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Turkey Says Iraqi Kurds’ Referendum Plan A ‘grave Mistake’
Turkey on Friday warned that a decision by Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region to hold an independence referendum would be...
Iran Attacks ‘reinforce Hatred’ For US, Saudi
The attacks in Tehran this week will only "reinforce hatred" for the United States and Saudi Arabia, Iran's supreme...
Syria Sees First Polio Cases In Three Years
Three new cases of polio have been recorded in Syria in the first outbreak of the virus in the country since 2014, the...
Arrivals From Travel Ban Countries Plunge Despite Ban Being On Ice
Arrivals in the United States from the six mostly Muslim countries in President Donald Trump's travel ban have plunged...
Health Care Under Attack In Syria Civil War
Health care workers, clinics and hospitals were attacked more than 400 times last year in Syria's civil war, according...
US Arrivals Plunge From 6 Countries Hit By Trump Travel Ban
Arrivals in the United States from the six mostly Muslim countries in President Donald Trump's travel ban have plunged...
Pro-Syria Regime Drone Shot Down After It Fires On Coalition
A US warplane shot down a pro-regime drone in Syria on Thursday after it fired at coalition forces, officials said,...
IS Is Reorganizing, Targeting Europe
Despite defeats in Iraq and Syria, the Islamic State group has reorganized and is now "more focused than ever" on...
Anti-IS Fighters Near Raqa Delight In American Weaponry
Chorche was like a kid in a candy store in front of crates packed with US weapons to help an Arab-Kurdish alliance take...
Turkey In ‘difficult Position’ Over Support For Qatar
Turkey is keen to support its close ally Qatar in a diplomatic crisis with Doha's Gulf neighbours, but has found itself...
Qatar ‘places Its Armed Forces On “highest Alert Level
Qatar has called its tanks into action and warned neighbours that it will open fire on any ships that come into its...
International Efforts Intensify To Resolve Qatar Dispute In Gulf
Efforts to resolve a diplomatic dispute pitting Saudi Arabia and its allies against Qatar intensified Thursday, after...
When IS Group Reign Ends, Who Will Rule Syria’s Raqa?
The battle by US-backed forces to oust the Islamic State group from its Syrian bastion of Raqa will solve one problem...
Five Iranian Attackers Were In Mosul, Raqa With IS
The five men who carried out twin attacks in Tehran were Iranians who joined the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria...
Fierce Clashes As US-Backed Force Battles IS In Syria’s Raqa
US-backed fighters fought fierce battles Thursday as they tried to push further into the Islamic State group's Syrian...
Next Round of Astana Syria Talks Delayed
Russian-backed peace talks on Syria in Astana have been pushed back, Kazakhstan's foreign ministry said Thursday, as...
Iran Says Trump Reaction To Attacks ‘repugnant’
Iran denounced Donald Trump's reaction to deadly Islamic State group attacks in Tehran as "repugnant" on Thursday after...
Japan’s Kagawa Out of Iraq Football World Cup Clash
Japan suffered a blow Thursday when playmaker Shinji Kagawa was ruled out of next week's World Cup qualifier against...
Myanmar Joins Grim List of Global Military Air Disasters
Myanmar's navy on Thursday found bodies and plane debris in the Andaman Sea from an aircraft that was carrying more...