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Syria regime strikes kill 7 in latest Idlib bloodshed

Maaret al-Numan, Syria, May 30, 2019 (AFP) - Regime air strikes on a jihadist enclave in northwest Syria killed seven civilians on Thursday, a...

Drone video shows devastation in Raqqa, Syria

RAQQA, Syria (AP) — Drone footage from the northern Syrian city of Raqqa shows the extent of devastation caused by weeks of fighting between...

Hamburg Islamist knife attacker gets life in prison

A Palestinian jihadist who killed one man and wounded six other people in a German supermarket knife rampage last year was sentenced on Thursday...

Arab foreign ministers accuse Iran of undermining regional security

Arab foreign ministers condemned attacks on Saudi diplomatic missions in Iran and warned on Sunday that the country would face wider opposition if it...

Muslims in Asia denounce Trump's call for "U.S. ban"

Muslims in Pakistan and Indonesia on Tuesday denounced Donald Trump's call for a ban on Muslims entering the United States, dismissing the U.S. Republican presidential...

2 Saudi soldiers captured by Rebels in Yemen

Two Saudi Arabian soldiers have been captured by rebels in Yemen, the Saudi-led coalition confirmed on Monday, vowing to bring them back. "We have evidence...

Yemen peace talks 'closer' to agreement: UN envoy

The UN envoy said Wednesday that Yemen's warring parties were closer to agreement at peace talks in Kuwait as he prepared to brief the...

Curtailed hajj compounds Saudi economic woes

Riyadh (AFP) - Vacant religious sites. Abandoned pilgrim tents. Lifeless hotels. A stunning emptiness -- and fears of economic ruin -- haunt the usually...

19 pilgrims die in Saudi Arabia bus accident

At least 19 pilgrims died, all of them Egyptian, and 22 were injured early on Saturday when their bus overturned in western Saudi Arabia,...

Emirati tycoon creates largest Arab education fund with $1.14 billion

A billionaire businessman from the United Arab Emirates launched the Arab world's largest education fund on Wednesday, setting aside $1.14 billion (4.2 billion dirhams)...

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