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Foreign ministers hold Vienna talks as Isis threat to Libya grows
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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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Aleppo Hospital Hit By Rebel Rockets
The hospital has reportedly been badly damaged.
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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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Israeli Army Discovers Hamas-Built Tunnel Stretching F-rom Gaza To Israel
“We have neutralized the tunnel in Israeli territory, rendering it unusable for infiltration by Hamas terrorists.”
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Netanyahu vows Golan will ‘forever’ remain Israel’s at 1st ever cabinet meeting in occupied land
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tel Aviv will never withdraw f-rom the Golan Heights, a strategic area captured f-rom Syria in 1967, claiming it has been in Israeli hands “since antiquity.”
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Paul Ryan says Middle East allies thanked him for taking on Trump
Fresh f-rom a trip to the Middle East, Republican House Speaker Paul Ryan told reporters on Thursday that American allies in the region — including Israel — thanked him for taking on Donald Trump over his call to bar Muslim immigrants f-rom the United States.
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