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Iran Tracks Down and Kills IS Suspects After Attacks

Iran has tracked down and killed several suspected jihadists including the alleged mastermind of twin attacks in Tehran...

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Merkel’s G20-Africa Meet Aims To Reduce Poverty, Migrant Influx

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will on Monday meet African leaders in Berlin on initiatives aiming to reduce the...

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Kuwait Gives Jihadist Life For Attack On US Troops

A Kuwaiti court on Sunday sentenced a professed member of the Islamic State group to life in prison for an attack on US...

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Jordan Kills Five Approaching Border From Syria

Jordanian border guards have killed five people as they approached the country's border from war-torn Syria, the army...

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Netanyahu Urges UN To Dismantle Its Palestinian Aid Agency

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Sunday for the United Nations to shut down its Palestinian refugee aid...

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US-Backed Syria Force Advances In Raqa, Battles For Base

US-backed Syrian fighters said they had seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a...

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US-Backed Force Says Seized First Western District In Raqa

US-backed Syrian fighters captured their first western district of the Islamic State group's bastion Raqa on Sunday,...

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US-Backed Syria Force Fights For IS-Held Base Near Raqa

US-backed fighters battled on Sunday to dislodge jihadists from a key military base north of Raqa city, the heart of...

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Notre Dame Attacker A Self-Radicalised Novice

An Algerian man who attacked a policeman with a hammer outside Notre Dame cathedral was a loner with a deep interest in...

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Iraq Paramilitaries Make Fresh Progress West of Mosul

Iraq's paramilitary Hashed al-Shaabi forces said Saturday that they had retaken all areas west of Mosul from the...

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Syria Army Says It Holds Fifth of Key Desert Territory

Syrian pro-government forces now hold more than a fifth of the country's strategic desert, the army said Saturday,...

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Boeing and Iran’s Aseman Finalise $3bn Deal For 30 Jets

Iran's Aseman Airlines has finalised an agreement to buy 30 Boeing 737 MAX jets for $3.0 billion, the company said...

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US-Backed Force Pierces Into IS-Held Raqa From West

A US-backed alliance broke into the western part of the Islamic State group's stronghold Raqa on Saturday, the force...

International

Erdogan Vows To Stand By ‘Qatari Brothers’ Amid Crisis

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan requested the full removal of a Saudi-led blockade of Qatar after approving the...

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Syria Army Reaches Iraq Border After US Tensions

Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a monitor...

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Gulf Crisis Grows As Saudi, Allies Place Qataris On ‘terror List’

The diplomatic crisis surrounding the Gulf escalated further Friday after Saudi Arabia and its allies placed a number...

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US-Backed Force Advances In Fight For IS Syria Bastion

US-backed Syrian fighters Friday seized part of a district on the western edge of the Islamic State group's Raqa...

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Heavy US-Led Strikes As Fighters Battle IS In Syria’s Raqa

US-led coalition forces launched heavy raids into Friday morning in support of Syrian fighters battling to oust the...

International

Qatar Rejects Saudi-Led Bloc’s ‘terror’ List

Qatar on Friday rejected allegations of supporting individuals and groups blacklisted as "terrorists" by four Arab...