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40 killed as Syria government rockets hit Damascus suburb

https://twitter.com/sakirkhader/status/660028663853940736 Forty people were killed on Friday when rockets fired by Syrian government forces crashed into a market in a rebel-held area outside Damascus, a...

Makkah crane collapse: Five engineers, technicians found guilty

Saudi Arabia’s Bureau of Investigations and Public Prosecution (BIP) in Jeddah has found five top technical and engineering officials guilty in the crane crash...

Malaysia says ISIS threat "very real" as video warns of attacks

Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak said Islamic State is a "very real" threat to the country, hours after a video from the regional wing...

Egypt court overturns death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists

An Egyptian appeals court overturned on Wednesday death sentences for 149 pro-Islamists accused of killing policemen in a mob attack on their station, a...

France plans to close mosques: Prime Minister Manuel Valls

As part of the fight against radical Islam, "jihadism" and terrorism, French Prime Minister, Manuel Valls, said he was ready to order the closure...

Saudi Arabia hosting Syrian opposition ahead of peace talks

Saudi Arabia is hosting Syrian opposition groups and many of the main rebel factions next week in an effort to come up with a...

$30 oil is 'irrational' and a rebound is 'inevitable,' according to Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia thinks oil prices at $30 per barrel are “irrational.” According to a report in The Financial Times, Khalid al-Falih, chairman of the state-owned...

Israeli who burned Palestinian alive ruled 'sane'

A psychiatrist has ruled that an Israeli found to have led the burning alive of a Palestinian teenager in 2014 was responsible for his...

Fighting between Syrian and Turkish armies continues

Turkey has sent thousands of troops into north-western Syria, hasn't been able to stop the Syrian government army to retake the Idlib province. Turkey said...

Boosting Middle East economy is way to beat extremism

Generating economic growth in the Middle East is crucial to defeating extremism, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday, putting forward his country as...

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