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On-edge Lebanon braces for further terror attacks

Lebanon should brace for more waves of terror attacks after deadly bombings in the border village of Al-Qaa, security chiefs warned Tuesday. “We should not rule out that this terrorist crime is a harbinger of a wave of terrorist operations,” read a statement released following […]

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IS reportedly dislodges govt troops from al-Raqqa

The Islamic State (IS) group has expelled the government troops from Syria’s northern province of al-Raqqa, a monitor group reported Monday. The IS unleashed a wide scale offensive on Monday, managing to reverse the progress of the Syrian army and allied fighters, said the Syrian […]

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Is the Assad Regime Switching Gears?

Several recent events in Syria suggest that Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his allies are changing their strategy to focus on retaking more land from the Islamic State (ISIS or ISIL) in concert with harassment bombing of opposition-held territories in western Syria. By focusing on […]

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Second UN report on ISIL

Report of the Secretary-General on the threat posed by ISIL (Da’esh) to international peace and security and the range of United Nations efforts in support of Member States in countering the threat I. Introduction 1. In adopting its resolution 2253 (2015) on 17 December 2015, […]