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A woman walks past an anti-US mural next to the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 09 July 2026. Iran and the US exchanged fire after US President Trump said that the ceasefire is 'over'. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International TV. (As mandated by Iran's Directorate General for Foreign Media) --

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An artefact from Raqqa in northern Syria takes its place at the National Museum in Damascus, having been kept by France for years. AFP

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A man raises a portrait of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, and his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as mourners gather for the burial of the former leader of the Islamic Republic. Reuters

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The Internal Security Forces and the General Intelligence Directorate carried out an operation against the terrorist cell responsible for the recent Damascus bombings, through simultaneous raids targeting several locations in Damascus and its countryside, which resulted in the arrest of all members of the cell. Photo: Syrian Ministry of Interior

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Syrian President Ahmad Al Shara met US President Donald Trump during the Nato summit in Ankara. Getty Images

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A woman weeps at the site of an Israeli air strike on the southern Lebanese village of Qennarit. AFP

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Mohamed Salah with Egypt's national team members upon arrival at the El Alamein International following the end of their World Cup campaign. Reuters

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A woman walks past an anti-US mural next to the former US embassy in Tehran, Iran, 09 July 2026. Iran and the US exchanged fire after US President Trump said that the ceasefire is 'over'. EPA/ABEDIN TAHERKENAREH RESTRICTIONS: NO Access Israel Media/Persian Language TV Stations Outside Iran/Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International TV. (As mandated by Iran's Directorate General for Foreign Media) --

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An artefact from Raqqa in northern Syria takes its place at the National Museum in Damascus, having been kept by France for years. AFP

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