
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Amateur footage appears to show the aftermath of two fatal car bombs in north-eastern Syria on Wednesday.
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Call by Mahmoud Abbas for historical reckoning reflects impasse in hope for diplomatic progress towards a two-state solution to end conflict with Israel
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He is the second journalist to be killed in the country within a month
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Seven guards among the dead after blasts outside UN offices and checkpoint near African Union base in Somali capital
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Man who killed himself and injured 12 when he detonated rucksack outside music event in Germany had application refused
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Ten civilians and four police officers reported killed and many wounded in attack on Shia district of Iraqi capital
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Syrian activists claim at least 73 and as many as 125 civilians have been killed in contested northern city that has been hit in US-led effort against Isis
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As more Syrians get caught in the crossfire, it is time to realise that terrorism is a product of our interventions, with groups like Isis flourishing as a result
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Iraq-born musician Nadin Al Khalidi fled her homeland to escape beheadings and the ravages of war – she’s since found a new purpose recounting such tales through song
Tackling social ills will do more than bombs to defeat Isis and its gospel of hate