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Kurds call for ‘Nuremberg-style’ tribunal for Islamic State fighters
Speed Read There is international disagreement about what to do with 1,000 foreign fighters in Kurdish prisons
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What is the Golan Heights - and is it part of Israel?
In Depth Donald Trump’s decision to break ranks with the UN could have serious ramifications
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Trump recognises Golan Heights as Israeli territory
Speed Read US president controversially reverses decades of American policy
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What next for Syria?
In Depth Uncertain future for war-torn nation amid power vacuum and economic crisis
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Why Tommy Robinson is facing libel action
Speed Read Far-right activist claimed Syrian teenager attacked at school had bullied young girls
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Should Isis jihadi brides be allowed back to the UK?
In Depth Former London schoolgirl Shamima Begum wants to return after four years with Islamic State
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Is this really the end for Isis?
In Depth The militants are battling to maintain grip on last vestiges of territory in Syria
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‘Final assault’ on Islamic State begins
Speed Read Push to oust remnants of caliphate from Syria now underway
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Israel strikes Iranian targets inside Syria
Speed Read Israeli military issues ‘unusual’ statement warning Syria not to retaliate
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Will Turkey call Trump’s Kurdish bluff?
Speed Read US president has promised to ‘devastate’ Turkish economy if it attacks Kurdish forces in Syria after US troops pull out
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The U.S. has started withdrawing troops from Syria, Pentagon says in surprise announcement
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Will Turkey invade Syria?
In Depth Top US officials on ‘damage control’ mission in Middle East following Donald Trump’s pledge to withdraw troops
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Russia and Syria cheer Trump's troop withdrawal. Syrian Kurds are rattled. France say it's staying in.
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Is the US withdrawal from Syria premature?
Speed Read Donald Trump says Islamic State has been defeated, but defence officials want to maintain a US military presence in the region
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