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No cease-fire: Israel pounds Gaza after Hamas kidnapped Israeli soldier 
| Tank fire and airstrikes pummeled Gaza, as Israeli forces moved deeper into the West Bank, searching for a soldier. Hamas denies holding Israeli soldier | |
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| Aug.2 |
Gaza |
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New exchanges amid Israeli soldier hunt |
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Israel says missing soldier is dead The Israeli military says Hadar Goldin, a soldier reported missing in Gaza on Friday is dead. He was believed to have been captured by mili...
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| Aug.3 |
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Airstrike hits UN school in Gaza as Israeli troops start redeploying 
Map of Rafah Israel| 10 were killed in Gaza Sunday after a school sheltering displaced people was hit in an airstrike, as Israel signaled a possible scaling back of its troops | |
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Lebanon |
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Troops killed in Lebanon border raid |
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Northern Iraq |
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Islamic State takes over Iraq towns |
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Gaza crisis: Rafah school strike 'criminal' - UN chief |
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Israel plans partial seven-hour ceasefire
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| Aug.4 |
Gaza |
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Gaza conflict: Israel and Hamas 'agree ceasefire' srael and Palestinian groups including Hamas have agreed to a 72-hour humanitarian truce in Gaza, officials and Egyptian mediators say
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Israeli troops withdraw from Gaza Israel has announced the withdrawal of all of its troops to 'defensive positions' outside the Gaza Strip
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| Aug.5 |
Washington |
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Kerry in talks plea amid Gaza truce |
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| Aug.6 |
Jerusalem |
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Israel offers Gaza truce extension
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Mosul |
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Iraq crisis: Mosul air strike 'kills 60' |
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Saudi Arabia |
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Suspected Ebola victim dies in Saudi Arabia |
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| Aug.7 |
Northern Iraq |
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ISIS overtakes Iraq's largest Christian city |
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Iraq |
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U.S. begins humanitarian airdrops in Iraq |
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Obama authorises US Iraq air strikes US President Barack Obama says he has authorised targeted airstrikes against Islamic militants in northern Iraq, if they threaten US interests
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Gaza |
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Hamas rejects ceasefire extension |
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| Aug.8 |
Northern Iraq |
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US steps up air strikes in Iraq
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Gaza |
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Gaza conflict: US and UN condemn new Gaza violence
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US aid drop follows fresh Iraq raids
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| Aug.9 |
Gaza |
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Gaza air strikes 'kill five' as rockets hit Israel |
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Washington |
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Iraq crisis: No quick fix, Barack Obama warns |
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Cairo |
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Egypt bans Muslim Brotherhood party |
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Northern Syria |
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Women stoned to death in Syria for adultery |
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Northern Iraq |
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US in new strikes on Iraq militants
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Cairo |
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Fresh fears for ceasefire talks in Cairo |
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| Aug.10 |
Gaza |
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Palestinians accept new 72-hour cease-fire offer
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Northern Iraq |
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Iraqi Kurds ask for arms to fight IS
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Gaza |
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Gaza conflict: New three-day ceasefire begins A three-day truce has come into effect between Israel and the Palestinians in Gaza, after a day of intense diplomacy
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Baghdad |
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Embattled PM Nouri Maliki in show of force
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Syria |
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Australia boy 'in Syria severed head image'
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Gaza |
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Gaza conflict: New three-day ceasefire holds |
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| Aug.11 |
 Baghdad |
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Iraqi President nominates new prime minister President Fuad Masum nominated Haider al-Abadi to succeed a defiant Nuri al-Maliki, who had earlier vowed to hang on to power
| Iraq's president asks a Shia politician to replace embattled Prime Minister Nouri Maliki, as the country faces a growing jihadist insurgency
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U.S. directly arming Kurds in Iraq |
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Cairo |
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Gaza conflict: Fresh talks begin in Egypt |
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| Aug.12 |
Washington |
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US sends more military advisors to Iraq The US is sending 130 more military advisors to the Kurdish region of northern Iraq, Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel says
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Syrian Kurdish fighters rescuing stranded Yazidis |
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| Aug.13 |
Gaza |
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Gaza cease-fire in question after rockets, airstrikes
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Northern Iraq |
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Yazidi: Arab neighbors joined ISIS slaughter
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Northern Iraq |
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Iraq crisis: US says Mount Sinjar evacuation unlikely
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Gaza |
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Israel and Palestinians begin tense five-day Gaza truce Israel and the Palestinians have begun a fresh five-day ceasefire in Gaza, agreed at the end of a three-day truce
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| Aug.14 |
Baghdad |
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Al-Maliki agrees to step down as prime minister
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Baghdad |
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UN declares highest-level emergency in Iraq as clashes erupt near Baghdad
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| Aug.15 |
Northern Iraq |
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Iraq crisis: Yazidi villagers 'massacred' by ISIS Militants in northern Iraq have massacred at least 80 men from the Yazidi faith in a village and abducted women and children, reports say
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| Aug.16 |
Mosul |
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U.S. jets hit ISIS near dam U.S. warplanes carried out airstrikes in northern Iraq near ISIS-controlled Mosul Dam early Saturday morning,
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Mosul |
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Kurdish forces battling to retake Mosul dam Kurdish forces supported by US air strikes are battling to retake Mosul dam from Islamic State (IS) fighters in northern Iraq
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Northern Syria |
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'New massacres' in Iraq and Syria
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Chad |
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Chadian troops rescue 85 Nigerian hostages from Boko Haram
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| Aug.17 |
Mosul |
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Kurd forces 'take part of Mosul dam'
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Mosul |
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Kurds 'break IS hold on Mosul dam'
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Washington |
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Obama: Air strikes on Iraq dam 'to protect US interests' |
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| Aug.18 |
Mosul |
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Iraq crisis: Mosul dam recaptured from militants Map of Mosul dam Iraq Kurdish Peshmerga fighters and Iraqi troops have retaken Mosul dam from Islamic State (IS) militants, US President Barack Obama has said
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Gaza ceasefire 'extended by a day' The Gaza ceasefire has been extended for a further 24 hours after talks in Cairo, Palestinian and Israeli officials have told the BBC
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| Aug.19 |
Northern Iraq |
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Video shows ISIS beheading U.S. journalist James Foley A video shows the beheading and threatens the life of another American if President Barack Obama doesn't end military operations in Iraq
| James Wright Foley (October 18, 1973 – August 19, 2014) was an American freelance journalist and photojournalist of the Syrian Civil War when he was abducted on November 22, 2012 in northwestern Syria. Foley is the first American citizen to be killed by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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Gaza |
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Gaza truce ends amid fresh fighting A truce between Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza has ended amid fresh air strikes which Israel says were countering rocket fire
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Gaza conflict: 'Nine Palestinians killed' as truce ends |
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| Aug.20 |
Washington |
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U.S. attempt to rescue Foley, others in Syria failed A recent attempt to rescue American James Foley and others in Syria failed, as new details emerged about the journalist's final days
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Jerusalem |
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Israel PM Netanyahu vows further campaign |
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Gaza |
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Strikes, counterstrikes resume between Israel and Hamas |
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| Aug.21 |
Gaza |
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3 senior Hamas military leaders killed in Israeli airstrike |
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Sinai |
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Bus crash kills 27 in Egypt's Sinai
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| Aug.22 |
Gaza |
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Hamas kills 18 suspected Israel informants Map of Gaza City Israel Hamas carried out a deadly purge of suspected informants, killing people suspected of providing information to the Israel Defense Forces
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Israel |
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Israel vows response to boy's death
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| Aug.23 |
Northern Iraq |
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UN warns of possible Amerli 'massacre'
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Libya |
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Migrant boat carrying 250 capsizes off Libya
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Baghdad |
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Bombings kill 30 in Iraq after Sunni mosque attack |
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Libya |
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Tripoli airport changes hands between militias
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West Bank |
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Mahmoud Abbas urges fresh talks in Egypt |
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Libya |
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Parliament has condemned as terrorists militia alliance |
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| Aug.24 |
Gaza |
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Israeli airstrike levels 7-story building in Gaza |
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Northern Israel |
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Rockets from Syria hit Golan Heights |
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IS fighters seize Syria airbase Fighters from Islamic State (IS) have taken control of a key Syrian government airbase at Tabqa, activists say
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| Aug.25 |
Syria |
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Syria ready to cooperate with U.N. to fight terror |
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Washington |
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US alarm at air strikes on Libya |
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| Aug.26 |
Gaza |
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Israel, Hamas officials say extended cease-fire reached | Officials say an extended cease-fire has been reached between the sides, halting the seven-week Gaza war which has killed more than 2,000 people. The truce was brokered by Egypt and began at 19:00 local time (16:00 GMT). I... | |
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California native fighting for ISIS killed in Syria Map of Aleppo Syria Douglas McAuthur McCain, 33, died in a battle between rival extremist groups in the suburbs of Aleppo, Syria's once-bustling commercial capital
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| Aug.27 |
Syria |
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Syria conflict: Islamic State 'committed war crimes'
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Northern Iraq |
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ISIS demands $6.6M for release of 26-year-old American woman |
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Jerusalem |
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Netanyahu declares 'victory' in Gaza |
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USA |
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US hostage mother makes video plea |
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UN Security Council |
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UN Security Council calls for cease-fire in Libya |
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| Aug.28 |
Mosul |
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IS militants 'behead Kurdish man' |
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Syria |
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Syria conflict: UN says more than 3m have fled war
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| Aug.29 |
Syria |
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Report: ISIS waterboarded captives |
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| Aug.30 |
Syria |
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Philippine Syria troops 'attacked' Map of Golan Heights Syria Philippine peacekeepers trapped by rebels in the Syrian Golan Heights are 'under attack', Philippine Defence Minister Voltaire Gazmin says
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Algeria |
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Ukrainian plane crashes in Algeria |
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Tunisia |
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Tunisians report finding 41 bodies, mostly Syrians |
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Syria |
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Philippine troops in Syria rescued
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Northern Iraq |
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US planes drop aid and strike IS positions near Iraq's Amerli |
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| Aug.31 |
Northern Iraq |
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Iraqi forces 'reach besieged Amerli' |
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