Middle East and North Africa
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Rashid al-Ajami was originally sentenced to life in prison in 2012 after clip of poem recital was posted on YouTube
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Officials say there are no plans for airstrikes on Libya or to send British forces to provide security on the ground
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Wary optimism at pullout but Kremlin maintains key role with airstrikes on Isis near Palmyra as Assad forces advance
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After Moscow withdraws troops, western diplomats believe Vladimir Putin will push Bashar al-Assad to accept loss of power
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Editorial: Vladimir Putin has made a geopolitical point for the Kremlin at the expense of hundreds of fresh Syrian dead and the military strengthening of Isis
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Omar al-Shishani, one of the Isis leaders most wanted by Washington with a $5m bounty on his head, had been declared ‘clinically dead’ for several days prior
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Lebanese army says missiles were for training purposes and contained no explosives, but Serbian investigators raise questions
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Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan speaks in Ankara on Monday, one day after a car bombing in the capital killed 37 people
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Putin’s airstrikes were supposed to hurt Islamic State but also helped keep Assad in place and divided other powers
Only justice can bring lasting peace to Syria