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US Allies Optimistic About Political Solution to Syrian Conflict

18 February 2017
U.S. allies said after a meeting Friday with Secretary of State Rex Tillerson they were encouraged the United States would support a political solution to the Syrian conflict. “All the participants want a political solution because a military solution alone won’t lead to peace in […]
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Palestinians Alarmed, But Not Surprised, By Trump-Netanyahu Comments

18 February 2017
Palestinians are expressing alarm – but not surprise – at the outcome of Wednesday’s meeting in Washington between the U.S. president and the Israeli premier, in which President Donald Trump appeared to back down from decades of U.S. policy. “I’m looking at two states and […]
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Assad Vows to Retake Raqa and ‘Every Inch’ of Syria

18 February 2017
President Bashar Assad on Thursday said Raqa is not a priority target for his forces, saying his goal is to retake “every inch” of Syrian territory. “Raqa is a symbol,” Assad said in an interview with French media, while asserting that jihadist attacks carried out […]
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Israeli Minister Warns Hizbullah after Threats to Hit Reactor

18 February 2017
Israel warned Hizbullah on Thursday against attacking it after Hizbullah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah threatened to strike Israel’s nuclear reactor in any future war. The comments by Nasrallah marked the first time his group explicitly threatened to target the reactor in the southern Israeli town […]
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slamic State Calls on Supporters to Target Religious Scholars

18 February 2017
LONDON — Islamic State propagandists have launched a coordinated online campaign accusing prominent Muslim clerics in the Arab world and the West of betrayal in an apparent bid to delegitimize them, especially in the eyes of younger Muslims. The terror group says the clerics are collaborating […]
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President alAssad: Any step on Syria’s future is up to the Syrians to decide

16 February 2017
President Bashar al-Assad affirmed on Wednesday that any step pertaining to Syria’s future is up to the Syrian people to decide. He was speaking during a meeting with the youth religious team that includes religious figures and Islamic preachers from all Syrian provinces with the […]
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Syria Talks in Astana ‘to be Held behind Closed Doors’

16 February 2017
Kazakhstan said Tuesday that a new round of Astana talks on the Syria conflict led by Russia, Turkey and Iran will take place behind closed doors, as the make-up of any rebel delegation remained unclear. The “closed format” negotiations are set to start Wednesday in […]
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Iraqi Christians Protest in Beirut, Demanding Resettlement

14 February 2017
Dozens of Iraqi Christians have marched outside the U.N. regional headquarters in Beirut, demanding the speeding up of their resettlement process. Thousands of Iraqi Christians have fled the fighting in their country to seek refuge in religiously-mixed Lebanon. Many of them are waiting for resettlement […]
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Rights Report: Syria Dropped Banned Chlorine Bombs on Aleppo

14 February 2017
A leading international human rights organization is accusing Syrian government forces of dropping banned chlorine bombs on residential areas of a key northern city at least eight times late last year. Human Rights Watch (HRW), in a report issued Monday, said the chlorine attacks on […]
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Italy Seeks Russia’s Help to Stabilize Libya, End Migrant Crisis

11 February 2017
LONDON — From a flimsy rubber dinghy drifting 16 kilometers off Tripoli, the Libyan coast guard rescued more than 100 migrants this week, including a baby just a few weeks old. Close to 9,500 migrants have crossed the Mediterranean already this year — putting 2017 on […]
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Detained Islamic State Fighter Offers Glimpse into Violent World

11 February 2017
KIRKUK, IRAQ — Islamic State militants usually speak to the media through their propaganda machine against a backdrop of bombs, mortars and sniper fire. To better understand what is happening in IS-controlled territories, VOA visits a detention center in Kirkuk, Iraq, to meet a self-described former […]

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