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New York: Rouhani slams Middle East “blunders”, urges final nuclear deal

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On Thursday, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani criticized Western powers on their blunders in the Middle East, but signaled Iran’s commitment in securing an agreement on its nuclear program. Speaking at the UN headquarters only days after the US widened its aerial campaign against Islamic State (IS) extremists from Iraq to Syria, Rouhani said that regional moderate forces with international backing …

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Canadian foreign fighter killed in Syria; family tried desperately to stop him

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20-year-old Mohamud Mohamed Mohamud, a native of Hamilton who had been recruited by extremist group Islamic State (IS), was reportedly killed in fighting in Syria last week, his family said. Earlier in the week, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had unofficially told his family that he was killed in the anti-IS military campaign, battling Kurdish troops in northern Syria. …

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Israel brings down Syrian warplane in Golan Heights airspace

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On Tuesday, Israel shot down a Syrian warplane over Golan Heights airspace, the first such incident in over three decades, and warned that it will respond “forcefully” in case of any security threat. The last time Israel had shot down a Syrian warplane was in 1985, drawing a sharp response from the then Syrian government. Israel has said that the …

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Political coalition claims Iran planning to “export fundamentalism” after revolutionary gains in Yemen

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A political coalition on Monday said that an Iranian lawmaker, a close associate of Ali Hosseini Khamenei, made remarks which revealed the regime’s role in developments in Yemen and plans for “exporting terrorism and fundamentalism”. The National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI) quoted Alireza Zakani referring to the Islamic Republic’s plan of “’unifying Muslims by Islamic Revolution”. On its …

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Syria: US-led coalition launch airstrikes against IS

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The United States, along with its Arab allies, on Tuesday unleashed deadly missile and bomb strikes on Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria, opening a new battlefront for the extremist group. Several dozens of al-Qaeda and IS were reportedly targeted in the raids, which the US has said partly targeted militants plotting an “imminent attack” against the West. The United …

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Germany: Muslims hold “Day of Action” rally to protest actions of IS

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On Friday, around 2,000 mosques in Germany were called on by top Muslim clerics in the country to use the Friday’s rituals to rally support against extremist group Islamic State (IS) and speak out against the beheadings in Iraq and Syria. Aiman Mazyek, the chairman of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, urged the nation’s Muslim population to speak …

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Lebanon: Eminent Shi’ite scholar Sayyed Hani Fahs passes away

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Prominent Shi’ite scholar Sayyed Hani Fahs and popular opponent of Hezbollah’s involvement in the Syrian civil war passed away in Beirut on Thursday, succumbing to a long-term illness. The 68-year-old had been in a coma after he was admitted to a hospital a few days ago. A moderate figure who commanded respect both outside and inside the Shi’ite community, Fahs …

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US: Training Syrian rebels won’t “happen overnight”; Iran open to talks on IS threat

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On Friday, The White House warned that training and providing arms to moderate rebel troops in Syria to fight the Islamic State (IS) will take months, only a day after the US Congress approved the plan in a rare show of bipartisanship. “We will move out as rapidly as can be done, in partnership with the countries that will host …

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Syria: IS extremists surround Kurdish town

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Extremists from the Islamic State (IS) have captured several villages around the city of Ain al-Arab thanks to heavy weaponry, as they closed in on the third largest Syrian town, the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights said on Thursday. “IS fighters have seized at least 21 villages around Kobane”, the Observatory’s director Rami Abdel Rahman said, referring to the town …

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IS video of another captive British journalist promises to reveal the “truth”

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Extremist group Islamic State (IS) on Thursday released a video of a British journalist John Cantlie to show that he was being held captive by the group. The video, which was posted on YouTube, shows Cantlie dressed in an orange jumpsuit speaking to the camera – he promised to reveal the “truth” about the extremist group in a series of …

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