Middle East and North Africa
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Call for international community to put a stop to fighting as evacuation of civilians from stricken city blocked by militias
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All civilians in this besieged city need safe passage out. We will do everything we can, but the international community must match our efforts
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Forces loyal to the Assad regime have captured nearly all of rebel-held Aleppo since launching a major ground offensive on 27 November. Amid harrowing reports of atrocities committed by pro-regime forces, territory held by rebels since 2012 has rapidly shrunk to a small pocket where civilians remain trapped
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Turkish intelligence and Russian military negotiate Syria agreement allowing civilians and moderate rebels to flee to Idlib province
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UN chief expresses ‘grave concern’ over reports of attacks on civilians, as bombardment of rebel areas by Syrian army continued nonstop on Monday
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Plan envisaged ceasefire, national unity government and elections under UN supervision but collapsed over worries about Assad’s role, says report
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Exploitative kafala system has been abolished but fears remain that forced labour on Gulf state’s 2022 World Cup infrastructure will continue
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Letters: In Yemen there have been many reports of Iranian arms smuggled to the Houthi rebels, some of them quite convincing,but not to be compared to Saudi actions including reported war crimes using British material
Syrians need our help. We can’t let ministers just shrug their shoulders