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Iran: No preconditions for attending Astana Syria talks

Recapturing Mosul is ‘a matter of weeks not years’, insists Hollande

Daesh kills 24 with Baghdad car bomb, attack police stations in Samarra

Al-Zawary was developing remote-controlled submarines, Israeli media

US-led strikes in Iraq, Syria have killed at least 188 civilians -US military

Deputy leader of Libya’s UN-backed government resigns

Iran denies receiving Saudi invite for hajj talks

Fatah leader: Gaza’s coherent and Central Committee seeks to solve all its problems

Netanyahu under investigation over corruption causes

Rouhani pledges to reverse slide of Iran’s currency

Iranian official accused of advocating sterilisation of homeless women

Gunmen, inmates on the run after attack on Bahrain jail

Turkmenistan halts gas flow to Iran in row over arrears

Criminal kidnappings become big business in Baghdad

Lebanon: Hezbollah newspaper goes bust

Egypt court clears way for Red Sea islands handover to Saudi Arabia

Tunisia builds large prison for returning terror suspects

39% of Israelis support annexing the West Bank

Italy: Egypt ‘cooperating’ with Regeni murder investigation

Walls and welcome: Germany looks to 2017 after a tumultuous year

Central Baghdad market blasts kill dozens

Islamic State attack near Najaf kills seven police