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Iraq using info from new intelligence center to bomb Islamic State: official

Iraq has begun bombing Islamic State insurgents with help from a new intelligence center with staff ...

Oct 14, 2015 01:24 AM EDT

Top China paper says U.S., Russia playing Cold War game in Syria

China's top newspaper on Tuesday accused both the United States and Russia of replaying their Cold W...

Oct 13, 2015 01:34 AM EDT

Islamic State is prime suspect in Turkey bombing, as protests erupt

Turkey's government said on Monday Islamic State was the prime suspect in suicide bombings that kill...

Oct 12, 2015 06:42 PM EDT

Bomb attack deepens divisions as Turkey faces bitter election

Aside from a carefully worded statement urging unity, President Tayyip Erdogan was unusually quiet a...

Oct 12, 2015 01:49 AM EDT

Islamic State figures killed in air strike; Baghdadi not believed among them

Eight senior figures from Islamic State were killed in an air strike while meeting in a town in west...

Oct 12, 2015 01:31 AM EDT

Russia's Putin, Saudi defense minister agree to cooperate in Syria

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Saudi Arabia's defense minister on Sunday, in Moscow's biggest ...

Oct 11, 2015 08:38 PM EDT

Islamic State makes closest advance to Aleppo, Iranian killed

Islamic State fighters have seized Syrian villages on the outskirts of Aleppo from rival insurgent f...

Oct 09, 2015 07:23 AM EDT

Jihadist threat posted online against Navy SEAL from bin Laden mission

A supporter of Islamic State militants has issued a threat against Fox News contributor Rob O'Neill,...

Oct 06, 2015 09:25 PM EDT

NATO denounces Russian incursion into Turkish airspace

The United States and NATO denounced Russia on Monday for violating Turkish airspace and Ankara thre...

Oct 05, 2015 06:45 PM EDT

Bangladesh beefs up security for foreigners after second killing claimed by Islamic State

Bangladesh stepped up security for foreign diplomats and citizens on Sunday after the killing of two...

Oct 04, 2015 10:44 PM EDT

Israel's Netanyahu launches all-out assault on Iran deal at U.N.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu used his annual United Nations address on Thursday to laun...

Oct 01, 2015 09:21 PM EDT

Russia begins Syria air strikes in its biggest Mideast intervention in decades

Russia launched air strikes in Syria on Wednesday in its biggest Middle East intervention in decades...

Sep 30, 2015 06:56 PM EDT

Qatar says Putin's Syria plan ignores root cause of crisis

Qatar's foreign minister said on Monday there was general international agreement with Russia on its...

Sep 29, 2015 07:00 AM EDT

U.S. support for Syria rebels illegal, Putin says ahead of Obama meeting

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday branded U.S. support for rebel forces in Syria as illegal...

Sep 27, 2015 08:36 AM EDT

U.S., allies review Afghan pullback options - WSJ

U.S. and allied defence officials, increasingly wary of White House plans to scale back the U.S. pre...

Sep 25, 2015 06:58 AM EDT

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