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Syrian army retakes Damascus areas captured by rebels
Middle East
March 20, 2017
Syrian army retakes Damascus areas captured by rebels
Syrian government forces on Monday regained control of parts of Damascus that were attacked and captured by rebels and militants…
Israel threatens to destroy Syrian air defenses
Middle East
March 20, 2017
Israel threatens to destroy Syrian air defenses
Israeli Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman has warned Syria that Israel will destroy its air defense system if Syria fires an…
Iraqi forces close in on Mosul mosque as residents flee
Middle East
March 19, 2017
Iraqi forces close in on Mosul mosque as residents flee
Iraqi army helicopters strafed and fired rockets at Islamic State positions in Mosul's Old City on Sunday as troops on…
IS Mosul commander killed, government forces battle for bridge
Middle East
March 15, 2017
IS Mosul commander killed, government forces battle for bridge
Iraqi government forces killed the Islamic State commander of Mosul's Old City on Tuesday as the battle for the militants'…
Chinese territory offers leniency for ‘terrorists’ who turn themselves in
World
March 14, 2017
Chinese territory offers leniency for ‘terrorists’ who turn themselves in
Authorities in China's western region of Xinjiang on Tuesday offered leniency to "separatists, terrorists and religious extremists" who turn themselves…
Copts fleeing Arish receive government grant in Gharbiya
Egypt
March 14, 2017
Copts fleeing Arish receive government grant in Gharbiya
The Social Solidarity Directorate in Gharbiya governorate has granted a LE3,000 subvention for each Coptic Christian family that arrived in…
Iraq forces face tough resistance in advance on Mosul’s Old City
Middle East
March 14, 2017
Iraq forces face tough resistance in advance on Mosul’s Old City
Iraqi forces battling Islamic State faced tough resistance from snipers and mortar rounds on Monday as they tried to advance…
Displaced Arish Copts receive 48 apartments in Ismailia: church
Egypt
March 12, 2017
Displaced Arish Copts receive 48 apartments in Ismailia: church
Some 48 families have received apartments in Mostaqbal City, Ismailia governorate, said Father Youssef Shoukry, the pastor of Saint Bishoy Coptic…
Amal Clooney to Iraq: Allow UN probe of Islamic State Yazidi crimes
Middle East
March 12, 2017
Amal Clooney to Iraq: Allow UN probe of Islamic State Yazidi crimes
International human rights lawyer Amal Clooney and a young Yazidi woman who was enslaved and raped by Islamic State fighters…
Islamic State frees Mosul prisoners as grip on last major city slips
Middle East
March 12, 2017
Islamic State frees Mosul prisoners as grip on last major city slips
Islamic State has released dozens of prisoners held in jails in the districts of the northern Iraqi city of Mosul…