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Myanmar conflict: civilians caught in battle in north
More than 2,000 people have been displaced from their homes in Myanmar's northern Shan state, as the Ta’ang National Liberation Army, an ethnic Palaung armed group and the Myanmar army staged tit-for-tat attacks. That's
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ISIL-linked Indonesia group blamed for attack on Wiranto
As Indonesia's top security chief, Wiranto, continues to recover on Friday after emergency surgery at the country's main army hospital in Jakarta, investigators are trying to determine how two suspected members of the outlawed Jamaah
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Tunisia presidential hopeful walks free from jail in time for runoff
ANKARA: Turkish troops and the Syrian National Army launched Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria on Wednesday afternoon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said its aim is to “prevent the creation of a terror corridor
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How will Syrian border towns react to Turkey’s Operation Peace Spring?
ANKARA: Turkish troops and the Syrian National Army launched Operation Peace Spring in northern Syria on Wednesday afternoon. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said its aim is to “prevent the creation of a terror corridor
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World reacts to Turkey’s military operation in northeast Syria
Turkey has launched a military operation against Kurdish positions in northeast Syria, just days after US troops pulled out of the area. Ankara says it is targeting the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
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US takes custody of two high-profile ISIL fighters
The United States has taken custody of two high-profile members of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) armed group who became notorious for beheading hostages and boasting about it
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Pompeo urges Iraq’s prime minister to tackle protesters’ grievances
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government sent Iranian-backed armed factions to crack down on demonstrations and kill protesters, senior Iraqi security officials and politicians told Arab News on Tuesday. The groups are said to directly report
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Iranian general ‘played leading role’ in crackdown on Iraqi protests
BAGHDAD: The Iraqi government sent Iranian-backed armed factions to crack down on demonstrations and kill protesters, senior Iraqi security officials and politicians told Arab News on Tuesday. The groups are said to directly report
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Charges in Mongolia LGBT attack hint at changing attitudes
Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia - One night last month, Bosoo Khukh Mongol, an ultra-right Mongolian nationalist group, teamed up with a local television station to lure a transgender sex worker into a hotel room. Once inside, they
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‘Partisan’: White House refuses cooperation in impeachment probe
The White House on Tuesday said it would not cooperate with an impeachment investigation into President Donald Trump, labelling the process partisan, illegitimate and unconstitutional as it blocked an ambassador from giving evidence to the


