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Mauritanian leader set to win new term amid poll boycott
The ex-army general has campaigned strongly on his success in fighting armed…
‘Systematic’ chemical weapons use in Syria: watchdog
AFP - Chemical weapons such as chlorine have likely been used in…
Militants hit main Iraq refinery as PM sacks officers
The crisis threatens to carve up the country while the assault on…
Fighting nears Baghdad as UN warns crisis ‘life-threatening’
Iraqi officials have insisted they are making progress in repelling the fighters,…
Palestinian killed in Israeli crackdown over missing 3
The army says more than 150 Palestinians have been arrested in the…
Syria government retakes strategic town on Turkey border: State TV
AFP - Syrian government forces on Sunday recaptured the strategic town of…
South Sudan crisis ‘deteriorates’ after six months of war
War in the young nation has already killed thousands and forced more…
Iraq presses counter-offensive as US deploys warship
The militants, spearheaded by the powerful jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and…
50,000 children facing death in war-torn South Sudan: UN
War in the young nation has already killed thousands and forced more…
Syria TV says 30 killed in blast near Iraq border
AFP - A bomb attack targeting a weapons bazaar in eastern Syria…