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Pentagon Launches Probe After Strike Near Syria Mosque
The US military is probing allegations that a strike targeting Al-Qaeda leaders near a mosque in northern Syria killed...
Syria Kurds Say Will Get Training From Russian Forces
Russia's military will train Kurdish forces in Syria, a spokesman said Monday, in the first agreement of its kind with...
Israel Says It Foiled Syrian Ballistic Missile Threat
A senior army officer said Monday that Israel had fired its Arrow missile at a Syrian rocket which posed a "ballistic...
Happiness Report: Norway Is the Happiest Place On Earth
Norway is the happiest place on Earth, according to a United Nations agency report – toppling neighbour Denmark from...
Iraq Forces Push Into Old Mosul As Thousands Trapped
Iraqi forces battled Islamic State group fighters on Monday to push into Mosul's Old City where thousands of civilians...
‘Intense’ Strikes Pound East Damascus After Rebel Assault
Syrian warplanes hammered opposition-held neighbourhoods of Damascus on Monday after regime forces pushed back a...
Clashes In Syria’s Damascus After Surprise Rebel Attack
Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday after rebel fighters launched a surprise assault...
Travel Ban ‘a Deep Wound’ For Iranian Americans
As President Donald Trump battles to reinstate his controversial revised travel ban, one overlooked effect has been the...
Saudi Aramco Resumes Egypt Oil Deliveries
Egypt has received its first two oil shipments from Saudi giant Aramco after deliveries were suspended for several...
Fierce Fighting On Outskirts of Mosul Old City
Iraqi forces backed by helicopter strikes engaged in heavy fighting with jihadists on the outskirts of the Old City on...
Israel Threatens To ‘destroy’ Syrian Air Defence Systems
Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired...
Avoiding Risky Sea Journey, Syrian Refugees Head To Italy ‘pronto’
Just before midnight in a sleepy district of Beirut, dozens of Syrian refugees huddle in small groups around bulging...
Ghana Among Countries With Most ‘bounced’ US Visa Applications
Ghana is among the countries with the highest United States visa application denial rates, according to the U. S. State...
Ghana Among Countries With Highest ‘bounced’ US Visa Applications
Ghana is among the countries with the highest United States visa application denial rates, according to the U. S. State...
Iraq Forces Say Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’
Elite Iraqi forces said they were battling house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the...
Hundreds Quit Last Rebel-Held District of Syria’s Homs
Hundreds of rebels and civilians left the last opposition-held district of Homs on Saturday under a controversial...
Iraq Forces Near Mosul Mosque Where IS Declared ‘caliphate’
Elite Iraqi forces battled house by house in the Old City of Mosul on Saturday, inching towards the mosque where the...
Evacuation of Last Rebel-Held District of Syria’s Homs Begins
Hundreds of rebels and civilians began leaving the last opposition-held district of Syria's Homs on Saturday under a...
US Insists Al-Jinah Raid Targeted Al-Qaeda, Not Mosque
The US has denied hitting a mosque in Syria where activists say dozens of people, mostly civilians, were killed. The...