Middle East and North Africa
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Islamic State news agency reports its spokesman Abu Muhammad al-Adnani was killed surveying operations in Aleppo
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More than 3,000 migrants were rescued on Monday off the coast of Libya with the majority of them hailing from Eritrea and Somalia
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Obama administration has been criticized for moving too slowly to respond to the five-year crisis in Syria, amid opposition to refugees from Republicans
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Dozens more injured after car laden with explosives is driven into army recruitment centre in Aden
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UN's $4bn aid effort in Syria is morally bankrupt
Reinoud LeendersIt is perverse that agencies intent on helping the most vulnerable in the civil war can throw a lifeline to such a brutal regime
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Abdolrasoul Dorri Esfahani, an accountant believed to a dual British or Candian national, is suspected of espionage
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Monitoring group says many more wounded as Turkey continues cross-border offensive against Isis and Kurdish forces
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Navy spokesman reportedly says its patrol fired warning shots to MSF refugee vessel, but aid group says attackers fired at boat
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Wars are easier to start than stop. So how did Colombia do it – and what can the world learn from that breakthrough?
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Kurdish peshmerga and the Iraqi army are closing in on the northern city but the battle to liberate it may unleash a humanitarian disaster
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Editorial: Twelve months ago, Europe failed to rise to the challenge of the Syrian refugee crisis. It is still paying the price – and so are the refugees
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Program that can turn iPhones into remote spying devices was allegedly used to target Middle Eastern human rights activist
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Opposition fighters and families to leave town outside Damascus after four-year siege under deal with Assad government
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Western arms and money have prolonged and intensified this civil war. Our only duties are to stop taking sides, and to help those fleeing the conflict
The Guardian view on the UN aid mission in Syria: access at a high price