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US-Backed Forces Breach IS Defences In Heart of Syria’s Raqa

US-backed forces have penetrated the heavily fortified heart of jihadist bastion Raqa for the first time, in a key...

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US-Backed Forces In Syria Breach Wall Surrounding Old City of Raqa

US-backed forces in Syria have breached the wall surrounding the Old City of Raqa as they try to retake the city from...

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Qatar Copies Rival Saudi’s ‘investment Diplomacy’

President Donald Trump may accuse Qatar of sponsoring terrorism, but that did not stop the wealthy emirate this week...

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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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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,...

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Turkey’s Parliament To Debate Troop Deployment To Qatar

Turkey's parliament will debate on Wednesday a bill that would allow its troops to be deployed to a Turkish base in...

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Oil Tanker Fired On Off Yemen

An oil tanker has come under fire off Yemen while passing through the strategic Bab al-Mandab strait into the Red Sea,...

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US Air Strike On IS Killed 105 Civilians In Iraq’s Mosul

This photo taken on 26 March shows houses destroyed in the area The United States has admitted that at least 105 Iraqi...

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US Service Member Killed In Blast Near Iraqi City of Mosul

A US service member has died from wounds sustained in the blast Saturday of an explosive device outside the Iraqi city...

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Mattis In Riyadh To Boost US-Saudi Alliance

US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis is in Saudi Arabia Wednesday to reinvigorate the Riyadh-Washington alliance, with both...

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US-Led Strikes Kill 229 Civilians In 3years

At a time of growing concern about civilian casualties in Iraq, the US-led coalition issued a report Saturday that says...

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US-Led Strikes ‘likely’ Caused 229 Civilian Deaths Since 2014

Air strikes by the US-led coalition against the Islamic State group have likely "unintentionally" killed 229 civilians...

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, UN Chief Urges More Aid For People of Mosul

UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for more aid for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp for Iraqis...

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At Iraq Camp, UN Chief Urges More Aid For People of Mosul

UN chief Antonio Guterres appealed on Friday for more aid for the people of Mosul, as he visited a camp for Iraqis...

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Houthi Rebels In Yemen Threatening Strategic Strait

Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening free movement into and out of the Red Sea with missiles, mines and other...

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US Probes Mosul Bombing Amid Worries of Rising Civilian Deaths

The Pentagon said Monday it was reviewing more than 700 video feeds of coalition air strikes on west Mosul, Iraq after...

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Iraq Forces Launch Renewed Attack On Mosul’s Old City

Iraqi forces renewed their assault Monday against jihadists in Mosul's Old City, after days in which the battle was...

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US Military Chiefs Defend Diplomacy In Face of Trump Cuts

President Donald Trump's proposed gutting of the State Department budget and other "soft power" agencies could hamper...

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US Claims Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque Where 46 Killed

The US said it carried out an air strike in Syria against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied deliberately targeting a...