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The Saudis are 'drawing lines in the sand' — and showing they are serious...
Saudi Arabia warned its citizens against traveling to Lebanon on Tuesday after one of its biggest allies, the United Arab Emirates, banned travel to Lebanon altogether.The move, which followed the...
View ArticleISIS is afraid of girls — here's why
ISIS is scared of girls — specifically, the Kurdish women that are coming to fight them.The Women's Protection Units (YPJ), the female branch of the People's Protection Units, a rebel militia fighting...
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Russia says there is no 'plan B' for Syria — but all the evidence suggests...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov told reporters on Thursday that there was no and would not be a"plan B" on Syria's cease-fire agreement, according to Reuters.His comments echoed those of Deputy...
View ArticleA global intelligence analyst explains what makes ISIS so strong
Despite progress from US-led coalition forces and regional armies, ISIS still maintains a major presence in Iraq and Syria, and is even strengthening in parts of Africa.George Friedman, the founder...
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These two ISIS battles could change everything in the Middle East
The number 562 is relatively meaningless to most people.But not to those who marked the 562nd anniversary of the conquest of Istanbul by the Ottoman Turks last May.Hundreds of thousands reportedly...
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War continues to rage in Syria just hours before a deal to halt fighting
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Heavy air strikes were reported to have hit rebel-held areas to the east of Damascus as fighting continued across much of western Syria on Friday, hours before a U.S.-Russian plan...
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The road to Aleppo: how the West misread Putin over Syria
Last July, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seemed to be losing his battle against rebel forces. Speaking to supporters in Damascus, he acknowledged his army's heavy losses.Western officials said the...
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The Syrian opposition will respect a 2-week ceasefire with Assad starting at...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian opposition said on Friday armed groups fighting President Bashar al-Assad would respect a two-week week truce beginning at midnight, but said the government and its allies...
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Russia expects the UN Security Council to back the Syria ceasefire plan
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia expects the U.N. Security Council to back a resolution endorsing the planned 'cessation of hostilities' in Syria, but nobody can give a 100 percent guarantee that the...
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Al Qaeda's Syria branch rejects plans for a truce, urges rebels to intensify...
BEIRUT/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Syria's branch of al Qaeda, one of its most powerful Islamist rebel groups, called for an escalation in fighting against the government and its allies, adding to the dangers...
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Anti-ISIS forces are closing in around the militant group's capital
US airstrikes and gains on the ground by Syrian rebels and Iraqi Security Forces have made major progress in isolating Islamic State strongholds in Iraq and Syria, the top US civilian and uniformed...
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Syria remains 'calm, but tense' after a ceasefire brokered by the US and...
BEIRUT (AP) — A cease-fire brokered by the United States and Russia went into effect across Syria on Saturday, marking the biggest international push to reduce violence in the country's devastating...
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A fragile ceasefire has begun in Syria amid continued violence
As a fragile ceasefire began in Syria on Saturday, scattered violence and clashes continued throughout the country. The Syrian government and 97 rebel and militant groups said they would abide by the...
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The world in photos this week
A selection of photos from some of this week's biggest news that you might have missed.SEE ALSO: 21 stunning photos prove the US Navy and US Marine Corps have the best diving boards and swimming...
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The UN plans to get direly needed aid to 154,000 besieged Syrians in the next...
The United Nations and partner aid organizations plan to deliver life-saving aid to 154,000 Syrians in besieged areas in the next five days, the U.N. Resident Coordinator in Damascus Yacoub El Hillo...
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At least 10 Syrians suspected of war crimes have been found by Dutch...
Dutch authorities identified about 30 war crimes suspects, a third of them Syrians, among the 59,000 people who applied for asylum last year, the immigration minister said on Monday.Klaas Dijkhoff...
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ISIS is ramping up new ways to raise funds
Despite bombings and financial sanctions the Islamic State is still coming up with ways to bring in cash. The Wall Street Journal and Financial Times just documented IS’s deals with Iraqi money...
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Watch a US-made missile take out Russia's most advanced tanks
In a video posted to YouTube Friday, Syrian rebels appear to have filmed themselves firing for the first time a US-made TOW anti-tank missile at a Russian T-90 tank.According to the video's caption,...
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The Syrian army may have already violated a fragile ceasefire with a land...
Syrian armed forces took territory east of Damascus on Monday, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said, on the third day of a fragile international attempt to halt nearly five years of fighting.A...
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Watch the US-led coalition's precision airstrikes shred ISIS positions in Syria
On February 27 at 5 p.m. Damascus time, a US- and Russia-brokered cease-fire took effect in Syria between government forces and the opposition.But the US-led coalition's efforts against ISIS — aka...
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