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"Collected Bodies For 3 Days": 600 Massacred Within Hours In This Country
About 600 people were killed within a few hours by members affiliated with Al-Qaeda in an August attack on the town of Barsalogho in Burkina Faso, reports claimed on Friday.
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Blasts In Iran Amid Conflict With Israel: What We Know So Far
Explosions rocked Iran's central Isfahan province on Friday, according to state media, while US officials told American news outlets that Israel carried out a retaliatory strike on the Islamic republic.
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Explained: What Is Islamic Jihad Group, Blamed By Israel For Gaza Hospital Bombing
Israel Gaza War: Designated as a terrorist organisation by the US State Department, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), an ally of Hamas, violently opposes the existence of Israel.
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"Slap In Face" To US: Iran Over Missile Attack On Troop Bases
Iran's supreme leader said a "slap in the face" was delivered to the United States, when the Islamic republic fired missiles at US troop bases in Iraq on Wednesday.
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Four Mideast Conflicts To Watch As Islamic State War Winds Down
Islamic State is making a last stand in Iraq and Syria. But the region will not rest with the group's defeat, and is gearing up for a war for influence among the regional and international players that were drawn into conflict with the radical militants.
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Removing Bashar Al-Assad No Longer Priority In Syria: Emmanuel Macron
France no longer sees the departure of President Bashar al-Assad as a priority in the Syrian conflict, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, making the policy official for the first time.The new French leader said instead that fighting jihadists such as the Islamic State group had to be the international community's number one goal in a conflict...
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Atop Palmyra's Damaged Theatre, Syrian Musicians Sing Of Return
Atop the ruins of Syria's famed Palmyra theatre, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group, teenage musician Angel Dayoub sings an old Arabic favourite: "We're coming back, oh love, we're coming back."
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Growing Evidence Of Terror Groups Reviving Slave Trade: Report
A new report on fighting human trafficking in conflict says there is growing evidence that terrorist groups, including the Islamic State and Boko Haram, are reviving slavery and organizing slave markets.
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Monitor Claims 20 Civilians Killed In Turkish Bombing In North Syria
A group monitoring the Syrian war said Turkish air strikes and artillery attacks killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens more today, the fifth day of Turkey's cross-border campaign that it says targets Islamic State and Kurdish forces.
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Syrian Forces Enter ISIS-Held Town Near Palmyra: Reports
Syrian and allied forces, backed by Russian air strikes, entered the ISIS-held town of al-Qaryatain on Sunday, having gradually surrounded it over the past few days, state media and a monitoring group said.
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US Will Destroy Terror Group ISIS, Says President Barack Obama
Conceding that the fight against ISIS remains "difficult", President Barack Obama today said the US will "destroy" the barbaric terror group and asserted that ending the Syrian conflict would be the key in this endeavour.
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A Mosaic Of A Syrian Family's Flight
Interviews with 20 relatives, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in Istanbul, in five German towns and by phone in Syria, tell a story of a family chewed up by one party to the Syrian conflict after another: the Syrian government, the Islamic State, neighboring countries, the West.
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Syrian Government Ready To Join UN Talks To End Conflict: Bashar al Assad's Aide
A close adviser to Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Wednesday Damascus was ready to join UN-sponsored peace talks with its position bolstered by both Russian backing and the West's retreat from a hardline anti-Assad approach.
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Eye On Islamic State, Western Powers Coax Libyans To Accord
After a year of UN talks to end Libya's conflict, Western powers are coaxing the warring factions closer to a deal they hope can help stop the spread of Islamic State militancy in the North African country.
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France's Francois Hollande Heads to Russia to Press Anti-ISIS Coalition
French President Francois Hollande today will hold talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as part of his diplomatic marathon to forge a broader coalition against Islamic State jihadists in the wake of the Paris attacks.
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"Collected Bodies For 3 Days": 600 Massacred Within Hours In This Country
About 600 people were killed within a few hours by members affiliated with Al-Qaeda in an August attack on the town of Barsalogho in Burkina Faso, reports claimed on Friday.
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Blasts In Iran Amid Conflict With Israel: What We Know So Far
Explosions rocked Iran's central Isfahan province on Friday, according to state media, while US officials told American news outlets that Israel carried out a retaliatory strike on the Islamic republic.
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Explained: What Is Islamic Jihad Group, Blamed By Israel For Gaza Hospital Bombing
Israel Gaza War: Designated as a terrorist organisation by the US State Department, the Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), an ally of Hamas, violently opposes the existence of Israel.
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"Slap In Face" To US: Iran Over Missile Attack On Troop Bases
Iran's supreme leader said a "slap in the face" was delivered to the United States, when the Islamic republic fired missiles at US troop bases in Iraq on Wednesday.
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Four Mideast Conflicts To Watch As Islamic State War Winds Down
Islamic State is making a last stand in Iraq and Syria. But the region will not rest with the group's defeat, and is gearing up for a war for influence among the regional and international players that were drawn into conflict with the radical militants.
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Removing Bashar Al-Assad No Longer Priority In Syria: Emmanuel Macron
France no longer sees the departure of President Bashar al-Assad as a priority in the Syrian conflict, President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday, making the policy official for the first time.The new French leader said instead that fighting jihadists such as the Islamic State group had to be the international community's number one goal in a conflict...
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Atop Palmyra's Damaged Theatre, Syrian Musicians Sing Of Return
Atop the ruins of Syria's famed Palmyra theatre, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group, teenage musician Angel Dayoub sings an old Arabic favourite: "We're coming back, oh love, we're coming back."
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Growing Evidence Of Terror Groups Reviving Slave Trade: Report
A new report on fighting human trafficking in conflict says there is growing evidence that terrorist groups, including the Islamic State and Boko Haram, are reviving slavery and organizing slave markets.
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Monitor Claims 20 Civilians Killed In Turkish Bombing In North Syria
A group monitoring the Syrian war said Turkish air strikes and artillery attacks killed at least 20 civilians and wounded dozens more today, the fifth day of Turkey's cross-border campaign that it says targets Islamic State and Kurdish forces.
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Syrian Forces Enter ISIS-Held Town Near Palmyra: Reports
Syrian and allied forces, backed by Russian air strikes, entered the ISIS-held town of al-Qaryatain on Sunday, having gradually surrounded it over the past few days, state media and a monitoring group said.
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US Will Destroy Terror Group ISIS, Says President Barack Obama
Conceding that the fight against ISIS remains "difficult", President Barack Obama today said the US will "destroy" the barbaric terror group and asserted that ending the Syrian conflict would be the key in this endeavour.
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A Mosaic Of A Syrian Family's Flight
Interviews with 20 relatives, in Iraqi Kurdistan, in Istanbul, in five German towns and by phone in Syria, tell a story of a family chewed up by one party to the Syrian conflict after another: the Syrian government, the Islamic State, neighboring countries, the West.
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Syrian Government Ready To Join UN Talks To End Conflict: Bashar al Assad's Aide
A close adviser to Syrian President Bashar al Assad said on Wednesday Damascus was ready to join UN-sponsored peace talks with its position bolstered by both Russian backing and the West's retreat from a hardline anti-Assad approach.
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Eye On Islamic State, Western Powers Coax Libyans To Accord
After a year of UN talks to end Libya's conflict, Western powers are coaxing the warring factions closer to a deal they hope can help stop the spread of Islamic State militancy in the North African country.
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France's Francois Hollande Heads to Russia to Press Anti-ISIS Coalition
French President Francois Hollande today will hold talks with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, as part of his diplomatic marathon to forge a broader coalition against Islamic State jihadists in the wake of the Paris attacks.
