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Syria’s opposition, divided and varied, to get a new face
Middle East

Syria’s opposition, divided and varied, to get a new face

Syria’s notoriously fragmented opposition gathering Wednesday in the Saudi capital is trying to close ranks and come up with a…
Syria’s opposition to get a new face amid talks in Riyadh
Middle East

Syria’s opposition to get a new face amid talks in Riyadh

Syria’s notoriously fragmented opposition gathering Wednesday in the Saudi capital is trying to close ranks and come up with a…
Qatar’s foreign minister accuses Saudi Arabia of sparking humanitarian crisis
Middle East

Qatar’s foreign minister accuses Saudi Arabia of sparking humanitarian crisis

Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani accused Saudi Arabia of undermining regional peace in an interview with…
Hezbollah denies sending arms to regional conflicts
Middle East

Hezbollah denies sending arms to regional conflicts

The head of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah on Monday flatly denied Arab accusations his group had sent weapons to conflict-ridden regional…
Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, another fighter, killed in Syria: Iranian media
Middle East

Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, another fighter, killed in Syria: Iranian media

A commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and a lower-ranking Iranian fighter have been killed fighting Islamic State in Syria…
Missing Yazidi women and children hiding in plain sight
Middle East

Missing Yazidi women and children hiding in plain sight

Almost half of the over 6,000 Yazidis kidnapped three years ago by the IS group have still not been found.…
Russia blocks US chemical weapons probe on Syria
Middle East

Russia blocks US chemical weapons probe on Syria

Russia has blocked a US-drafted resolution to renew a mandate of the body investigating the use of chemical weapons in…
French military say coalition opposed IS withdrawal from Raqqa
Middle East

French military say coalition opposed IS withdrawal from Raqqa

France’s military said on Thursday the coalition battling Islamic State in Syria had opposed a deal allowing fighters of the…
UN to vote on rival resolutions on chemical weapons in Syria
Middle East

UN to vote on rival resolutions on chemical weapons in Syria

The United States is calling for a vote Thursday on a resolution to extend the mandate of experts trying to…
Terrorism spreads but fewer killed in 2016: report
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Terrorism spreads but fewer killed in 2016: report

The number of people killed in extremist attacks declined for the second successive year in 2016 but more countries were…
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