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Arab leaders agree joint military force - 03/30/2015

SHARM EL SHEIKH, EGYPT, Haitham El-Tabei- Arab leaders agreed on Sunday to form a joint military force after a summit dominated by a Saudi-led offensive on Shiite rebels in Yemen and the threat from...

Alps crash captain shouted 'open the damn door' - 03/30/2015

BERLIN, GERMANY, Kate Millar- The captain of a passenger jet that investigators believe was deliberately crashed into the French Alps, killing all 150 aboard, shouted at the co-pilot to "open the...

Syria's Idlib city out of Syrian army control - 03/29/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and its allies seized on Saturday the city of Idlib, the second provincial capital lost by the government, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said....

Tunisians march against extremism after museum massacre - 03/29/2015

TUNIS, TUNISIA- Thousands of Tunisians, led by their president and joined by several foreign dignitaries, are to march in the capital Sunday to denounce terrorism after the museum massacre of 22...

Islamists enter flashpoint city in northwest Syria: monitor - 03/28/2015

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Islamist rebels entered neighbourhoods in the regime-held city of Idlib in northwest Syria for the first time in four days of fierce clashes with government forces, a monitor...

US drops 60,000 propaganda leaflets on IS in Syria - 03/27/2015

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The US military dropped 60,000 leaflets on the Islamic State group's de facto capital in Syria showing a grisly depiction of extremist recruits being fed into a meat...

Saudi-led raids on Yemen rebels 'successful': coalition - 03/26/2015

RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- The first wave of Saudi-led air raids against Shiite rebels in Yemen was "successful", the coalition said Thursday, vowing to press on with the intervention until goals are...

Syria destroys three chemical weapons sites - 03/26/2015

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- Syria has destroyed three of its 12 chemical weapons production sites but is unable to dismantle three other facilities because of security conditions, the OPCW...

Tunisians honour massacre dead as museum reopening delayed - 03/25/2015

TUNIS, TUNISIA, Antoine Lambroschini- Tunisians on Tuesday honoured the 21 people killed in last week's jihadist attack on foreign tourists at their national museum, but its promised reopening was...

Sultan back in Oman after 'successful' treatment - 03/24/2015

MUSCAT, OMAN- Sultan Qaboos of Oman flew home on Monday after spending more than eight months in Germany for medical treatment that was completely successful, state television reported. Qaboos...
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