What happened to Saad Hariri?

The Lebanese prime minister's back in Beirut after suddenly resigning two weeks ago.

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22 November 2017

A large fire, which appears to be burning in a city street of Iran.

Watch: Buildings in Tehran set on fire as demonstrations spread across Iran

In video verified by BBC Persian, protesters in Iran can be heard chanting anti-government slogans.

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People protesting down a street at night.

Watch: Protests break out in Iranian capital Tehran

The protests on Thursday appear to be the most widespread since the movement began on December 28.

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Splitscreen image: Hugo Bachega standing and a little girl waving a Syrian flag

Watch: Syrians share their thoughts one year on from the fall of Assad

The BBC's Middle East correspondent Hugo Bachega speaks to Syrians about how life has changed since the revolution.

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Crowds gathered in front of a Christmas tree in Bethlehem's Manger Square

Bethlehem Christmas tree illuminated for first time since Gaza war began

Hundreds gathered in Manger Square to bask in the festivities that included music, dancing and Santas bearing sweet treats.

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Popemobile converted inside of glass box

Popemobile becomes a mobile health clinic for Gaza children

The vehicle had transported the late Pope Francis on a visit to Bethlehem in 2014.

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Tom Fletcher dressed in a dark suit looking pensive

Gazan babies will die without aid - UN humanitarian chief

About 14,000 babies will die in 48 hours if aid does not reach them, a UN humanitarian chief warns.

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UN aid chief Tom Fletcher wearing a suit and sat in front of a microphone

Watch: UN official says Gaza ruins 'like Hiroshima'

Humanitarian chief Tom Fletcher talk to the BBC about scenes of despair he witnessed on a recent trip to the costal enclave.

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'We're turning the tide on Gaza starvation crisis' - UN aid chief

Tom Fletcher told the BBC more aid trucks were entering Gaza, but that it was a "huge job" to get vital supplies to those in need.

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A Palestinian man embraces his smiling children in Gaza.

Watch: Freed detainee finds family alive after thinking they had been killed

Shadi Abu Sido told the BBC an Israeli prison officer said his family had been killed.

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Aid trucks arrive into Khan Younis on 14 October

'We want to raise our children': Life in Gaza after hostages and prisoners released

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) says over 80% of all buildings in the territory are destroyed or damaged.

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A fair haired lady stands in front of Israeli flags in Hostages Square, Tel Aviv, she is wearing a dark floral top.

'Joy and happiness' in Israel after 20 hostages released

People in Tel Aviv describe how they feel, after all remaining living hostages are released by Hamas.

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Safia Qeshta sat in a chair. She has a black hijab and is next to two young girls

'Indescribable happiness' as detainees return to Gaza

Israel says it has released 1,968 prisoners and detainees as part of a ceasefire deal with Hamas.

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US president Donald Trump speaking at a podium in the Knesset

'It will be a golden age for the Middle East' - Trump

The US president was speaking at the Israeli parliament after the release of all 20 living hostages from Gaza.

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A group of Palestinian men stepping off a bus in Rammallah

Watch: Palestinian prisoners released in West Bank to rapturous crowds

Israel is releasing 250 Palestinian prisoners as part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.

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A freed hostage embraces two relatives after being released from Gaza.

Watch: Emotional reunions as freed hostages return to Israel

Video released by the Israeli military shows Mor smiling and embracing two relatives.

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A freed Israeli hostage smiles as he speaks to an Israeli soldier.

Freed hostages shown in first video from IDF

The footage shows Alon Ohel and Guy Gilboa-Dalal speaking to Israeli soldiers after being freed from Hamas captivity in Gaza.

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A woman inside a car holds a smartphone to video call a young man.

Watch: Emotional moment mum video calls hostage son ahead of reunion

Einav Zangauker, the mother of a hostage freed from Hamas captivity and brought to Israel, spoke with him via video call for the first time in two years.

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Crowds cheer in Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, Israel.

Israeli crowds cheer at news of first hostages released in Gaza

Large numbers of people packed out Hostages Square in Tel Aviv, where screens were erected to welcome home hostages freed from Hamas captivity.

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Essan wears a maroon hijab and sunglasses on her head as she speaks to Clive Myrie

What do people in the West Bank think about the ceasefire deal?

Palestinians in the West Bank say they hope the deal could lead to a united Palestinian future.

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Side-by-side image showing BBC correspondent on the left and a group of people celebrating, holding flags on the right

Watch: US flags and dancing in Israel's Hostages Square

People took to the square after news Israel and Hamas had agreed to the first phase of a peace plan.

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