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November 3, 2016

Forming new Lebanese government will draw foreign aid, central bank says

Lebanon’s election of a new president and the formation of a government will increase confidence in the economy and attract foreign aid, the head of the country’s central bank...

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November 3, 2016

Hezbollah says battle in Syria is part of conflict with Israel

Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Sheikh Naim Qassem said that fighting takfiri groups in Syria is part of its battle against Israel. The Iranian Tasnim Agency quoted Qassem saying that the Syrian opposition’s sacrifices...

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November 3, 2016

Daesh leader confident in victory, in first message about Mosul battle

Daesh leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi expressed confidence in victory, in his first message after US-backed Iraqi forces started an offensive to take back Mosul, the last major city under...

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November 3, 2016

Demonstrations mark 99 years since Balfour Declaration

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November 3, 2016

Aid agencies in Iraq on high alert as families flee Mosul offensive

Aid agencies said yesterday that families who have fled Mosul and surrounding towns were starting to reach displacement camps away from the fighting, as Iraqi forces press on with...

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November 3, 2016

Mosul in flames

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November 3, 2016

Merkel accuses Syrian government of ‘crimes against humanity’

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday accused Syrian government troops of committing “crimes against humanity” that could not be overlooked. Human rights groups and Western countries have previously accused...
November 3, 2016

US and Turkey discuss seizure of Raqqa

The United States is continuing to talk with ally Turkey on the role it will play in the operation to seize the city of Raqqa, Daesh’s main stronghold in...

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November 3, 2016

Russia tells opposition forces to leave Syria’s Aleppo by Friday evening

Russia and the Syrian army on Wednesday told anti-government opposition in Aleppo to leave by Friday evening, signaling an extended moratorium on air strikes in the city. The Russian Defence...

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November 2, 2016

Mosul under Daesh: hardship, terror and swift ‘justice’

Whenever members of Daesh’s Mosul vice squad find a woman without gloves, they pull out a pair of pliers. What follows is just one of a wide range of...

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