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Russian President Vladimir Putin holds talks with Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on Monday. Picture: REUTERS/MIKHAIL KLIMENTYEV

Putin orders withdrawal of Russian forces from Syria

Russian leader pulls back his forces as ‘primary objectives’ have been achieved, orders foreign minister to play greater role at stuttering Geneva talks

Turkey pounds Kurdish targets after attack on Ankara

Women cry over the coffin of a car bombing victim during a commemoration ceremony in a mosque in Ankara, Turkey, on Monday.  Picture: REUTERS/UMIT BEKTAS

Third deadly attack calls into question Turkey’s ability to defend itself against twin threat of Kurdish and Islamic State fighters

Iran will ‘never stop’ its ballistic-missile programme

Iran. Picture: EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH

Brig-Gen Amir Ali Hajizadeh says Revolutionary Guards have not accepted the UN resolutions on Iran’s missile work and are ‘always ready to defend the country’

Netanyahu cancels trip ‘due to US election campaign’

Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint session of the US Congress on Tuesday at the US Capitol in Washington. Picture: AFP

Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu steers clear of fractious US campaign where candidates have been vying to assert bona fides as friends of Jewish state

Europe steps back in time to revive ties with Iran

Picture: REUTERS

EU concerns about human rights and ballistic missiles may, however, hinder talks, writes Robin Emmott


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