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Syrian army tightens noose around Palestinian camp
Syrian troops on Sunday tightened the noose around a major Palestinian refugee camp held by Islamic State militants in southern Damascus where ...Syrian army, Islamic State wage fierce battle in south Damascus
The Syrian army and its allies engaged in a fierce battle on Saturday with Islamic State fighters in an enclave south of ...Suspected jihadists kill over 30 Tuaregs in Mali
Suspected jihadists killed more than 30 Tuaregs, including women and children, on Mali\’s northeastern border with Niger, several sources said Saturday as ...Macedonia: 8 million-year-old elephant-like remains found
Paleontologists from Bulgaria and Macedonia are excavating the fossilized remains of a prehistoric elephant believed to pre-date the mammoth, after its bones ...Armenia celebrates as veteran leader quits amid protests
Armenia\'s veteran leader Serzh Sarkisian resigned on Monday after mass protests against his election as prime minister with sweeping powers, sparking celebrations ...Madagascar leader urges end to unrest amid protests over deaths
Madagascar\'s president on Monday demanded an end to unrest he said was intended to divide the country after two demonstrators were killed ...Syrian army targets south Damascus insurgent enclave
The Syrian army bombarded a jihadist enclave in south Damascus on Monday, state television and a war monitor said, as President Bashar ...Cuba marks end of an era as Castro hands over to Diaz-Canel
Cuba marked the end of an era Thursday as Miguel Diaz-Canel was formally elected as the country\'s new president, becoming the first ...Tens of thousands rally in France against Macron reforms
Tens of thousands of striking rail workers, angry public sector staff and students rallied across France on Thursday against President Emmanuel Macron ...More than 300 sentenced to death in Iraq for IS links
Iraqi courts have sentenced to death a total of more than 300 people, including dozens of foreigners, for belonging to the Islamic ...




