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Iraqi premier dismisses offer to freeze Kurdish vote results

  Haider al-Abadi's office released the comments as the prime minister met with Iranian officials in Tehran, including the Islamic Republic's supreme leader. The timing shows...

Erdogan’s policies driving Turkey to the edge, challenger says

President Tayyip Erdogan is driving Turkey "to the cliff" through ideological politics and a determination to control the central bank, the main opposition party's...

U.S. steps up diplomacy, rebel support to end Syrian 'hell': Kerry

The United States is intensifying its diplomacy to end the "hell" of Syria’s civil war even as it increases support for moderate rebels fighting...

New rebel evacuations from Syria’s south

More rebel fighters with their families boarded buses to leave southern Syria on Saturday under deals with the regime, a war monitor said, after...

ISIS smuggles majority of oil via Turkey: Iraq PM said

Iraq’s premier Haider al-Abadi said Monday that most of the oil smuggled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group goes through...

Erdogan signals possible warming of ties with Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has signaled a possible warming of relations with Israel, saying in comments published Monday that the entire region would...

Death toll from airstrike on Yemen wedding hits 131

Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting Houthi rebels denies firing missiles at Red Sea village where wedding reception was being held The death toll from an airstrike...

Benjamin Netanyahu labelled as a “reactionary racist”

Israel's foreign minister denounced Democratic front-runner Bernie Sanders on Wednesday saying that those who support Israel would not back Sanders' presidential candidacy after his...

Palestinian factions call for "day of rage", diplomats push on for peace

Palestinian factions called for mass rallies against Israel in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem in a "day of rage" on Friday, as...

Kingdom tightens noose around top Hezbollah figures

THE Kingdom on Thursday imposed sanctions on at least 12 Hezbollah leaders and officials accused of responsibility for carrying out operations for the group...

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