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US-Backed Forces Reach Edge of IS-Held Syria Town
US-backed fighters have reached the outskirts of a key jihadist-held town in northern Syria as part of an offensive...
Thousands of Syria Evacuees Stuck On Road As Deal Falters
Thousands of Syrians being evacuated from four besieged towns were still stuck on the road on Saturday a day after...
What Would Hardliner Raisi Mean For Iran and the World?
Ebrahim Raisi, the leading candidate for Iran's hardliners in next month's presidential election, has left many...
Iran’s Rouhani Registers To Run For Re-Election
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, the driving force behind a 2015 nuclear deal with world powers, registered on Friday...
Rouhani, Hardline Rival Register For Bruising Iran Election
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday as candidates in next...
Iran Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Registers For Election
Iranian hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday to run for next month's presidential election, state...
Rouhani, Hardline Rival Register For Bruising Iran Election
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and hardline challenger Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday as candidates in next...
Iran Hardliner Ebrahim Raisi Registers For Election
Iranian hardline cleric Ebrahim Raisi registered on Friday to run for next month's presidential election, state...
Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence
Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...
Rights Group Slams Yemen Journalist’s Death Sentence
Reporters Without Borders said Friday it was "appalled" at a death sentence handed to a veteran journalist by a court...
Hardline Challenger In Iran
Ebrahim Raisi is a hardline judge who spent years in powerful backroom positions before emerging as a leading...
Hardline Challenger In Iran
Ebrahim Raisi is a hardline judge who spent years in powerful backroom positions before emerging as a leading...
Activist Demands Iran Olympics Ban Over ‘sexual Apartheid’
Iranian human rights activist Darya Safai on Friday demanded sports sanctions against her country as punishment for...
Pentagon Chief To Travel Next Week To Middle East, Africa
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is heading to the Middle East and Africa next week for a series of meetings with...
Syria’s Assad, Hated By the West But Defended By Russia
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has denied ordering last week's suspected chemical attack on a rebel-held town,...
US and Russia Still Far Apart As Syria Haunts Talks
Russia's President Vladimir Putin hosted US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson at the Kremlin on Wednesday but the rival...
Iran’s Ahmadinejad Registers To Run For President
Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad took the shock move on Wednesday of registering for next month's...
Evacuation of Syria Towns Begins With Prisoner Exchange
A deal to evacuate four besieged Syrian towns began Wednesday with an exchange of prisoners between rebels and...
Iran’s Former Hardline President Ahmadinejad To Run In New Elections
Iran's former hardline president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has taken the surprise move of registering to run in next month's...