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No shellfire or bullets, but war still intrudes on tiny Syrian island
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No shellfire or bullets, but war still intrudes on tiny Syrian island

ARWAD, Syria (Reuters) – In the years before Syria’s war the boatmakers of Arwad used to sell their wooden vessels…
Iran tanker departs after Gibraltar rejects US demand
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Iran tanker departs after Gibraltar rejects US demand

The Iranian oil tanker at the center of a diplomatic dispute has departed from Gibraltar after the British overseas territory…
Grace 1 tanker raises Iranian flag, changes name to ‘Adrian Darya-1’
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Grace 1 tanker raises Iranian flag, changes name to ‘Adrian Darya-1’

GIBRALTAR (Reuters) – An Iranian tanker caught in a stand-off between Tehran and the West has raised an Iranian flag…
Airstrikes on Syrian rebel stronghold kill family of 7
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Airstrikes on Syrian rebel stronghold kill family of 7

BEIRUT (AP) — Government and Russian airstrikes pounded the southern edge of a rebel stronghold in Syria’s northwest on Saturday,…
Turkey, US work to create buffer zone in northern Syria
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Turkey, US work to create buffer zone in northern Syria

For months, Turkey has been threatening to send troops across its southern border into predominantly Kurdish northeastern Syria. It would…
Iran denies commitments in exchange for tanker release
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Iran denies commitments in exchange for tanker release

DUBAI (Reuters) – Iran has made no commitments to gain the release of its tanker from detention in Gibraltar, an…
Gibraltar orders Iranian tanker release despite US detention bid
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Gibraltar orders Iranian tanker release despite US detention bid

Gibraltar’s Supreme Court on Thursday ruled in favour of releasing an Iranian supertanker seized on suspicion of shipping oil to…
Syrian rebels shoot down government warplane in northwest
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Syrian rebels shoot down government warplane in northwest

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Rebels shot down a Syrian warplane in the opposition stronghold of Idlib province on Wednesday as Russian-backed…
Syrian government closes in on town that was bombed with sarin
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Syrian government closes in on town that was bombed with sarin

BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian government forces on Wednesday closed in on a rebel-held town in Idlib that was bombed with…
U.N. expert chides France over jihadist captives in Iraq
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U.N. expert chides France over jihadist captives in Iraq

PARIS (Reuters) – A U.N. investigator rebuked France on Monday for its possible role in the transfer of seven suspected…
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