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Everything that has gone wrong for Obama in the Arab world
WASHINGTON (AP) ā President Barack Obama's view of the U.S. role in the Middle East and North Africa is being challenged by deepening crises in the very countries he has seen as models for his approach...
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The Assad regime is suffering heavy losses during one of the most important...
BEIRUT ā Syrian regime troops suffered losses in their campaign to encircle Aleppo as the UN mediator for the conflict announced the Assad regime was ready for a ceasefire in the northern city.āAt...
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The US has recruited 1,200 Syrian rebels to fight ISIS
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States has so far identified about 1,200 Syrian opposition fighters for potential participation in a U.S. military-led program to help train and equip them to battle...
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Infighting between foreign fighters is hurting ISIS
As the Islamic State group tries to expand and take root across the Middle East, it is struggling in Syria ā part of its heartland ā where it has stalled or even lost ground while fighting multiple...
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Turkey and the US are going to train and equip Syrian rebels
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said on Friday Turkey and the United States aimed to start a program to train and equip moderate Syrian rebels early next month.The United...
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The Turkish military launched an overnight raid at a tomb in Syria to...
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) ā Turkish soldiers launched an overnight raid into neighboring Syria, evacuating dozens of besieged troops guarding an Ottoman tomb and moving the crypt Sunday back to Turkey after...
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Turkey may have revealed an important change in its approach to ISIS
Just days after finalizing an agreement to train a new rebel force inside Turkey to attack the Islamic State, Turkish forces moved into Syria to evacuate some 40 soldiers protecting the Suleyman Shah...
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ISIS reportedly abducted 90 Christians in Syria
AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have abducted at least 90 people from Assyrian Christian villages inĀ northeastern Syria, a monitoring group that tracks violence inĀ SyriaĀ said on Tuesday.The...
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Obama has one goal in the Middle East, and it's making the region worse off
A few weeks ago, I met with a senior US diplomat who characterized the Obama administrationās sole foreign policy objective with one word ā ārapprochement.āThis was offered unprompted and Iād no doubt...
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A top US partner in the Middle East has a history of supporting an Al Qaeda...
Qatar, the tiny and astronomically wealthy Gulf emirate with a notoriously independent-minded and polarizing foreign policy, has often been accused of supporting extremist groups throughout the Middle...
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Here's why the US and Israel are increasingly at odds over Syria
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are at loggerheads.Ā Why?Ā Following the White Houseās lead, many observers have focused on the personal enmity between the two.Ā Some...
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This Scottish teenager went from reading Harry Potter to recruiting for ISIS...
Little more than a year after she left her family behind in Scotland, 20-year-old Aqsa MahmoodĀ has become one of the Islamic State terror group's biggest recruiters of young British women, The New York...
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Egyptian military reportedly kills dozens of suspected Islamist militants...
ISMAILIA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egyptās military killed dozens of suspected Islamist militants in an operation in Sinai, security sources said on Wednesday, while state media reported the kidnapping of a...
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ISIS now controls 10 Christian villages in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamic State militants have abducted at least 220 people from Assyrian Christian villages in northeastern Syria during a three day offensive, a monitor that tracks violence in Syria...
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Questions surround British ISIS executioner Jihadi John's path to radicalization
The British Islamic State militant known as "Jihadi John" was identified Thursday as Mohammed Emwazi by a report in The Washington Post.The Post reports that Emwazi, who is believed to be responsible...
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Meet the US generals ramping up the mission in Iraq and Syria
The US Army generals charged with strengthening Iraqi and Syrian forces to dislodge Islamic militants from vast stretches of both countries are poised to ramp up the effort in coming months.As the top...
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ISIS must expand its territory in order to survive
International investigators said on Friday that in order for the Islamic State to remain financially viable it would have to further expand territory it controls in Iraq and Syria and take over more...
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The emerging nuclear deal makes some huge assumptions about Iran's future plans
RecentĀ reportsĀ about the negotiations between the US and Iran indicate that the Obama administration is ready to make remarkable concessions to Tehran on its nuclear program. These reported concessions...
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Kurdish forces just dealt another huge blow to ISIS
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Kurdish forces dealt a blow to Islamic State by capturing an important town on Friday in the latest stage of a powerful offensive in northeast Syria, a Kurdish militia spokesman...
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The UN condemns Islamic State's 'barbaric terrorist acts' in Iraq
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Friday condemned what it described as the latest "barbaric terrorist acts" in Iraq by Islamic State militants, including the...
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