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Russia: Syrian Opposition Must Separate from Nusra

UNITED NATIONS — Russia’s foreign minister said Friday that Syria’s moderate opposition must separate from certain terrorist groups before there can be a real cessation of hostilities. “So we are all in favor of a cease-fire, but without separation of the opposition from Nusra, the […]

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Saudi Arabia Faces Increasing IS Threats at Home

Saudi Arabia is fighting a growing threat from the Islamic State that is both breeding homegrown terrorists and using the kingdom’s conservative religious teachings to undermine the monarchy. Saudi security forces say they detained 17 people this week who belonged to three cells that had […]

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Battle rages near Aleppo, air onslaught continues

Syrian government and rebel forces battled for control of high ground on the Aleppo outskirts on Saturday as warplanes bombed the city’s opposition-held east relentlessly in a Russian-backed offensive that has left Washington’s Syria policy in tatters. In their first major ground advance of the […]

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UN denounces Saudi raid on western Yemen region

The United Nations has censured a deadly Saudi airstrike against a residential neighborhood in Yemen’s western and coastal province of Hudaydah, arguing that such aerial assaults against the impoverished Arab country have intensified since July. UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, in a statement released on […]

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Egypt, Saudi stances on Syria crisis different: Cairo

The Egyptian foreign minister says his country’s attitude toward the ongoing deadly conflict in Syria differs from that of Saudi Arabia, which has been supporting militant groups fighting to unseat the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Sameh Shoukry said on Friday that terrorist groups […]