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Islamic State crisis: Kerry to lead talks in Paris 0

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15 September 2014

US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet foreign ministers from around the world in Paris on Monday to discuss how to defeat Islamic State (IS) militants. About 40 countries, including 10 Arab states, have signed up to a coalition to help fight IS in Iraq and Syria. French President Francois Hollande said the beheading

David Haines’s ‘evil murder’ condemned by PM 0

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14 September 2014

The murder of David Haines was an “act of pure evil”, David Cameron has said after the release of a video appearing to show the UK hostage’s beheading. The 44-year-old aid worker was seized in Syria in 2013. He was being held by Islamic State militants who have already killed two US captives. The latest

Iraq: US sends more military advisers to Kurdistan 0

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13 August 2014

The US has sent 130 more military advisers to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says. The marines and special operations forces will assess the humanitarian situation and will not be engaged in combat, a US defence official said. The US has been carrying out air strikes against fighters from militant

Gaza conflict: Fresh talks begin in Egypt 0

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12 August 2014

Indirect talks between Israeli and Palestinian negotiators aimed at finding a long-term solution to the conflict in Gaza have begun in Cairo, according to Egyptian state media. The fresh discussions come amid a new three-day ceasefire agreed between Israel and the Islamist group Hamas. A BBC reporter in Gaza says the truce is holding so

Iraq president asks Abadi to form new government 0

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11 August 2014

Iraq’s president has asked deputy parliament speaker Haider al-Abadi to form a new government, officials say. Mr Abadi has been nominated as prime minister by Shia parties, instead of the incumbent Nouri Maliki. But Mr Maliki has made it clear he wants to stand for a third term, and pro-Maliki security forces took key sites

Human Rights Watch director barred from Egypt 0

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11 August 2014

The executive director of Human Rights Watch and another senior staff member have been denied entry to Egypt. Kenneth Roth and Sarah Leah Whitson were in Cairo to launch a report by the group on mass killings last year. Hundreds of people were killed on 14 August 2013 after security forces broke up protests against

Israel offers Gaza truce extension but Hamas has yet to agree 0

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7 August 2014

Israel has offered to extend a three-day ceasefire in Gaza which began on Tuesday after nearly a month of conflict, Israeli officials say. But there has so far been no agreement from the militant Hamas movement, which controls Gaza, as indirect talks continue in Cairo. US President Barack Obama has said a more durable truce

Gaza conflict: Kerry urges broader Israel-Palestinian talks 0

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6 August 2014

US Secretary of State John Kerry has urged Israel and the Palestinians to take advantage of the Gaza truce to move towards broader negotiations. Mr Kerry told the BBC the situation could concentrate minds on the need to negotiate a “two-state solution”. A 72-hour humanitarian truce is holding in Gaza, halting a four-week conflict that

Gaza conflict: Israeli partial ceasefire under way 0

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4 August 2014

A seven-hour “humanitarian window” announced by Israel has come into effect in parts of Gaza. A senior Israeli military official said the ceasefire would not apply to the town of Rafah and that Israeli troops would respond if they were attacked. Palestinian officials have already accused Israel of breaking the truce with a strike on

Islamic State battles for Syria’s oil wealth 0

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30 July 2014

Beirut, Lebanon – Syrian government troops reportedly retook the Shaar gas fields in Homs province on July 26, a week after the facility was captured by Islamic State fighters, in what many view as an alarming increase in hostility between the group and the Syrian regime. Footage distributed by Syrian state media showed victorious government

Israeli bombs kill 100 Gazans in single day 0

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30 July 2014

Gaza City – At least 100 Gazans have been killed in Israeli bombardment on Tuesday, Gaza officials have said, hours after shells hit the enclave’s only power station. A thick column of black smoke was seen rising from the power station on Tuesday, mingling with other plumes sent into the air by Israeli shelling. Gaza

Gaza City and Eshkol hit by deadly explosions 0

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28 July 2014

A lull in violence in Gaza has been shattered by explosions that hit the compound of the territory’s main hospital and a nearby park, reportedly killing 10 people. Meanwhile, Israeli media is reporting that four Israelis have been killed in a mortar strike near the Gaza border. Earlier, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon urged an

Hamas-declared ceasefire in Gaza stalls as conflict continues 0

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27 July 2014

A 24-hour ceasefire announced by Hamas in Gaza appears to be stalling, with both Palestinian militants and Israel continuing their offensives. Hamas fired more rockets into Israel, accusing it of failing to abide by the ceasefire. Israel rejected the truce, PM Benjamin Netanyahu saying: “Israel will do what it must do to defend its people”.

Gaza crisis: UN calls for ceasefire as deaths pass 500 0

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21 July 2014

The UN Security Council has called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza. It comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry heads to Cairo for talks on the crisis amid a mounting death toll. Over 500 Palestinians, mainly civilians, have been killed since the Israeli offensive began two weeks ago,

Israel starts Gaza ground offensive 0

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18 July 2014

The Israeli military has begun a ground offensive against Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, stepping up its 11-day-old military operation. Troops and tanks were sent into Gaza to deal “a significant blow to Hamas”, Israel said. A Hamas spokesman said Israel would “pay a high price” for its actions. Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

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17 July 2014

A ceasefire deal has been reached to end fighting between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza, an Israeli official has told the BBC. He said it was due to take effect on Friday at 06:00 local time (03:00 GMT). Hamas, which controls Gaza, has denied a deal has been reached at talks in Egypt, but

Gaza campaign enters seventh day as rocket fire continues 0

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14 July 2014

Israeli air strikes on Gaza and rocket fire on Israel have continued as Israel’s operation against Palestinian militants entered its seventh day. Palestinian officials say 172 people in Gaza have been killed since the offensive began last Tuesday. Israel says nearly 1,000 rockets have been fired from Gaza in that time. It said it shot

Hamas fires rockets amid Israeli air strikes on Gaza 0

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9 July 2014

Palestinian militants have fired more rockets at Israeli cities and Israel carried out dozens of air raids on Gaza overnight, as hostilities intensified. Israel said four rockets hit southern Israel overnight and a number were shot down over Tel Aviv on Wednesday. The Israeli military said there were 160 air raids on Gaza overnight in

Israeli air strikes on Gaza kill nine Palestinian militants 0

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7 July 2014

Nine Palestinian militants have been killed in Israeli air raids on Gaza following rocket attacks on Israel. The armed wing of the Palestinian militant group Hamas says six of its fighters died in a single strike near Rafah in the south. Three others died in separate Israeli air strikes in response to rocket and mortar

Iraqi Kurdistan referendum: Going it alone 0

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3 July 2014

Iraqi Kurds have never made a secret of their longing for full-fledged statehood and there were indications – as recently as last week – that some regional actors might support such an eventuality. Still, the announcement (or “threat”) by the president of the Iraqi Kurdistan Region, Massoud Barzani, to hold a referendum on independence has

Isis rebels declare ‘Islamic state’ in Iraq and Syria 0

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30 June 2014

Jihadist militant group Isis has said it is establishing a caliphate, or Islamic state, on the territories it controls in Iraq and Syria. It also proclaimed the group’s leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, as caliph and “leader for Muslims everywhere”. Setting up a state governed under strict Islamic law has long been a goal of many

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