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November 11, 2017 (Saturday)

Armed conflicts and attacks

Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
- 2017 Western Iraq campaign
  - The Iraqi Armed Forces launch an offensive to recapture the last ISIL stronghold in Iraq, Rawa. (BBC)
  - Mass graves containing at least 400 bodies have been found near Hawija, an Iraqi city that was occupied by ISIL until last month. (BBC)
Syrian Civil War
- 2017 Abu Kamal offensive
  - ISIL regains control of Abu Kamal. (NDTV)

Business and economy

E-commerce
- Alibaba Group makes 168.2 billion yuan ($25.3 billion) in Singles' Day sales. (Bloomberg)

International relations

APEC Vietnam 2017
- Trade ministers from 11 countries announce that they have agreed on "core elements" of the Trans-Pacific Partnership and plan to move forward with approving the trade agreement. (Bangkok Post)

Politics and elections

2017 Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis
- The Turnbull Government loses its parliamentary majority, after Liberal Party MP John Alexander resigns from the Australian House of Representatives due to likely holding British dual citizenship. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Far-right politics in Poland
- An estimated 60,000 Polish citizens, including a few hundred nationalists, some with banners "White Europe" and "Pray for an Islamic Holocaust", march through Warsaw under an umbrella slogan of "We want God", on the annual Independence March during the celebrations of Poland's National Independence Day. (Radio Poland) (Fox13)

Sports

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