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Iran FM Zarif not informed about Assad trip to Tehran
Middle East
March 5, 2019
Iran FM Zarif not informed about Assad trip to Tehran
GENEVA (Reuters) – Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif was not informed about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s trip to Tehran…
Germany to strip ISIS fighters of citizenship
Middle East
March 4, 2019
Germany to strip ISIS fighters of citizenship
BERLIN (Reuters) – German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and their Social Democrat (SPD) coalition partners have agreed to a plan…
Qatar still studying Russian defense system: FM
Middle East
March 4, 2019
Qatar still studying Russian defense system: FM
DOHA (Reuters) – Qatar said on Monday it was still studying the purchase of Russia’s S-400 missile air defense system,…
Hopes for missing Yazidis dim as Islamic State defeat looms
Middle East
March 4, 2019
Hopes for missing Yazidis dim as Islamic State defeat looms
DAHUK, Iraq (AP) — Baseh Hammo was 38 when she was enslaved by militants of the Islamic State group along…
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home
Middle East
March 3, 2019
Russia tells Syrian asylum seekers: You need to go home
MOSCOW (Reuters) – In pre-war Syria, Safaa al-Kurdi sold wedding dresses. Fed up with the conflict, the mother-of-three fled Damascus…
Syria force pounds holdout IS village
Middle East
March 3, 2019
Syria force pounds holdout IS village
Kurdish-led forces backed by US warplanes rained artillery fire and air strikes Sunday on besieged and outgunned jihadists making a…
Armed conflicts continue to tear up Arab region: Report
Middle East
March 3, 2019
Armed conflicts continue to tear up Arab region: Report
The Arab report by Egypt’s Maat Foundation for Peace, Development and Human Rights stated that 2018 has seen continued political…
Syria’s Kurds set free nearly 300 IS-linked Syrians
Middle East
March 3, 2019
Syria’s Kurds set free nearly 300 IS-linked Syrians
Nearly 300 Syrians suspected of belonging to the Islamic State jihadist group have been freed because they have “no blood…
Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave
Middle East
March 2, 2019
Wounded and alone, children emerge from last Islamic State enclave
DEIR AL-ZOR PROVINCE, Syria (Reuters) – Hareth Najem fled Islamic State’s last enclave in eastern Syria wounded and alone. The…
Refugees in Egypt require critical support: UNHCR
Egypt
March 2, 2019
Refugees in Egypt require critical support: UNHCR
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has issued a warning stating that refugee aid programs in Egypt are…