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Islamic State surrenders enclave in Syria-Lebanon border zone
The transfer ends any insurgent presence on the border, an important goal for Lebanon and Hezbollah, and marks the first time IS has publicly agreed to a forced evacuation.
- by Angus McDowall
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Keeping Palestinians involved is a victory for the US's Middle East negotiators
At the end of meetings in the Middle East this week, the best Donald Trump's team could manage was a two-line statement saying Palestine was still part of the process.
Terrorism v Tourism: Europe's diabolical dilemma
It was a quiet whisper, not meant for the cameras, which revealed the increasingly grim reality of terror's ability to reach our shores from foreign soil.
- by Latika Bourke
Australia is pulling its weight in fight on terror, Defence chief says as Afghanistan decision looms
The Chief of the Defence Force Mark Binskin has sent a strong signal that Australia is pulling its weight in the global fight against Islamist terrorism as Washington hunts for more international military help in Afghanistan.
- by David Wroe, National Security Correspondent
Threatening strike in Syria, Israel tells Russia Iran is greater threat than IS
Meeting Putin in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Netanyahu said Iran was fighting to cement an arc of influence from the Gulf to the Mediterranean.
- by Denis Pinchuk
US-backed Iraqi forces keep up grinding battle against Islamic State
A fresh offensive in Tall Afar offensive follows a successful but gruelling nine-month campaign to retake Mosul.
'Price of war': Global coalition defends deaths of children of Australian jihadist Khaled Sharrouf
Civilian casualties, including the child fighters of the Australian jihadist Khaled Sharrouf, are part of the "price of the war," despite efforts to minimise their deaths, says the spokesperson for the global coalition fighting Islamic State.
- by Latika Bourke
Lebanon and Hezbollah launch simultaneous battles against Islamic State
Two assaults have been launched against Islamic State militants on a remote stretch of north-eastern Lebanon.
- by Liz Sly and Suzan Haidamous
Hamas struck by suicide attack in Gaza for the first time
A suicide bomber killed a Hamas security guard in the Gaza Strip near the border with Egypt on Thursday, the first such attack to hit the Palestinian militant group.
- by Hazem Balousha and Loveday Morris
Donald Trump's stance on far-right violence shocks America's allies
America's closest allies have condemned US President Donald Trump in unusually strong and personal terms.
- by Noah Barkin and Alistair Smout