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The New Arab asked representatives from government and rebel forces about UNICEF's latest findings on child soldier recruitment. Both parties denied involvement, despite 'abundant' evidence to the contrary.
The UN's cultural agency seeks emergency measures to help prevent further looting at the historic Iraqi city of Nimrud which has been wrecked by Islamic State militants.
Hundreds of officials from governments and parliaments gathered this week in the Emirati capital for the two-day Global Summit of Women Speakers of Parliament.
Displaced Iraqi children, from the outskirts of the city of Tal Afar, pose at a makeshift camp in the village of Khalif Saleh as Iraqi forces continue their assault to eject IS group jihadists from Mosul.
People from the Sufi groups attend a celebration held for the 1445th birth anniversary of Prophet Muhammad during the Mawlid al-Nabi near Lebanon's southern port city of Sidon.
Dancers from the Palestinian Nashama band perform the traditional "Dabkeh" inside a building under construction that was damaged during the 50-day war between Israel and Hamas militants during the summer of 2014.
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