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Turkey Says Will ‘not Beg’ Germany To Stay At NATO Base

Turkey on Thursday hit back at German threats to pull its troops out of a key NATO base on its soil, saying it would...

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US Presses Idea of NATO Taking Over Training of Iraq Troops

The top US military commander floated the idea late Wednesday of NATO assuming some responsibility for training troops...

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Turkey Calls For Ouster of US Envoy For Anti-IS Coalition

Turkey called Thursday for the removal of the US diplomat coordinating the international coalition fighting the Islamic...

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Washington’s UN Envoy To Travel To Jordan, Turkey

US Ambassador Nikki Haley will make her first trip overseas this week as Washington's envoy to the United Nations,...

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Solar Power Brings Relief To Syrian Refugees In Jordan

Before solar power came to the Jordan desert camp she now calls home, life was tough for Syrian refugee Racha Hadar and...

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Syrians Seek Release of Prisoners From ‘crematorium’ Jail

Standing outside the UN's headquarters in Geneva, Amina Kholani chokes back tears as she relives the nightmare of...

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US-Led Coalition Denies East Syria Strike That Killed Civilians

The US-led coalition against the Islamic State group said Wednesday it did not conduct strikes in the eastern Syrian...

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Middle East’s Shiite Powerhouse

Iran, the Middle East's second largest power by economy and population, is the Shiite Muslim rival of regional Sunni...

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Trump Travel Ban Back In Court

A US government attorney insisted Monday that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban did not unfairly target...

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US Accuses Syria of Mass Executions and Burning the Bodies

The Syrian government has been accused of carrying out mass killings of thousands of prisoners by the US government -...

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US Appeals Court Weighs Legality of Trump Travel Ban

A US government attorney insisted Monday that President Donald Trump's revised travel ban did not unfairly target...

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US Says Syria Using ‘crematorium’ To Hide Mass Killing

The United States on Monday accused the Syrian regime of installing a prison crematorium to destroy the remains of...

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Yemen Cholera Death Toll Reaches 184

A cholera outbreak in war-torn Yemen has killed 184 people in recent weeks with another 11,000 suspected cases across...

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Saudi King Hopeful Over ‘historic’ Muslim-US Summit

Saudi King Salman on Monday expressed hope a "historic" summit to be held Sunday between Arab and Muslim nations and US...

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Yemen Rebels Declare State of Emergency Over Cholera Outbreak

Rebel authorities in Yemen's capital have sounded the alarm over a spreading cholera outbreak that has killed dozens in...

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US-Led Strike On IS-Held Syria Town Kills 23 Civilians

Islamic State jihadists established a caliphate in 2014 after seizing a large swathe of territory in Iraq and Syria,...

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Germany Slams Turkey’s Refusal To Let MPs Visit NATO Base

Germany on Monday slammed Turkey's refusal to allow its lawmakers to visit a NATO base near Syria and warned it could...

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Syria Regime Nears Total Recapture of Damascus

Syria's regime is close to cementing its control over the entire capital under local deals with rebels after a six-year...

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Syrian Refugee Kids In Lebanon Act, Direct, ‘escape’

"Three, two, one, action!" shouts Syrian refugee Mostafa Abdallah, 11, energetically directing his fellow child actors...