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IS 'blows up Palmyra tower tombs'

Tower of Elahbel (file)

Islamic State (IS) militants continue their destruction of the ancient Syrian site of Palmyra by blowing up three funerary towers.

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UAE soldiers killed by Yemen blast

Forty-five soldiers from the United Arab Emirates have been killed in Yemen while fighting Houthi rebels as part of a Saudi-led coalition.

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Drowned migrant boy buried in Syria

The bodies of drowned Syrian boy Alan Kurdi and his family are buried in the Syrian town of Kobane after being taken across the Turkish border.

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