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Syrian War: President Bashir looks increasingly confident

As the United States and Iran are increasingly becoming allies (albeit reluctantly) in Iraq they are still worlds apart on another…

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Kurdish Peshmerga drive IS terror group away from Kirkuk

Kurdish forces drove the self-styled "Islamic State" (IS)  terror outfit’s militants back from Kirkuk in Iraq on Monday, in an…

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Anti IS Air strikes in Syria kill 30

The global anti- IS coalition launched air strikes on oil refineries run by the self styled "Islamic State" group in…

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UN Chief calls for airstrikes to protect Iraq’s priceless heritage

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon exhorted  the international community earlier yesterday to (try to) halt the destruction by the self styled "Islamic State"…

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Indian wife killed in Australia while taking on phone to husband

In what is being widely seen as a particularly violent case of "curry bashing".  An Indian mother has been stabbed…

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Iraqi man fleeing to US to escape IS shot dead

Dallas: A Muslim man who had fled the Islamic State in Iraq to Dallas, Texas, was shot dead by unknown…

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Iran’s role worries anti-IS coalition: US general

Washington DC: The US military’s top officer said Friday Iran is bolstering the firepower of Shia militias in Iraq but…

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10s of thousands of Iraqi soldiers/militia rush to retake Tikrit

Iraqi forces battled the Islamic State group in the strategic town of Dawr yesterday as they pressed a major offensive…

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PLO decides to end security cooperation with Israel

The Palestinian Liberation Organisation’s central council decided earlier yesterday  to end security cooperation with Israel, in a potentially explosive move…

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