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16 Civilians Dead In Coalition Strikes Near Raqa

At least 16 civilians were killed in bombing raids early Wednesday by the US-led coalition near the Islamic State...

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Qatar Begins Probe After State News Agency Hacked

Qatar said Wednesday it had begun an inquiry into an unprecedented security breach by hackers who posted fake news...

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NATO Must ‘step Up’ After Manchester Attack

NATO head Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday that the Manchester bombing shows the alliance must agree at a summit with...

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Anti-IS Coalition Trains Policemen In Syria’s Raqa

Dozens of young men gathered Tuesday in a school yard in northern Syria to take the oath at a police graduation...

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Former Pentagon Chief Gates Warns of More IS Attacks

Former US defense secretary Robert Gates warned Tuesday that the West can expect further attacks like the suicide...

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UN Seeks Security For Syria Gas Attacks Investigators

The United Nations is working to obtain security assurances needed to dispatch an international team of experts to the...

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Five Dead In Syria Car Bomb Attacks Claimed By IS

Five people were killed on Tuesday in two car bomb attacks targeting minority neighbourhoods in Syria and claimed by...

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Deadliest Month For Syria Civilians In US-Led Strikes

US-led air strikes on Syria killed a total of 225 civilians over the past month, a monitor said on Tuesday, the highest...

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Car Bomb Kills Four In Syria’s Homs

A car bomb killed four people and wounded more than two dozen in Syria's third city Homs on Tuesday, state media said,...

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NATO and EU Wonder Which Trump Will Turn Up

Hoping for the best, fearing the worst: EU and NATO leaders are braced for their first meeting with US President Donald...

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Jordan Has ‘hit Limit’ Hosting Syrian Refugees

Jordan said Monday it has hit the limit of its ability to host Syrian refugees as Washington's United Nations envoy...

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Iran Shrugs Off Trump Threats, Missile Tests To Carry On

Iran's newly re-elected President Hassan Rouhani ridiculed US strategy in the Middle East, dismissing Donald Trump's...

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Tensions Deepen Between Saudi, Iran, US After Trump Visit

The yawning gap between Tehran and Washington has grown even wider with US President Donald Trump's latest efforts to...

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China, DR Congo Most Affected By Displacements In 2016

More than 31 million people were displaced in their own countries by conflict, violence and disasters in 2016, with...

International

Government Regains Full Control of Homs

The Syrian government says its forces have regained total control of the central city of Homs after rebels left the...

International

Blasts At Syrian Rebel Base Kill 14 Fighters

Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) for the attack Ahrar al-Sham blamed the Islamic...

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Syria Regime Regains Total Control of Homs City

The Syrian regime on Sunday regained total control of the central city of Homs with the evacuation of rebels from the...

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UN Refugee Chief Urges Libya To Free Refugees and Asylum Seekers

The head of the United Nations refugee agency on Sunday urged Libyan authorities to free all asylum seekers and...

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Trump Slams Iran In First Foreign Speech

US President Donald Trump made a 30-minute speech on Sunday in the Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh on his first foreign...