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Israel continues offensive despite mediators’ calls for cease-fire in besieged enclave

Rulings by the ICJ are final and binding but have been ignored in the past

Ghani lands in Mazar-i-Sharif to rally its defenders as Taliban forces close in on the biggest city in the north

Official says Afghan forces had managed to take back five checkpoints from Taliban control, killing 23 fighters

Syrian government seeks to revive a moribund economy ravaged by almost nine years of war

Despite an August ceasefire deal and international calls for de-escalation, scores of civilians have been killed

Around 6.5 million people in Syria are food insecure, or lack access to sufficient nutritious food

Turkish observation point in the town of Morek was encircled by Syrian regime forces in August this year

The war in Syria has killed more than 370,000 people and displaced millions since it erupted in 2011

Two men unload dozens of long metal poles from a small truck, stacking them on the ground

Operation has seen the Turkish army occupy a strip spanning some 120 kilometres (75 miles) of the border

The deadly incursion killed hundreds and caused 300,000 people to flee their homes

Turkish foreign ministry rejects the accusations saying it wants refugees to return in a safe and honourable manner

As Russian forces begin patrolling the flashpoint Syrian-Turkish frontier

While a group of senators push for US visa for the Kurdish leader to enable a visit to Washington

As US defense secretary said all of the nearly 1,000 troops are expected to fight IS militants in Iraq

As Germany and a string of other European countries have suspended arms exports to Turkey

The offensive has killed dozens of civilians, mainly on the Kurdish side

He says that Trump's decision to withdraw US troops would help Washington's foes and hurt its allies

Kurdish forces are required to withdraw from a border strip 32 kilometres deep

Several European countries have halted arms exports to Turkey over offensive and some are pushing for formal EU ban

Turkey denies targeting US post as Trump threatens to activate 'very powerful' sanctions against Ankara

Some 14,000 fighters of proxy groups have been mobilised for the new operation

Civilians flee as Kurdish militia battles Turkish military

As Kashmiris face a fifth straight week of darkness under a crippling curfew and unprovoked violence

After months of threats to begin an offensive against the US-backed Kurdish YPG militia

The announcement is largely symbolic as in recent winters the Taliban have continued fighting Afghan and US forces

Forces tens of thousands to flee their homes

After pausing offensive multiple times for thousands of dust-covered women, children and men to flee

SDF face landmines, car bombs, tunnel ambushes and suicide attacks

SDF resumes their advance after plucking a last batch of civilians from Baghouz

The Taliban attack in the north coincides with clashes in southeastern province of Ghazni

President Recep Tayyip Erdogan stated such losses are expected in a war