By RICHARD W. PAINTER and NORMAN L. EISENJAN. 29, 2017 President Trump’s executive order banning travel to the United States from seven predominantly Muslim countries is being rightly challenged in the courts for, among …
Syrian Islamist rebel group Ahrar al-Sham said on Thursday six other rebel factions had joined its ranks in northwestern Syria in order to fend off a major assault by a powerful jihadist group. The …
Zeina Karam (Associated Press) – January 27, 2017 – 3:25am BEIRUT — The Trump administration’s expressed interest in setting up safe zones for civilians in Syria was greeted yesterday with caution by Russia …
LONDON — Kuwaiti authorities hanged seven prisoners on Wednesday in a mass execution, including a member of the royal family. Five of the prisoners were foreigners: one each from Bangladesh, Ethiopia and the Philippines, …
By Mark Hosenball | WASHINGTON A debate is under way in the Trump administration about whether the United States should declare the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization and subject it to U.S. sanctions, according …
By Maha El Dahan and Olga Popova | ABU DHABI/MOSCOW A deal struck in October for Syria to buy one million tonnes of wheat from its ally Russia to prevent bread shortages in government-held …
Turkey designates both Islamic State and the Nusra Front, now known as Jabhat Fateh al-Sham, as terrorist groups and acts in line with that policy, a Turkish foreign ministry source said on Thursday. Jabhat …
By Tom Perry | BEIRUT A powerful jihadist group has crushed a Free Syrian Army rebel faction in northwestern Syria, in an attack that threatens to deal a critical blow to the more moderate …
By Julia Edwards Ainsley | WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign several executive orders on Wednesday restricting immigration from Syria and six other Middle Eastern or African countries, according to several …
By Peter Holley January 21 IRBIL, Iraq — Hassan Jamil’s love affair with Donald Trump began in the thick of the American presidential campaign, when he found himself glued to his television screen on …
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