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the kurds were essential to finding the leader of the islamic state.

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis resigned, as did Brett McGurk, the presidential envoy for the fight against the Islamic State, who both considered it a mistake. Since Trump took office, top administration officials had said the U.S. presence in Syria was not just to ensure the end of..

un report: over 350,000 afghans displaced in 2019

TEHRAN - Afghanistan has displaced more than 350,000 people throughout the war-torn country since January 1, according to data by United Nations Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs .. The displacements occurred as Afghan forces continue to the  Taliban and Islamic..

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trump's flawed turkey-first strategy betrays christians and yazidis

Turkey invaded northeastern Syria on Wednesday, days after President Trump appeared to green light the in conversation with his Turkish Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. ..

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extremists attack somalia government office, minister among 5 dead

MOGADISHU, Somalia — Gunmen set off car bombing and then stormed government building Somalia's Saturday, killing at least five people including the minister, police said. ..

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how saddam hussein made the middle east stable

Now, full decade after he was removed, Iran is absolute mess the country's religious groups fighting among themselves its fledgling political system is failing dozen candidates for office have been assassinated in the last ten years. The Islamic State of Iraq, Qaeda front there,..

`murderers of the innocent' strike turkey

After serving five months in prison, Erdogan returned to politics and followed his party into office on a landslide in 2002. . 'He was not elected because the people wanted an Islamic state, but because they were fed up with inefficiency, corruption and the personal, bitter..

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