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US prepared to discuss joint efforts with Moscow but sees ‘no long-term role for Assad’

Security services now know where Uighurman might be hiding, says government

Police detain six including three members of gunman’s family over murder of Andrei Karlov

Location of Syria’s most populous city is behind why it has been fiercely fought over

Government forces surround Mosul and recapture former capital of Assyrian empire

Election by parliament will end 2½ years of caretaker government and no head of state

Residents flee fighting as prime minister announces ‘liberation of Falluja has arrived’

Putin’s focus on Syrian peace talks may be motivated by territorial ambition

Military is mobilising troops to retake the largest city controlled by Islamic State

Islamic Republic emerges from years of economic isolation as measures come to end

UN nuclear agency to declare Tehran has complied with agreement to scale back its nuclear programme

Rebel factions holed up in Zabadani promised safe passage to Beirut airport

Insurgents in the town of Zadabadi have been promised safe passage to Beirut airport under UN deal

Antiquities expert says group now ‘blowing up buildings with no religious meaning’

Crush outside Mecca killed 769 worshippers performing the annual pilgrimage

Saudi cleric says disaster at Mecca in which at least 769 died was ‘beyond human control’