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Shi’ite Militias Join Battle for Mosul

Iraqi forces advanced into a town south of Mosul Saturday as an Iraqi Shi’ite militia joined the offensive by opening up a new front to the west. Iraqi troops approaching Mosul from the south advanced into Shura after a wave of U.S.-led airstrikes and artillery […]

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Airstrikes, Fighting Continue in Aleppo

Syrian government forces and their allies launched a counteroffensive Saturday under the cover of airstrikes trying to regain control of areas they had lost to insurgents the day before in the northern city of Aleppo, activists and state media said. The government had reported it […]

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Syrian airstrikes on Aleppo amid intense clashes

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces launched a counteroffensive Saturday under the cover of airstrikes in an attempt to regain control of areas they had lost to insurgents the day before in the northern city of Aleppo, activists and state media said. Meanwhile, insurgents launched […]

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Jumblatt declares nomination of Aoun to presidency

NNA – Democratic Gathering” head, MP Walid Jumblatt, declared on Friday his nomination of head of “Change and Reform” bloc, MP General Michel Aoun, to presidency. “The majority of the Democratic Gathering and the Progressive Socialist Party will vote in favor of General Aoun,” MP […]