Middle East and North Africa
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Iran unrest: it's the economy, stupid, not a cry for freedom or foreign plottersWorld leaders trying to exploit the narrative around the protests ignore the real economic problems being faced by ordinary people -
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Syrian rebel shelling destroys at least seven Russian planes, report saysRussian daily’s report points to country’s single biggest loss of military hardware since launching airstrikes in Syria in late 2015
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French woman accused of recruiting for Isis 'captured by Kurdish forces'Emilie König, who appeared on UN and US blacklists, has been interrogated and tortured, according to her mother
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Iran's enemies to blame for unrest, says supreme leader, as death toll risesUS to seek emergency UN sessions amid intensifying crackdown on protesters, but denies it is calling for regime change
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Israel to tell African migrants: leave or face indefinite imprisonmentRights groups condemn plan to return those who entered Israel illegally and who do not have a refugee application pending
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She is neither Joan of Arc nor a Palestinian puppet, but a symbol of a second traumatised generation, writes Guardian correspondent Harriet SherwoodPalestinian 16-year-old Ahed Tamimi is the latest child victim of Israel’s occupation
How Donald Trump’s tweets help Iran’s supreme leader