ISIS killing of US serviceman shows threat persists | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle EastThere are many ISIS detainees in eastern Syria, including many families of ISIS fighters. These detainees will need to be addressed, and the…
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ISIS killing of US serviceman shows threat persists
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Two U.S. soldiers, one civilian killed in Syria, Pentagon says
Central Command said the assailant, who was killed, was a lone gunman affiliated with ISIS. The attack is the first to inflict casualties since the fall of Syrian President Bashar Assad a year ago
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Israel says it killed Hamas weapons chief in Gaza
Israel said it killed the head of weapons production in Hamas’s military wing in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
The civil defence agency and medical sources in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory told AFP an Israeli strike killed five…
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Israel says killed top Hamas weapons figure in Gaza
Israel said it killed the head of weapons production in Hamas’s military wing in a strike in the Gaza Strip on Saturday.
The civil defence agency and medical sources in the Hamas-run Palestinian territory told AFP an Israeli strike killed five…
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Two US soldiers, interpreter killed in ISIS ambush in Syria, Pentagon says
WASHINGTON – Two US Army soldiers and an American military interpreter were killed, and three other US troops were wounded, in what the Pentagon said was an ambush near the Syrian city of Palmyra on Saturday.
The incident, which the…
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Two US soldiers, interpreter killed in ISIS ambush in Syria
WASHINGTON – Two US Army soldiers and an American military interpreter were killed, and three other US troops were wounded, in what the Pentagon said was an ambush near the Syrian city of Palmyra on Saturday.
The incident, which the…
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Iran spares life of child bride after UN intervention
Iran spares life of child bride after UN intervention | The Jerusalem PostJerusalem Post/Middle East/Iran NewsGoli Koukhan paid the family of her dead abusive husband 10bn tomans in a diyah (blood money) payment to avoid being put to death by the…
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Top Hamas commander Raad Saad killed by IDF strike in Gaza City — official
Top Hamas commander Raad Saad was killed by an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City on Saturday afternoon, an Israeli official said, in an escalatory move that appeared to be an Israeli violation of the ceasefire with the terror group.
Without…
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Israeli military targets senior Hamas commander in Gaza strike
CAIRO/JERUSALEM, Dec 13 (Reuters) – The Israeli military struck a car in Gaza City on Saturday carrying senior Hamas commander Raed Saed, one of the architects of the October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, according to an Israeli defence…
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Guterres marks end of UN mission in Iraq
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Saturday marked in Baghdad the end of the United Nations’ political mission in Iraq, which supported the country’s transition following the US-led invasion.
At Baghdad’s request, the United Nations…
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