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S.Sudan Clashes Force Patients, Doctors To Flee Hospital

Thouk Reath, 19, was recovering from a leg amputation after being shot in fighting in northeastern South Sudan when the...

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20 Yemeni Civilians Reported Dead In Air Strike

An air raid in Yemen has killed at least 20 people mostly from the same family, the UN and witnesses said Wednesday,...

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20 Yemeni Civilians Killed In Air Strike

An air strike on a group of displaced Yemenis has killed at least 20 civilians, mostly from the same family, a UN...

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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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Rebel-Kurd Clashes Kill 11 In North Syria

Nearly a dozen Syrian rebels have been killed in hit-and-run clashes with a US-backed alliance dominated by Kurdish...

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Suicide Car Bomb Kills 4 At Kurdish Checkpoint In Syria

A suicide car bomb attack killed four people overnight at a Kurdish security checkpoint in northeast Syria, the Syrian...

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Separated By War, Iraqi Children Wait For Parents

Adel, 15, hasn't seen his parents for the past nine months, but that was the price to pay to escape the brutal rule of...

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Air Strikes Pummel Syria’s Raqa As US-Backed Forces Advance On IS

Heavy bombardment and fierce fighting shook the Islamic State group's Syrian stronghold Raqa on Monday, as US-backed...

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Malian Soldiers’ Bodies Recovered After ‘jihadist’ Attack

The bodies of eight missing Malian soldiers have been found following a presumed jihadist attack on July 9, official...

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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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Return To Mosul A Distant Dream For Many Displaced

Yassin Najem knows he has to start again from scratch. His home in Mosul has been bombed, and for him and thousands...

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Tragic End To Raqa Family’s Hopes of Burying Loved Ones

While thousands of people scramble to flee Syria's battle-torn Raqa, members of the Sheikh Wais family bravely headed...

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US Has No Proof IS Leader Baghdadi Is Dead

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said Friday he cannot confirm whether or not Islamic State chief Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is...

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US-Backed Forces In New Push Against IS In Raqa

US-backed forces captured a new district from jihadists in Syria's Raqa but struggled to hold their positions against...

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Iraq’s Mosul Residents Search For Their Old City Dead

Abdelrazaq Salman has lost everything but clings onto one last hope: finding the bodies of his family members killed...

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Baghdad Probing Rights Abuses By Iraqi Forces

Baghdad is investigating allegations of torture and rights abuses meted out by Iraqi security forces to Islamic State...

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Videos Appear To Show Killing, Beatings By Iraq Forces

Videos allegedly shot in the Mosul area appear to show Iraqi security personnel executing a detainee and brutally...

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15 Civilians Killed In Twin Cameroon Bombings

Two bombers blew themselves up in northeastern Cameroon killing 15 people and injuring 45 others in an attack likely...

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DR Congo Must Identify Those Behind Kasai Massacres

DR Congo must identify both senior army personnel and politicians behind the massacres in the volatile Kasai region, a...