Middle East and North Africa
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Spanish archaeologists find remains in tomb said to date from between 1075BC and 664BC near Luxor in southern Egypt
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As jihadis retreat from key Middle East territories, they have made a ‘drastic U-turn’ on deploying female recruits, posing a challenge for security organisations
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UN spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani says on Friday in Geneva that so-called Islamic State fighters are massacring civilians in Mosul for suspected treason
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Refugees from Mosul describe increasing brutality of Islamist group which has killed more than 60 alleged spies in Mosul
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A reduced US involvement in winning the peace as well as the war will mean that the transnational threat of Isis will remain, even if the ‘caliphate’ is ended
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Efforts must be made to sterilise a breeding ground that could create more Irish Isis fighters. Even if the threat is moderate, our desire for peace ought not to be
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Finance minister admits that thousands of mainly construction workers from overseas have gone without pay for months
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Bashar al-Assad and Vladimir Putin will be celebrating Trump’s defeat of Hillary Clinton, but it’s not such good news for Mexico, Iran, Japan and Europe
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Pentagon releases details of casualties between November 2015 and September 2016, included in total of 119 civilian deaths in US strikes since 2014
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Benjamin Netanyahu and other Israeli leaders hail election of Donald Trump, whose campaign promises would overturn decades of US foreign policy
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Organisation criticises Greg Hands for failing to highlight abuse of migrant workers during visit to Doha trade event
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Civilians expected to be used as human shields by Islamic State as it loses control of village where mass grave found
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Forces advancing south of Mosul find evidence of Isis brutality while peshmerga goes on offensive to recapture Bashiqa
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US seeks to reassure Turkey that Kurdish troops will not be in a position to take over Sunni Arab city in Syria
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Benjamin Netanyahu’s office says summit would be a distraction from Israeli goal of direct negotiations with Palestinians
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As UN climate talks start in Marrakech, Morocco calls on world leaders to put the focus on concrete plans for helping Africa’s small-scale farmers
The Man Who Created the Middle East by Christopher Simon Sykes – review