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Rebels step up Aleppo offensive, clash with each other

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ISIS leader says ‘no retreat’ from Mosul, as Iraqi troops close in

Iraq's flag is seen during a sand storm in Bartilla, east of Mosul, Iraq Nov. 1MOSUL — ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi told his followers on Thursday there could be...

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Protests at fishmonger’s death shake Moroccan monarchy

RABAT — Grainy video images and the screams of a young fishmonger who was crushed to death in a garbage truck while trying to stop police destroying his stock have...

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Lebanon’s Aoun elected president, ending 29-month vacuum

BEIRUT - The Lebanese parliament elected former army commander Michel Aoun as president on Monday, ending a 29-month presidential vacuum as part of a political deal...

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“Afghan girl” in 1985 National Geographic detained for fake identity cards

PAKISTAN- The Afghan woman, once a 12-year-old green-eyed girl celebrated on National Geographic magazine’s cover in 1985, has been arrested in...

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U.N. vows to press on with securing Aleppo evacuation operation

UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations vowed on Thursday to press ahead in securing medical evacuations of hundreds of sick and wounded from the Syrian city...

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Erdogan says Turkish offensive will push on for Raqqa

ANKARA — Turkey's military operation in northern Syria will target the town of Manbij, recently liberated from ISIS by Kurdish-led forces, and the terrorists'...

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U.N. peace plan for Yemen sidelines exiled president to symbolic role

UNITED NATIONS — A U.N. peace proposal to end a 19-month war in Yemen appears aimed at sidelining exiled President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi and setting up a government...

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Study: Iraqis are world’s most generous to strangers

LONDON — Although torn by civil war, Iraq is the world's most generous country towards strangers in need, according to a new global index of charitable giving.Eighty...

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Violence flares in Turkey’s southeast after Kurdish mayors’ arrest

ANKARA — Five members of Turkey's security forces and five Kurdish militants were killed on Thursday in clashes in the southeast where unrest has flared...

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Villagers forced to walk to Mosul as human shields for ISIS

ISIS fighters forced women, children and the elderly to walk alongside them for days as human shields to cover their retreat to Mosul, separating out older boys and...

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Syria government says Aleppo ceasefire started, promises ‘safe exit’

DAMASCUS — The Syrian military said on Thursday a unilateral ceasefire backed by Russia had come into force to allow people to leave besieged eastern...

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Iraqi PM: Mosul offensive going faster than planned

The offensive to seize back Mosul from ISIS is going faster than planned, Iraq's prime minister said on Thursday, as Iraqi and Kurdish forces launched a new...

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Turkey bombs Syrian Kurdish militia close to U.S.

Turkish air strikes pounded a group of Kurdish fighters allied to a U.S.-backed militia in northern Syria overnight, highlighting the conflicting agendas of NATO...

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Yemen missile launch, Saudi-led air strike strain truce

SANAA — A 72-hour truce in Yemen came under pressure on Thursday when missiles fired from Yemen injured civilians in southern Saudi Arabia, according to an...

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Hariri backs Aoun for president in Lebanon

BEIRUT — Lebanon's former prime minister Saad al-Hariri said on Thursday he would back Hezbollah ally Michel Aoun to become president, a step that may help...

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Libyan forces push into last ISIS area in Sirte

TRIPOLI — Libyan pro-government forces are advancing into the last area controlled by ISIS in the coastal city of Sirte, surrounding the militants after a five-month...

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Saudi lobbyist calls for partnership with Israel

WASHINGTON — A U.S.-based Saudi lobbyist called for closer economic ties between Israel and Saudi Arabia in an op-ed on The Hill, in possibly yet another sign of...

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Germany Syrian bomb suspect kills himself in jail

BERLIN — Police and judicial officials in the German state of Saxony faced a blaze of criticism on Thursday after a Syrian man suspected of plotting to...

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U.S. military strikes Yemen after missile attacks on Navy ship

The U.S. military launched cruise missile strikes on Thursday to knock out three coastal radar sites in areas of Yemen controlled by Houthi forces,...

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Syrian forces push for Aleppo ahead of Swiss talks

DAMASCUS — Syria's military backed by Russian warplanes have killed more than 150 people in eastern Aleppo this week say rescue workers, part of a renewed...

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Turkey warns assault on Mosul would trigger refugee wave

ANKARA — Any mistake in a planned U.S.-backed operation to drive ISIS from the Iraqi city of Mosul could result in hundreds of thousands of refugees, Turkish...

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Over 140 killed from Saudi airstrikes in Yemen

YEMEN - Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral at a community hall in the Yemeni capital Sanaa, the country's Houthi-run administration said on Saturday, but the...

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New famine fears loom in Yemen

An eight-year-old malnourished boy at a hospital in Sanaa, Sept. 27.SANAA — Intensive care wards in Yemen's hospitals are filled with emaciated children hooked up to...

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Iraq requests U.N. emergency meeting on Turkish troops in north

BAGHDAD — Iraq has requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council to discuss the presence of Turkish troops on its territory as a dispute with...

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U.N. envoy offers to escort rebels out of Aleppo

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. Special Envoy for Syria offered on Thursday to go to eastern Aleppo and escort up to 1,000 Islamist rebel fighters out of the city to try...

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Rebels close in on Dabiq, bomb kills dozens in northern Syria

ANKARA — A bomb claimed by ISIS at a Syria-Turkey border crossing killed at least 25 people, most of them foreign-backed Syrian rebels, and wounded dozens more on...

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American chess player leads boycott against wearing hijab at Iran tournament

IRAN - The world’s top female chess players have reportedly been told they must wear hijabs if they wish to compete in next year’s world championships in...

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