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SAINT-ETIENNE-DU-ROUVRAY, France: President Francois Hollande vowed on Tuesday to wage war against Daesh “by every means” within the law after two men linked to the militant group killed a priest in a French church. “We are confronted with a group, Daesh, which has declared war […]

NNA – Hezbollah sternly condemned, in a statement on Tuesday, “the horrific crime perpetrated by terrorist ISIS thugs, who beheaded a French priest inside his church and took other hostages.” “Hezbollah expresses condolences to the victim’s family and the French and world church family, as […]

U.S.-backed forces fighting to drive Islamic State out of northern Syria have gathered a massive trove of documents and data belonging to the militant group, potentially shedding more light on its operations, a U.S. military official said on Wednesday. The material, gathered as fighters moved […]

A quarter of a million Syrian children are growing up in Lebanon without an education. We look at the obstacle course they have to cross to get into the classroom. Ahmad was 13 years old, but he looked nine. He swaggered through the schoolyard like […]

Day in and day out for the past 18 months, two or three French soldiers have been posted by the doors of a small synagogue on the Rue St.-Lazare in central Paris, where they have become as much of a fixture as the bar on […]

Nearly every day seems to bring a new horror to the streets of Western Europe, leaving innocent men, women and children dead or broken, fueling political and social tensions and creating what some are already calling the summer of anxiety. Death and injury have been […]

The Islamic State’s latest suicide attack in Baghdad, which killed nearly 330 people, foreshadows a long and bloody insurgency, according to American diplomats and commanders, as the group reverts to its guerrilla roots because its territory is shrinking in Iraq and Syria. Already, officials say, […]

CLEVELAND – Donald J. Trump, on the eve of Accepting the Republican nomination for president, Explicitly raised new issues on Wednesday about His commitment to NATO allies Defending automatically If They are attacked This, he Saying Would first look At Their contributions to the alliance. […]

The Turkish government’s crackdown after a military coup attempt widened into a sweeping purge on Monday, cutting a swath through the security services and reaching deeply into the government bureaucracy and the political and business classes. The sheer numbers being detained or dismissed were stunning: […]