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1,850 killed, over 500,000 displaced in Yemen: UN
The United Nations said Tuesday that some 1,850 people had been killed and more than 500,000 displaced as a result…
Syria accuses Jordan of training ‘terrorists’
Syria has accused Jordan of training "terrorists" on its soil and urged the UN Security council to force an end to…
Saudi Arabia asking Pakistan for nuclear weapons, US sources say
Saudi Arabia has been in discussion with Pakistan over the acquisition of a nuclear weapon, according to US…
Iraq must own difficult fight to reclaim Ramadi: U.S. officials
WASHINGTON: The United States will support Iraq’s difficult fight to reclaim lost territory in…
Houthi violations ended Yemen truce – foreign minister
RIYADH: A Saudi-led coalition resumed airstrikes in Yemen on Monday after a five-day humanitarian pause…
Islamic State says it has Full Control of Iraq’s Ramadi
Islamic State militants said they had taken full control of the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Sunday in the…
Special Report: The middle-class Islamists behind Tunisia’s museum attack
One of the young men was a high school literature student who helped his father tend the family olive trees in…
IS leader criticises Saudi’s ‘so-called war’ in Yemen
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, self-proclaimed leader of the Islamic State (IS), released his first audio recording in six…
Obama seeks to reassure Gulf allies, sees no early end to Syria war
U.S. President Barack Obama said on Friday that Washington would help Gulf allies face conventional military…
IS seizes Iraqi govt compound, kills dozens in Syria
Islamic State extremists made key gains Friday, seizing a government compound in the strategic Iraqi city of…