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Thousands Protest In Amman Over Israeli Measures In Jerusalem

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of the Jordanian capital on Friday to condemn Israel's latest security...

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Jihadists Battle Rebels For Control of Key Syria Province

A former Al-Qaeda affiliate was locked in fierce clashes Friday with a leading rebel group for control of one of the...

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Jihadist-Rebel Clashes Intensify In Syria’s Idlib

Clashes in Syria's Idlib province between a powerful jihadist group and a key rebel faction intensified overnight,...

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UN Adds Syrian Armed Groups To Sanctions Blacklist

The UN Security Council on Thursday added two armed groups in Syria, two money exchange businesses and four individuals...

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Rebel Ambush Kills 28 Regime Fighters Near Damascus

At least 28 Syrian government soldiers and pro-regime fighters were killed Wednesday in a rebel ambush in the Eastern...

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IS Families, Mosul Displaced Live Side-By-Side In Iraq Camp

Like hundreds of thousands of other Iraqis, Maha lives with her boys at a camp for the displaced near Mosul. But...

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Syrian Actors Bring Cost of War Home To NY Audience

Six Syrian actors battled a fraught US visa process to tread the boards in New York this week, seeking to impress on...

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Boko Haram Suspects Killed, Tortured In Cameroon Custody

Dozens of Boko Haram suspects have died in Cameroon custody, rights group Amnesty International said Thursday, with...

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Global Terror Attacks Down, Iran Again Top ‘state Sponsor’

The US State Department said Wednesday that global terror incidents and deaths fell last year, while it maintained its...

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Indonesia Bans Local Branch of Hizb Ut-Tahrir

Indonesia's government on Wednesday banned the local branch of Islamic group Hizb ut-Tahrir, rejecting criticism from...

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Mosul Looks To Rise From the Ashes

The battle over, it's now time to start rebuilding Iraq's second city, parts of which were literally flattened during...

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Egypt Police Trap and Kill Top Militants

Egyptian police have killed two leaders of the Hasam militia in a shootout after intercepting them as they relocated to...

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Iraqis Accused of Siding With IS Targeted For Revenge

Revenge attacks against Iraqis accused of siding with the Islamic State group in Mosul are on the rise after Iraqi...

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Cameroon Elite Army Boat Capsizes Leaving Many Missing

Only three people have been rescued so far after a Cameroonian army vessel carrying 37 people capsized off the...

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Kremlin Says ‘contradictory’ Reports On Baghdadi Death

Moscow on Monday said it was struggling to confirm if the leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...

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US-Backed Forces Say Advancing Against IS In Syria’s Raqa

US-backed forces said Monday they had seized a new neighbourhood from the Islamic State group in the jihadist...

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Cameroon Army Vessel Capsizes At Sea, Dozens Missing

A Cameroon army vessel transporting "dozens" of troops from the elite Rapid Intervention Brigade capsized on Sunday off...

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Jerusalem’s Flashpoint Holy Site

The Al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jerusalem reopened Sunday after being closed following a deadly attack, but Muslims were...

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Israel Reopens Sensitive Jerusalem Holy Site Closed After Attack

Israel reopened an ultra-sensitive holy site Sunday closed after an attack that killed two policemen, but Muslim...