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Syrian rebels launch Aleppo counter-attack to break siege
Syrian rebels including jihadists counter-attacked the army and its allies on October 28 aiming to break a weeks-long siege on eastern Aleppo, insurgents said.
Trump attacks Clinton on trade, says he should be handed victory
NC US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump criticized Democrat Hillary Clinton on October 27 over her trade policies, saying she would handle trade deals so badly that the country should "just cancel the election" and name him the victor.
Iraqi army aims to reach site of Islamic State executions south of Mosul
The Iraqi army was trying on October 27 to reach a town south of Mosul where Islamic State has reportedly executed dozens to deter the population against any attempt to support the US-led offensive on the jihadists' last major city stronghold in Iraq.
Air strikes in Syria's Idlib kill 26, mostly children: rescuers, monitor
Air strikes by Syrian or Russian warplanes on October 26 killed at least 26 people, most of them schoolchildren, in a village in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province, rescue workers and a monitoring group said.
Britain, US sending planes, troops to deter Russia in the east
Britain said on October 26 it will send fighter jets to Romania next year and the United States promised troops, tanks and artillery to Poland in NATO's biggest military build-up on Russia's borders since the Cold War.
Islamic State holds up Iraqi army south of Mosul
Islamic State fighters kept up on October 26 their fierce defense of the southern approaches to Mosul, which has held up Iraqi troops there and forced an elite army unit east of the city to put a more rapid advance on hold.
US abstains for first time on UN call for end to Cuba embargo
The United States on October 26 abstained for the first time from a United Nations General Assembly vote on a resolution calling for an end to a US economic embargo on Cuba, after opposing such measures every year for 24 years.
Iraqi army's elite force pauses advance near Mosul
An elite unit of the Iraqi army paused its week-long advance on Mosul as it approached the city's eastern edge on October 25, waiting for other US-backed forces to close in on Islamic State's last major urban stronghold in Iraq.
Russia says it extends moratorium on Aleppo air strikes
Russia said on October 25 it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on Syria's Aleppo into a ninth day, but a monitor and a civil defense official said that rebel-held parts of the divided city had been struck in recent days.
Trump says Clinton policy on Syria would lead to World War Three
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on October 25 that Democrat Hillary Clinton's plan for Syria would "lead to World War Three," because of the potential for conflict with military forces from nuclear-armed Russia.