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Israeli Strike Kills 2 Hezbollah Fighters In Syria As Violence Escalates
An Israeli drone strike in central Syria killed two fighters from Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement on Saturday, a war monitor said.
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Israel's Netanyahu Vows To Restore Security "On All Fronts" As Violence Surges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to restore security "on all fronts" after surging violence that included rocket fire from Lebanon and Syria and two more deaths on Monday.
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Syrian Dad Teaches Girl To Laugh At Explosions In Heart-Breaking Video
To help her cope with the trauma of living in a conflict zone, a three-year-old Syrian girl's father has taught her to laugh each time she hears an explosion or warplane. A deeply-distressing video of the child and her father playing their 'game' as an explosion is heard outside has evoked an emotional response from social media users, who called f...
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Baghdadi Died "As A Coward, Running And Crying": Trump On ISIS Chief
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Death: President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive ISIS terrorist, died during a U.S. military operation in Syria, an important breakthrough more than five years after he had launched a self-proclaimed caliphate that inspired violence worldwide.
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Airstrikes Kill More Than 40 Civilians In Syria's Northwest: Monitor
Regime and Russian air strikes killed 43 people in northwest Syria on Monday, most of them in a crowded market, a war monitor said, in the latest violence to plague the opposition bastion.
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India Most Dangerous Country For Women, US In 10 Worst: Survey
India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts released on Tuesday.
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"I Screamed, But No One Came": The Horrifying Sexual Violence Facing Syria's Women And Girls
The stories in the report, written after interviews with more than 450 people, document a terrifying and systematic pattern of sexual abuse by the government during house raids, at checkpoints and in detention centers.
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Cubs Of The Caliphate: Rehabilitating ISIS Child Fighters
While children who have been through war typically draw devastating pictures of the violence they have suffered, few show themselves as the perpetrators.
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US Calls On Russia To Pressure Syrian President Assad To Allow Citizens To Flee In Ghouta
The United States urged Russia on Thursday to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to respect attempts to allow residents out of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta.
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As Violence Erupts In Myanmar, Rohingya Families In India, Pakistan Plead Helplessness
Kelambakam, India/Karachi, Pakistan: In a dilapidated shelter in Tamil Nadu’s Kelambakam, surrounded by squalor, Alakamma Bibi dials her home in Myanmar every few hours. All she gets is a beeping tone. In the two weeks since she first heard of the upsurge in violence in Myanmar, she has spent countless hours trying to reach her parents and sibli...
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Violence Creating 'Lost Generation' Of Middle East Men: Study
Suicide and murder take 10 times as many lives as war does in the Middle East and nearby regions, creating a "lost generation," particularly among men, researchers said Monday
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Fifth Round Of Syria Talks Begins In Kazakhstan
A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan today, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country.
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1 Person Gets Displaced Every 3 Seconds: UN Refugee Agency
Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes by the end of 2016, the UN said Monday.
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Violence Against Syria's Children 'At Its Worst' In 2016: UN
UNICEF said that cases of children being killed, maimed, or recruited into armed groups were the "highest on record" last year.
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Opinion: Pakistan Is The Crisis Flying Under The Radar
The set of foreign-policy challenges headed like a freight train at the Trump administration is obvious: the Islamic State and the associated tragedy of Syria; a bubbling North Korea led by an unpredictable dictator with a fistful of nuclear weapons; an angry China hypersensitive about Taiwan and the South China Sea; and Russian cyber-activity roil...
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Israeli Strike Kills 2 Hezbollah Fighters In Syria As Violence Escalates
An Israeli drone strike in central Syria killed two fighters from Lebanon's Iran-backed Hezbollah movement on Saturday, a war monitor said.
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Israel's Netanyahu Vows To Restore Security "On All Fronts" As Violence Surges
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to restore security "on all fronts" after surging violence that included rocket fire from Lebanon and Syria and two more deaths on Monday.
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Syrian Dad Teaches Girl To Laugh At Explosions In Heart-Breaking Video
To help her cope with the trauma of living in a conflict zone, a three-year-old Syrian girl's father has taught her to laugh each time she hears an explosion or warplane. A deeply-distressing video of the child and her father playing their 'game' as an explosion is heard outside has evoked an emotional response from social media users, who called f...
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Baghdadi Died "As A Coward, Running And Crying": Trump On ISIS Chief
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi Death: President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the elusive ISIS terrorist, died during a U.S. military operation in Syria, an important breakthrough more than five years after he had launched a self-proclaimed caliphate that inspired violence worldwide.
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Airstrikes Kill More Than 40 Civilians In Syria's Northwest: Monitor
Regime and Russian air strikes killed 43 people in northwest Syria on Monday, most of them in a crowded market, a war monitor said, in the latest violence to plague the opposition bastion.
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India Most Dangerous Country For Women, US In 10 Worst: Survey
India is the world's most dangerous country for women due to the high risk of sexual violence and being forced into slave labour, according to a poll of global experts released on Tuesday.
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"I Screamed, But No One Came": The Horrifying Sexual Violence Facing Syria's Women And Girls
The stories in the report, written after interviews with more than 450 people, document a terrifying and systematic pattern of sexual abuse by the government during house raids, at checkpoints and in detention centers.
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Cubs Of The Caliphate: Rehabilitating ISIS Child Fighters
While children who have been through war typically draw devastating pictures of the violence they have suffered, few show themselves as the perpetrators.
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US Calls On Russia To Pressure Syrian President Assad To Allow Citizens To Flee In Ghouta
The United States urged Russia on Thursday to pressure Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime to respect attempts to allow residents out of the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta.
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As Violence Erupts In Myanmar, Rohingya Families In India, Pakistan Plead Helplessness
Kelambakam, India/Karachi, Pakistan: In a dilapidated shelter in Tamil Nadu’s Kelambakam, surrounded by squalor, Alakamma Bibi dials her home in Myanmar every few hours. All she gets is a beeping tone. In the two weeks since she first heard of the upsurge in violence in Myanmar, she has spent countless hours trying to reach her parents and sibli...
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Violence Creating 'Lost Generation' Of Middle East Men: Study
Suicide and murder take 10 times as many lives as war does in the Middle East and nearby regions, creating a "lost generation," particularly among men, researchers said Monday
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Fifth Round Of Syria Talks Begins In Kazakhstan
A fifth round of talks on ending the six-year Syrian conflict began in Kazakhstan today, focused on shoring up a plan for safe zones in the war-torn country.
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1 Person Gets Displaced Every 3 Seconds: UN Refugee Agency
Devastating conflicts, violence and persecution in places like Syria and South Sudan left a record 65.6 million people uprooted from their homes by the end of 2016, the UN said Monday.
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Violence Against Syria's Children 'At Its Worst' In 2016: UN
UNICEF said that cases of children being killed, maimed, or recruited into armed groups were the "highest on record" last year.
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Opinion: Pakistan Is The Crisis Flying Under The Radar
The set of foreign-policy challenges headed like a freight train at the Trump administration is obvious: the Islamic State and the associated tragedy of Syria; a bubbling North Korea led by an unpredictable dictator with a fistful of nuclear weapons; an angry China hypersensitive about Taiwan and the South China Sea; and Russian cyber-activity roil...
