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Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons: Netanyahu

Israel will not allow Iran to obtain nuclear weapons: Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Iran on Sunday that Israel would not allow it to obtain nuclear weapons, after sanctions…
IS abducts more than 400 civilians in east Syria: monitor

IS abducts more than 400 civilians in east Syria: monitor

The Islamic State group abducted at least 400 civilians including women and children after capturing new territory in an assault…
Syria says IS group killed 300 in attacks in country’s east

Syria says IS group killed 300 in attacks in country’s east

Syria's government said Sunday that Islamic State militants slaughtered 300 people in an "appalling massacre" committed in the eastern city…
Nuclear sanctions lifted as Iran, US agree on prisoner swap

Nuclear sanctions lifted as Iran, US agree on prisoner swap

Iran emerged from years of economic isolation on Saturday when world powers lifted crippling sanctions against the Islamic Republic in…
IS attack on Syria’s Deir Ezzor kills 35 regime fighters: monitor

IS attack on Syria’s Deir Ezzor kills 35 regime fighters: monitor

At least 35 Syrian soldiers and pro-regime militiamen were killed on Saturday in a multi-front attack by the Islamic State…
EU condemns Turkey’s arrest of academics as ‘extremely worrying’

EU condemns Turkey’s arrest of academics as ‘extremely worrying’

The European Union on Saturday condemned as "extremely worrying" Turkey's arrest of around 20 academics who signed a petition criticizing…
600 British jihadists stopped from entering Syria: Hammond

600 British jihadists stopped from entering Syria: Hammond

Some 600 Britons have been stopped from going to Syria to try to join Islamic State and other jihadist groups,…
3 Qaeda suspects ‘killed in Yemen drone strike’

3 Qaeda suspects ‘killed in Yemen drone strike’

A drone attack believed to have been carried out by US forces killed three suspected Al-Qaeda members traveling in a…
Offensive against Islamic State in Mosul unlikely in 2016: Iraqi Kurdish deputy PM

Offensive against Islamic State in Mosul unlikely in 2016: Iraqi Kurdish deputy PM

A much anticipated campaign to recapture Iraq's northern city of Mosul from Islamic State is unlikely to happen this year,…
Zarif says sanctions on Iran will be lifted today

Zarif says sanctions on Iran will be lifted today

International sanctions on Iran will be lifted on Saturday when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) issues its final report…
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