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France hands first ‘ex-Russian’ Mistral ship to Egypt
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U.S.-backed Syrian alliance widens offensive near IS capital
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the monitoring group, said Tabqa would be a difficult military target because Islamic State has large stocks of weapons there.
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Israel media: Police recommend indicting Netanyahu's wife
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied the allegations in a Facebook post.
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Netanyahu Picks Ultranationalist As Israel’s New Defense Minister
The Prime Minister also signed a coalition deal with Avigdor Lieberman’s party, forming the most right wing government in Israel’s history.
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In Iran, dividends of nuclear deal are slow to appear
Hopes that Iran would quickly reintegrate with world markets after its nuclear deal, bringing investment and opportunities to a young population, are turning to frustration. An opaque business environment in Iran and political uncertainty in the United States are to blame.
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Were EgyptAir Flight 804 Pilots Killed Before They Could Send a Mayday?
Whatever triggered a meltdown of the Airbus’s flight controls could also have brought instant death in the cockpit.
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Falluja assault: Iraq PM announces start of operation against IS
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has announced the start of a military operation to retake Falluja f-rom so-called Islamic State (IS).
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Syria conflict: Deadly blasts rock Assad strongholds
A series of car and suicide bombings has hit two government strongholds on Syria's Mediterranean coast
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Iran seeks money f-rom U.S. over 1953 coup that empowered American-backed shah
The compensation bill does not determine a monetary amount for the damages, the Islamic Republic News Agency reports.
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Libya: World powers ready to arm unity government
Decision comes at meeting in Vienna which also promises more humanitarian aid for the country.
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Israeli leader: Iran mocks WWII Holocaust, prepares another
Iran has long backed armed groups committed to Israel's destruction and its leaders have called for it to be wiped off the map. Israel fears that Iran's nuclear program is designed to threaten its very existence. But Netanyahu said that it not just Iran's belligerent policies that Israel opposed, but its values.
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Foreign ministers hold Vienna talks as Isis threat to Libya grows
Tripoli is likely to submit requests for western partners to assist it with arms, training and intelligence at Vienna meeting
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Blast kills Hezbollah military chief in Syria
His funeral was to be held in Hezbollah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut at 5:30 pm (1430 GMT), the movement announced.
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Horrifying Video Captures Deadly Airstrike On Syrian Hospital
Airstrikes pummeled the al Quds Hospital in a rebel-held part of Aleppo last week. There are just six doctors left there.
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16 found to be at fault for Doctors Without Borders hospital strike in Kunduz
Sixteen US service members were disciplined for their roles in the deadly strike on a Doctors Without Borders hospital in Afghanistan last October. The Pentagon is set to release an investigation into the bombing on Friday.
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Air strikes on Aleppo hospital kill doctors and children
Air strikes destroyed a hospital and killed dozens of people in rebel-held areas of Syria's Aleppo including children and doctors, while the United Nations called on Moscow and Washington to salvage a "barely alive" ceasefire.
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Israel army kills Palestinian siblings in 'attack'
More than six months of violence leaves at least 209 Palestinians and 29 Israelis dead.
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UN rejects Israel's claim over Syria's Golan Heights
Security Council says status of the Golan will not change after Netanyahu vows it will remain part of Israeli territory.
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Iran unveils new main battle tank made f-rom US and Chinese designs f-rom the 1960s
Earlier this month, Iran unveiled a new main battle tank, the Tiam, that appears to be a mashup of Chinese and US tanks f-rom the 1960s, The Diplomat reports.
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