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As U.S. braces for Syrian refugees, mental health services lag

More than 20 years after Saddam Hussein's soldiers in Iraq killed his brother in front of him, Ali Alghazally still suffers from night terrors...

First reported Coronavirus death amid Yemen rebels

Stoking new fears of a major outbreak in the war-torn country, Yemen's Huthi rebels Tuesday announced the first Coronavirus death in the capital Sanaa,...

After Assad audience, Russia eyes seizing diplomatic initiative on Syria

The Kremlin believes it has taught Washington an object lesson in how to take on Islamist militants in Syria. Basking in the afterglow of...

200 join Saudi Aviation Flight Academy

As many as 200 students have enrolled into different courses at the Riyadh-based Saudi Aviation Flight Academy (SAFA) with 70 percent of them being...

Hundreds of dead animals in Pakistan amid lockdown

Weeks into the shutdown of Pakistan’s largest cities, hundreds of caged cats, dogs and rabbits have been found dead inside pet markets hurriedly shuttered...

Yarmuk, an epicentre of Syria’s bloody conflict

Poverty and exile, siege and starvation, jihadist rule and government shelling -- few places have seen more suffering in Syria's seven year, atrocity-filled war...

In Turkey avalanche, death toll disaster rises to 40

Turkish rescue workers scanned an avalanche field in eastern Turkey on Thursday, searching for a final missing person after two avalanches that killed dozens,...

Algeria Hirak’s anniversary

Algeria's president has declared Feb. 22 a special holiday to honor the protest movement that ousted the country's long-time leader last year. President Abdelmadjid Tebboune...

Dutch spy services unravel ‘myth’ of life with ISIS

Dutch secret services fear as many as 70 Dutch children may be growing up among Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (militants), warning in...

U.S. shale investors still waiting on payoff from oil boom

U.S. oil production has topped 10 million barrels per day, approaching a record set in 1970, but many investors in the companies driving the...

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