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Turkish national Aydin Tufan Tekin phones after being handed to the Turkish Ambassador to Lebanon at the Lebanese General Security headquarters in Beirut on 11 September AFP PHOTO / ANWAR AMRO
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Turkish and Syrian hostages in Lebanon finally freed

Syrian hostages rescued in midnight raid in Lebanon while Turkish businessman's release…

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Protesters gather outside the Lebanese embassy in Cairo to demand the release of Egyptian doctor Mohamed Al-Hamshari Basil El-Dabh / DNE
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Egyptian doctor released from Lebanese custody

Al-Hamshari arrived back to Cairo on Wednesday night

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A fighter with the Free Syria Army fires his weapon during a skirmish with regime forces in the Izza districtb of Aleppo on Tuesday. Syrian troops and rebels clashed near Aleppo's international airport on Wednesday, a watchdog said, but it was unclear whether it was part of a rebel offensive to seize the facility AFP Photo
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Syria army, rebels clash near Aleppo airport

"The humanitarian problem sparked by the conflict is our biggest crisis", says…

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King Abdullah II: Israel disrupting nuclear plans

Israeli official dismissed the charges by the King of Jordan

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President Mohamed Morsi (right) and Vice President Mahamud Miki (left) meeting with UN and Arab League envoy for Syria, Lakhdar Brahimi, at the presidential palace in Cairo on 10 September AFP PHOTO / HO / EGYPTIAN PRESIDENCY
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Brahimi set to visit Syria after Egypt, Morsy speaks to everyone

As Brahimi prepares to travel to Damascus over the coming days, Morsy…

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People walk past a row of destroyed buildings near the Al-Hayat Hospital in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on September 10. Syrian troops on Tuesday pounded Aleppo to thwart a rebel advance in Syria's second city, activists said, as Hollywood star Angelina Jolie visited a Jordanian camp for refugees from the conflict. AFP Photo
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Aleppo pounded as Jolie visits Syria refugees

Bloodshed continues in Syria, as Lakhdar Brahimi hold Syrian-crisis talks in Cairo

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UN and Arab League envoy for Syria Lakhdar Brahimi (right) and Arab League General Secretary Nabil al-Arabi look at their watches as they leave the Arab League's headquarters in Cairo AFP PHOTO / KHALED DESOUKI
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Morsy’s Syria quartet in Cairo

Iran and new UN special envoy to Syria both attending Morsy's initiative…

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UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon waits to address the twenty-first session of the UN Human Rights Council on 10 September at the United Nations offices in Geneva. Ban and his human rights chief Navi Pillay called for more accountability for the bloodshed in Syria. AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI
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UN’s attackers in Syria must face justice: Pillay

Navi Pillay calls for holding UN attackers accountable for their actions

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A poster welcoming Pope Benedict XVI appears under an billboard advertisement for a retail shop on the Dbayeh highway, north of Beirut AFP PHOTO / PATRICK BAZ
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Vatican Pope to visit Beirut

Pope Benedict XVI calls Middle East visit a “pilgrimage for peace”

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Fighters pass weapons through a hole in a building before an offensive against government forces in Izza neighbourhood of the embattled northern city of Aleppo AFP PHOTO / ZAC BAILLIE
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Al-Qaeda-linked militant threatens Syria

Abu Sayyaf vows to fight against Al-Assad

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