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Five ways ISIS's future could play out
Most military analysts believe it’s only a matter of time before Mosul falls.Mosul is Iraq’s third largest city. The Islamic State captured it in June 2014 during a campaign that left it in control of...
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'It's an obligation': Greece slams Europe for failing to fulfill its migrant...
Athens (AFP) - Greece condemned the European Union on Monday for failing to fulfil its commitments to help ease pressure on Athens over migrants, a year after a burden-sharing agreement came into...
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Here are some facts about Lebanon's new president and Hezbollah ally Michel Aoun
The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as incoming president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal that is expected to make Sunni...
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Syria's political opposition hopes Hillary Clinton wins the election
Syria's political opposition hopes Hillary Clinton wins the U.S. presidential election next week because she has a better understanding of the conflict than Donald Trump, according to members of a...
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Half of Russians fear Syria could spark World War III
Moscow (AFP) - Nearly half of Russians fear that Moscow's bombing campaign in Syria could spark World War III, a poll showed Monday.Moscow, an ally of Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad, has been staging...
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RUSSIA: The prospect for a 'return to peaceful life in Syria' is postponed...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday a Western failure to rein in violent Islamists in Syria had indefinitely delayed the resumption of peace talks.Shoigu said that...
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Turkey is trying to put the brakes on the US' next big move against ISIS —...
The US and Turkey rarely see eye to eye these days.On Monday, Turkey's Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told reporters that Ankara wants the US-led anti-ISIS coalition to wait to move on Raqqa,...
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The EU is losing its patience with Greece as overcrowded refugee camps there...
ATHENS (Reuters) - Seven months after the European Union and Turkey struck an agreement to turn back the tide of Syrians fleeing west, not a single refugee has been sent back from Greece, and Brussels...
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Russia is extending its moratorium on Aleppo air strikes
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Wednesday it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on the Syrian city of Aleppo until 1900 on Nov. 4 by order of Russian President Vladimir...
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Germany's Merkel: Syrian government guilty of 'crimes against humanity'
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday accused Syrian government troops of committing "crimes against humanity" that could not be overlooked.Human rights groups and Western countries have...
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The State Department is fuming over Russia's 'ludicrous' and 'insulting'...
The State Department slammed Moscow's recent comparison of the US-backed anti-ISIS offensive in Mosul with Russia's scorched-earth campaign in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Monday, calling the claim...
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Lebanon's new prime minister is a vocal critic of Hezbollah and the Syrian...
BEIRUT (AFP) - Lebanon's new prime minister Saad Hariri, the son of former billionaire premier Rafik Hariri, is a vociferous critic of Hezbollah and the Syrian regime which he blames for his father's...
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Russia has been building power throughout the Middle East — and challenging...
In his masterful account Strategy: A History, Sir Lawrence Freedman defines strategy as “the art of creating power.” This is a useful lens through which to consider one of this year’s key geopolitical...
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Iran commands 25,000 fighters in Syria as part of massive power play for the...
Iran now commands a force of around 25,000 Shi'ite Muslim militants in Syria, mostly made up of recruits from Afghanistan and Pakistan, the former head of Israel's domestic intelligence agency has told...
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The most and least peaceful countries in the world, ranked
According to this year's edition of an annual report from the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), Botswana, Kuwait, Morocco, Kazakhstan, Vietnam, Angola, and Burkina Faso all have one surprising...
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Russian mercenaries are increasingly fighting and dying in Syria
TOGLIATTI, Russia (Reuters) - The start of this year proved deadly for one unit of about 100 Russian fighters supporting President Bashar al-Assad's troops in northern Syria.On Feb. 3, 38-year-old...
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Saudis are threatening to raise oil output again, after renewed clashes with...
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Old disputes between Saudi Arabia and rival Iran resurfaced at a meeting of OPEC experts last week, with Riyadh threatening to raise oil output steeply to bring prices down if...
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UN: Australia's proposal to ban visas for asylum-seekers likely breaches...
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A United Nations official said Australia would probably be in breach of the Refugee Convention if it enacted a proposal for a permanent visa-ban for asylum seekers who attempted...
View ArticleHow designers around the world Photoshopped this model when they were told to...
UK based Superdrug Online Doctor hired female graphic designers in 18 countries to retouch the same portrait of a woman to become more attractive to their culture. The shocking responses show the...
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Russia warns of thousands of 'professional terrorists’ returning home from...
Thousands of Russians have been fighting in Syria in anti-government ranks, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview published on Saturday, issuing a warning of possible attacks by...
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