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Saudi Arabia and nine other Arab states agreed in Jeddah on Thursday to rally behind the United States in its fight against extremists from the Islamic State (IS) as it contends to build an international coalition to help combat the extremist group. In its final statement, the United States and the ten nations declared their “shared commitment to stand united …

The UN’s new Syria envoy on Thursday said that the world needs to confront “terrorist groups” in Syria and in other parts of the world, but that Syria also needs a political solution. “The terrorist groups need to be confronted and that’s clear. But there is no contradiction… in fighting terrorism both with security measures… but also with (an) accelerated …

Late Wednesday night, US Senator Ted Cruz was booed off the stage at a conference for Middle East Christians, causing an interruption at a gala dinner for the In Defense of Christians summit in the capital city of Washington, D.C. “Tonight, we are all united in defense of Christians… Tonight, we are all united in defense of Jews. Tonight, we …

The Philippines is going to deport a Muslim Canadian national this week, after he was reportedly “inciting and recruiting locals to conduct terrorist activities”, a top official from the immigration bureau said on Wednesday. The Southeast Asian nation has been checking up on intelligence reports that around 100 Muslims in the Muslim-dominated south had left the nation in response to …

On Wednesday, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) confirmed the “systematic” use of chlorine in chemical warfare in Syria. After an investigation by an OPCW team in Syria, a report publishing the findings established “compelling confirmation” that the chemical was used “systematically and repeatedly” as a weapon in several villages in northern Syria earlier in the year. …

Hamas’ exiled deputy chief Mussa Abu Marzuq on Wednesday said that it would resume indirect talks with Israel and consolidate the ceasefire in Gaza in mid-September in Cairo. Fifty days of lethal fighting between the Israelis and the Palestinians caused the death of over 2,200 people. The war ended on August 26th with an open-ended peace deal. Under the terms …

Late on Tuesday, an explosion killed 47 members of pragmatic Syrian rebel brigade Ahrar al-Sham, including most of its leadership, dealing a fresh blow to the nation’s armed opposition which could fragment its most important coalition. The opposition rebels were killed when an explosion occurred during a meeting of its top military and religious chiefs, held in the north-eastern province …

American Muslim advocacy group Council on American–Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Tuesday hinted that racial profiling may be the reason why the bank accounts of several dozens of Americans were closed, without any explanation from the banks. It has also filed a complaint at the US Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division to check if race is a factor in the closures. …

On Wednesday, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said Russia had withdrawn almost all of its soldiers who had allegedly snuck across international borders to boost separatist forces in Ukraine, and promised greater autonomy for the separatists so that the fragile truce between the two could endure. Poroshenko’s comments come as EU envoys gathered in Brussels to discuss the new set of …

Syrian media on Tuesday accused Arab governments of giving the United States prior consent for military action against extremists. The remarks come ahead of discussions between US Secretary of State John Kerry and US allies in the region to be held on Thursday – they will likely talk about joint action to cope with the threat posed by the Islamic …