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Iraq's recent reaction regarding the additional deployment of Turkish troops in the country's north is an example of "hypocrisy," Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an has said.

People who reject Syrian refugees are the "best allies" of Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants and other extremists, the United Nations refugee chief said on Dec. 21 after U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump proposed an entry ban on foreign Muslims.

Photographs of today’s refugees sweeping through Syria look remarkably like images snapped years ago.  A dig through the UNICEF photo archives has uncovered a children’s crisis the world thought we would never see again.Sadly, as the gallery shows, it becomes evident that children moving across borders to stay safe is not new.

A bakery has been converted into a church for the Protestant community in the southeastern province of ?anl?urfa, a city bordering Syria and hosting many Syrian migrants.

Cypriot leaders on Dec. 20 wrapped up their U.N.-brokered peace negotiations for 2015 with the hope that next year will bring an elusive reunification deal for the divided island.

Turkish Cyprus contractors have inked a deal with their Turkish counterparts to rebuild the "ghost town" of Varosha, as hopes of finding a peaceful solution to the Cyprus issue increased due to the accelerated talks between the leaders of the Turkish and Greek communities on the island.  

Expectations are again building for a probable conclusion within a month or so of the talks aimed at creating a "bi-zonal and bi-communal federation" on the eastern Mediterranean island of Cyprus.

The 10th WTO Ministerial Conference, gathered in Nairobi since Tuesday, agreed on Sunday on a global trade deal that benefits developing countries in Africa and around the world by getting rid of trade distorting export subsidies in agriculture. As regards EU producers, they will for the first time see a level playing field in export competition, a key priority for EU negotiators.

Burundi's government said on Dec. 20 it would not agree to the deployment of African Union (AU) peacekeepers, warning that they would be seen as "an invasion force."

The announcement came a day after the 54-member bloc said it would send a 5,000-strong forced to halt spiraling violence in the tiny central African country as fears grow it is rapidly sliding towards civil war. 

Turkey has announced its decision to continue to remove its troops from the Bashiqa camp near Mosul after nearly 10 days of tension with the Iraqi government and upon insistent appeals from Washington, which included a phone call from U.S. President Barack Obama to his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdo?an.