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Coalition: US, allies stage 17 air strikes against Islamic State
Middle East

Coalition: US, allies stage 17 air strikes against Islamic State

The United States and its allies staged 17 strikes on Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria in a 24-hour…
Monitor: 52 civilians dead in coalition strikes in Syria
Middle East

Monitor: 52 civilians dead in coalition strikes in Syria

US-led air strikes targeting the Islamic State group killed at least 52 civilians in a village in northern Syria, a…
Monitor: Islamist fighters seize southern Syria crossing
Middle East

Monitor: Islamist fighters seize southern Syria crossing

The hardline Ahrar al-Sham group in Syria and other insurgents seized a crossing in the southwest frontier area near Israel…
Ideas Box brings oasis of learning to Syria child refugees
Life & Style

Ideas Box brings oasis of learning to Syria child refugees

The middle of a desert is not the kind of place you'd expect to be able to sit down with…
Monitor: Islamic State has killed over 2,000 off battlefield since June
Middle East

Monitor: Islamic State has killed over 2,000 off battlefield since June

Ultra-radical Islamic State insurgents have killed at least 2,154 people off the battlefield in Syria since the end of June…
Set to begin, US plan for Syrian rebels already mired in doubt
Middle East

Set to begin, US plan for Syrian rebels already mired in doubt

Hundreds of Syrian rebels are approaching the start of US training to battle Islamic State, without knowing whether or how…
Syrian TV says insurgents killed civilians after capturing town
Middle East

Syrian TV says insurgents killed civilians after capturing town

Syrian television said on Sunday that Islamist insurgents who seized a key northwestern town had since slaughtered civilians, but monitors…
IS bans Christian slogans, Madonna music
Egypt

IS bans Christian slogans, Madonna music

The Islamic State in Syria is preventing football fans from wearing T-shirts bearing slogans for the world's most popular football…
Monitor: Insurgents seize large parts of Syria’s Jisr al-Shughour
Middle East

Monitor: Insurgents seize large parts of Syria’s Jisr al-Shughour

Islamist insurgents including Al-Qaeda's wing in Syria Nusra Front on Saturday captured large parts of the northwestern Syrian town of…
UN aid chief urges Syria sanctions, Jolie pleads for refugee help
Middle East

UN aid chief urges Syria sanctions, Jolie pleads for refugee help

The United Nations aid chief urged the Security Council on Friday to impose an arms embargo and sanctions in Syria…
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