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Mortar fire on Syria schools kills child, hurts 40: Media

AFP - Mortar rounds fired on schools in the Syrian capital on…

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Gunmen kidnap Jordan envoy to Libya, wound driver

A security official said the ambassador’s driver suffered gunshot wounds during the…

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Israel minister warns Kerry over ‘surrender’ to Iran

AFP- Israel’s intelligence minister Monday slammed as unacceptable comments by US Secretary…

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Hezbollah shifts tactics, narrative for Syria fight

Shedding its guerrilla tactics to fight alongside an army

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Libya PM quits, saying he was victim of attack

Thani quit less than a week after parliament tasked him on Tuesday…

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Islamists boycott Algeria vote as North African tide turns

AFP - Algeria’s Islamists – once the country’s leading political force –…

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Iran says not considering alternative UN pick

AFP- Iran signalled its defiance Saturday over America’s refusal to grant a…

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Saudi end to girls’ sports ‘welcome’: HRW

AFP- Human Rights Watch welcomed Saturday a recommendation by Saudi Arabia’s consultative…

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Ailing president eyes fourth term in Algeria vote

AFP-  Algerians will vote in a presidential election Thursday with Abdelaziz Bouteflika,…

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