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Saudi Arabia asks nations to respond to Iran with ‘firmness’

JIDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia's foreign minister on Thursday urged Muslim nations to confront with "all means of force and firmness" recent...

Syria crisis: Russia and US military to hold talks on air strikes

Military commanders from Russia and the United States will hold another round of talks Wednesday on how to stay out of each other's way...

Two Indians and policeman wounded in Qatif shooting, Saudi

Two Indians and a Saudi policeman were wounded by gunfire in the east of the kingdom as authorities hunted suspects linked to unrest by...

Saudi Prince Turki: Muslim countries need to take lead in fighting terrorism

A prominent Saudi prince said Sunday that Muslim countries need to take the lead in fighting terrorism and that a recently announced Islamic counterterrorism...

Suicide bomb kills at least 13 near Baghdad

Iraqi officials say a suicide bombing in a commercial area northeast of Baghdad the previous evening killed at least 13 civilians. A police officer said...

Syria's Nusra Front leader urges wider attacks on Assad's Alawite areas to avenge Russian...

  Abu Mohamad al-Golani, leader of Syria's al-Qaeda afiliate, says Russia's military intervention since last week was aimed at saving Bashar al-Assad's rule from collapse The...

Syria's Assad flies to Moscow to thank Russia's Putin for air strikes

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad flew to Moscow on Tuesday evening to personally thank Russia's Vladimir Putin for his military support, in a surprise visit...

Israel charges 13-year-old Palestinian with attempted murder

A 13-year-old Palestinian appeared in court Friday, charged with attempted murder over the stabbing and serious injury of two Israeli schoolboys in occupied east...

77 dead as Syria enclave pounded ahead of expected ground assault

Heavy Syrian bombardment killed at least 77 civilians in rebel-held Eastern Ghouta on Monday, a war monitor said, as regime forces appeared to prepare...

NATO head sees 'troubling escalation' of Russian activity in Syria

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday there had been a "troubling escalation" in Russian military activity in Syria, after Moscow dramatically expanded its...

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