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Hezbollah and al Qaeda clash on Syria-Lebanon frontier
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Hezbollah and al Qaeda clash on Syria-Lebanon frontier

Hezbollah and the Syrian branch of al Qaeda have fought a deadly five-day battle in Syria near the border with…
Iraq forces find 53 corpses south of Baghdad
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Iraq forces find 53 corpses south of Baghdad

Iraqi security forces found the bodies Wednesday of 53 men who had been bound and executed in a confessionally mixed…
Shia cleric Sadr wants Maliki’s bloc to choose new Iraq PM candidate
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Shia cleric Sadr wants Maliki’s bloc to choose new Iraq PM candidate

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's coalition should withdraw its support for his third term bid and pick another candidate, urged…
Al Qaeda-linked group urged Lebanon attacks against Hezbollah before Wednesday bombing
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Al Qaeda-linked group urged Lebanon attacks against Hezbollah before Wednesday bombing

The al Qaeda-linked Abdullah Azzam Brigades had urged Lebanese Sunni Muslims to attack the Iranian-backed Shi'ite militant group Hezbollah a…
Sources: Sunni insurgents capture three towns in Iraq’s Anbar
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Sources: Sunni insurgents capture three towns in Iraq’s Anbar

An al Qaeda splinter group thrust east from a newly-captured Iraqi-Syrian border post on Sunday, taking three towns in the…
Mortar strike on Damascus school kills at least 12
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Mortar strike on Damascus school kills at least 12

Two mortar shells struck a school complex in central Damascus on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people and wounding dozens,…
Iraq attacks kill nine as bomber hits university
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Iraq attacks kill nine as bomber hits university

Baghdad (AFP) - Attacks in Iraq, including a suicide bombing at a university in north Baghdad, killed at least nine…
Lebanon army deploys in Tripoli in bid to end deadly unrest
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Lebanon army deploys in Tripoli in bid to end deadly unrest

Lebanese troops backed by helicopters deployed in strength in Tripoli on Tuesday in the first stage of a plan aimed…
Seven car bombs across Baghdad kill at least 13
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Seven car bombs across Baghdad kill at least 13

Seven car bombs exploded across Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least 13 people in apparently coordinated attacks that targeted mainly…
Gunmen kill six pro-government Sunni militiamen in Iraq
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Gunmen kill six pro-government Sunni militiamen in Iraq

 Gunmen wearing army uniforms killed at least six government-backed Sunni Muslim militiamen at a checkpoint near the Iraqi city of…
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