Middle East and North Africa
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Isis suicide bomber ‘was Briton freed from Guantánamo’Family identifies Jamal al-Harith, paid £1m compensation by UK government, as man Islamic State says was behind Mosul attack
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Rockets fired into southern Israel from Egypt's SinaiNo casualties as two handmade rockets land in Eshkol region day after Isis claims four members were killed by Israeli drone
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The migrant slave trade is booming in Libya. Why is the world ignoring it?I’ve seen the dangerous route to Europe through Libya, with thousands of people at the mercy of cruelty for profit. But our leaders prefer to keep them there
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Global arms trade reaches highest point since cold war eraMiddle East almost doubles weapons imports, as US and Europe remain the main suppliers and China joins top-tier exporters
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Suicide bomber kills dozens at market in SomaliaBlast in Mogadishu comes less than a fortnight after election of new president, Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed
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Prominent Australians write open letter opposing Benjamin Netanyahu's visitIsrael’s prime minister will be its first serving PM to visit Australia but he is expected to face protests
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UN says civilians at extreme risk as west Mosul offensive beginsEarly advances by Iraqi forces meet limited resistance but Isis thought to have prepared ambush points in urban centre
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Omar Abdel-Rahman, convicted in 1993 World Trade Center bombing, dies at 78Extremist Muslim cleric known as ‘blind sheikh’ became notorious figure to US authorities and was for decades the face of radical Islam before 9/11 attacks
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The Middle East 'peace process' was a myth. Donald Trump ended itThe final interment of the already moribund ‘two-state solution’ would force all concerned to face what is obvious to any honest observer
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Trump's updated travel ban to have minimal input from national securityGoal of new order is to bolster original initiative against legal and constitutional scrutiny, rather than revise it in a substantive fashion, say sources
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Letter from Istanbul: By talking to people, you get through things togetherThe stories that have left a mark on me are those about real life, says the Guardian’s correspondent in Turkey. So it’s essential to speak the language
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MSF inquiry indicates Russia was behind hospital bombing in SyriaStudy commissioned by Médecins Sans Frontières appears to show Russia, working with Syria, carried out February 2016 attack that killed 25 people
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The Guardian view on Trump and Israel: casual, careless and dangerousEditorial: The US president’s ditching of the commitment to a two-state solution may not be part of a calculated strategy. That is all the more alarming
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LGBT change There are reasons to be cheerful ... LGBTI rights gains in unlikely countries