Iraq’s Kurdistan region said on Thursday it has offered a joint Kurdish-Iraqi deployment at a strategic crossing …
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Trump administration does not want limits on war authorization
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserPresident Donald Trump’s top national security aides pushed back on Monday against U.S. lawmakers calling for a …
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MENA News
Deadly air raid hits Syria government-held Deir al-Zor: state TV, monitor
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserAn air strike in the government-held Qusur district of Deir al-Zor city in eastern Syria killed more …
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Qatar’s foreign minister suggested Tuesday that measures taken by Saudi Arabia and three other Arab states in …
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Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rams police truck, kills seven
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserA Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car into a police truck in the southwestern city of …
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MENA News
Defeat of Islamic State in Raqqa may herald wider struggle for U.S.
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserThe defeat of Islamic State in its de facto capital Raqqa may only be the start of …
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International News
Philippine president declares Marawi liberated as battle goes on
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserPhilippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared the southern city of Marawi liberated from pro-Islamic State militants on Tuesday, …
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Islamic State in Raqqa mounts last stand around city stadium
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserU.S.-backed militias said on Tuesday they are battling Islamic State around Raqqa stadium, the jihadists’ last foothold …
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Syrian Islamic State fighters are set to abandon Raqqa in a withdrawal agreed with U.S.-backed Syrian militias …
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Russia accuses U.S. of pretending to fight IS in Syria, Iraq
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserRussia accused the United States on Tuesday of pretending to fight Islamic State and of deliberately reducing …