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Masum and Maliki End Important Trip to Najaf and Tehran

Tue Nov 11, 2014 19:12:29

While Nouri al-Maliki left Tehran at the end of his three day visit, in holy city of Najaf, Iraqi President Fuad Masum met with the country's top Shiite cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

Syria Government 'Interested' in Freeze Plan: UN Envoy

Tue Nov 11, 2014 17:56:49

The United Nations peace envoy to Syria said on Tuesday that Syrian officials had given him positive signals over a U.N. proposal for a local truce in the northern city of Aleppo, a main battleground in Syria's three-year-old unrests.

ISIS Would Soon be Ejected from Kobane

Tue Nov 11, 2014 17:32:29

Kurds battling the so-called “Islamic State jihadist” group in Kobane were making advances in the flashpoint Syrian town on the border with Turkey, local officials and a monitor said.

U.N. Says 13.6 Million Displaced in Iraq & Syria

Tue Nov 11, 2014 16:47:13

About 13.6 million people, equivalent to the population of London, have been displaced by conflicts in Syria and Iraq, many without food or shelter as winter starts, the U.N. refugee agency said UNHCR on Tuesday.

Iraqi Troops Take Center of Beiji from ISIS + Video

Tue Nov 11, 2014 16:30:21

Iraqi soldiers battling the so-called Islamic State group recaptured the heart and outlying districts of the town of Beiji, home to the country's largest oil refinery, state television and a provincial governor said Tuesday.

Bodyguard of Syrian rebel who defected to ISIL reveals secrets of the terrorist leadership

Tue Nov 11, 2014 15:07:33

Before joining ISIL, Jamal had been a drug dealer, then a commander in the western-backed Free Syrian Army, claiming contacts in the CIA.

Is ISIL leader wounded in airstrike?

Tue Nov 11, 2014 11:20:13

US cannot confirm reports that the commander of ISIL terrorist group, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed or injured in Iraq, a Pentagon official said Monday.

56 people, incl women & children, killed in Pakistan bus collision

Tue Nov 11, 2014 10:53:02

At least 56 people, 17 women and 18 children among them, were killed on Tuesday, as a passenger bus collided with a truck in southern Pakistan, officials said.

Obama Faces Last Chance on Iran Nuke Deal

Mon Nov 10, 2014 14:24:54

The Obama administration is facing its last best chance to reach a deal on Iran's nuclear program _ not just to meet an end-of-the-month deadline for a deal, but also to seal one before skeptical Republicans who will control Congress next year are able to scuttle it, AP reports.

Egyptian Terrorist Group Pledge Loyalty to Al-Baghdadi

Mon Nov 10, 2014 11:49:24

Egypt's most active militant group, Ansar Bayt al-Maqdis, has sworn allegiance to so-called Islamic State, the al Qaeda offshoot which fighting in Syria and Iraq, according to an audio clip posted on its Twitter account.

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