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Britain to ban Lebanon’s Hezbollah as terrorist group
Middle East

Britain to ban Lebanon’s Hezbollah as terrorist group

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday it plans to ban all wings of Hezbollah due to its destabilizing influence…
US pressing Gulf states to keep Syria isolated: sources
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US pressing Gulf states to keep Syria isolated: sources

DUBAI (Reuters) – The United States is lobbying Gulf states to hold off restoring ties with Syria, including the UAE…
Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market
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Iran-backed groups corner Iraq’s postwar scrap metal market

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) – The wrecks of vehicles used by Islamic State militants as car bombs and other metal debris…
Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution
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Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Like many other Iranian-Americans, Minoo Sharifan came to the United States from Iran in the 1970s…
Iran slams US as huge crowds mark 40 years since revolution
Middle East

Iran slams US as huge crowds mark 40 years since revolution

Iran’s president on Monday blasted a US “conspiracy” against the country as vast crowds marked 40 years since the Iranian…
Iraqi Christians fear returning home, wary of Shiite militia
Middle East

Iraqi Christians fear returning home, wary of Shiite militia

BARTELLA, Iraq (AP) — In the main square in the northern Iraqi town of Bartella stands a large cross, one…
Iraq Bikers aim to heal sectarian divide
Middle East

Iraq Bikers aim to heal sectarian divide

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Roaring along Baghdad’s highways, the “Iraq Bikers” are doing more than showing off their love of outsized…
Shah of Iran modernized his nation but vacillated in crisis
Middle East

Shah of Iran modernized his nation but vacillated in crisis

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — At the height of his power in 1971, Iran’s Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi drew…
Freed Christian woman still prisoner in Pakistan
Middle East

Freed Christian woman still prisoner in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Aasia Bibi, a Pakistani Christian acquitted of blasphemy, still lives the life of a prisoner in Pakistan,…
Iraq growing threat under Iran’s clout: Israel
Middle East

Iraq growing threat under Iran’s clout: Israel

TEL AVIV (Reuters) – Iran could use its growing clout in Iraq to turn the Arab country into a springboard…
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