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Martial Law Extended In Mindanao
Legislators in the Philippines have voted overwhelmingly to extend martial law to deal with an Islamist insurgency in...
Lebanese Mediator Killed In Fighting Near Syrian Border
A Lebanese mediator was killed on Saturday in a second day of fighting between the powerful Hezbollah group and...
Syrian Army Announces Fighting Halt Near Damascus
Syria's army announced Saturday a halt in fighting in parts of Eastern Ghouta after rebels and regime ally Russia...
German Jihadi Girl Arrested In Iraq
A German 16-year-old girl suspected of joining the Islamic State jihadists in Iraq was arrested last week in Mosul, a...
Syria Army Announces Halt In Fighting In Parts of Ghouta
Syria's army announced Saturday a halt in fighting in parts of Eastern Ghouta after rebels and regime ally Russia...
Russia Says Agrees Safe Zone Mechanism With Syrian Rebels
Russia's defence ministry said Saturday that its officials had signed a deal with moderate Syrian rebels at peace talks...
Pentagon Chief Says He Thinks IS Leader Baghdadi Is Alive
Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday that he believes Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is still alive,...
War Crimes Court To Award Timbuktu Damages In August
War crimes judges will next month deliver a landmark order for reparations for the razing of the fabled Timbuktu...
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...
UN Blames Saudi-Led Coalition For Deadly Yemen Strike
The United Nations on Friday blamed a Saudi-led coalition for a deadly air strike on civilians in Yemen this week,...
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,...
Lebanon’s Hezbollah Launches Syria Border Operation
Lebanon's powerful Hezbollah group said on Friday that its fighters had begun an operation against militants on both...
Mosul’s Christians Face Dilemma After Islamic State
The jihadists may have been ousted from their Iraqi hometown of Mosul but many Christians like Haitham Behnam refuse to...
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...
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...
US Accuses Lebanon’s Hezbollah of Weapons Buildup
US Ambassador Nikki Haley on Wednesday accused Lebanon's Hezbollah of amassing weapons and said the world must turn its...
CIA Halting Support For Syria Rebels
The Central Intelligence Agency is shutting down its program to support rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar...
Pentagon ‘concerns’ Over Turkey Report of US Forces In Syria
The Pentagon has voiced concerns to Turkey after the NATO ally's state news agency disclosed the locations of 10 US...
UN To Close Five Peacekeepers’ Bases In Eastern DRCongo
Five UN peacekeepers' bases in the Democratic Republic of Congo are to close at the end of July, the UN mission there...