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The Syrian army and its allies have been battling for weeks to recapture the tiny ISIS enclave. (File photo: AFP) The Syrian army resumed its offensive against ISIS militants in south Damascus on Monday after a short ceasefire to allow women, children and old people leave, state television said. The Syrian army and its allies […]

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo delivers remarks on the Trump administration’s Iran policy at the Heritage Foundation in Washington on Monday.  Photo: REUTERS WASHINGTON/ANKARA The United States on Monday demanded Iran make sweeping changes — from dropping its nuclear program to pulling out of the Syrian civil war — or face severe economic sanctions as the Trump […]

Tarek Hakim Ahmed, aka Abu Hamza al-Beljiki, an Moroccan-Belgian Islamic State member. Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) An Iraqi criminal court sentenced on Tuesday a Belgian member of the Islamic State to death for involvement with the group and threatening attacks in Europe. Tarek Jadoun, aka Abu Hamza al-Baljiki, of a Moroccan origin, was sentenced to death by […]

FILE PHOTO An Israeli Air Force F-35 fighter jet flies during an aerial demonstrationat the Hatzerim Airbase. December 27, 2017 © Amir Cohen / Reuters Israel, which has conducted several air raids in neighboring Syria, now brags it is the first country to use the US-made F-35 in combat to “attack” targets in the Middle […]

While President Donald Trump interest in prison reform, a schism within the GOP leaves little room for a win in bringing any criminal justice bill to the floor. | Mark Wilson/Getty Images Internal divisions among Senate Republicans will delay consideration of a prison reform bill backed by President Donald Trump that’s set to pass the […]

© Filippo Monteforte, AFP | Five Star Movement’s Luigi Di Maio shakes hands with League leader Matteo Salvini on March 1, 2018 Italy’s anti-establishment 5-Star Movement and the far-right League on Monday proposed Giuseppe Conte, a little-known law professor, as prime minister to lead their big-spending coalition government. But instead of immediately endorsing their choice, […]

Maduro will begin a second six-year term as Venezuela’s president in January 2019 [Ariana Cubillos/AP] Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was re-elected as president on Sunday in an election marred by controversy.A bloc of countries from the Americas opposing Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has said that all its 14 members will recall their ambassadors to the […]

Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani attends an extraordinary meeting of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in Istanbul, Turkey May 18, 2018. (REUTERS Photo) Iran’s president said on Monday that the United States could not decide for Iran after U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo demanded sweeping changes in the country’s foreign and nuclear policies, the […]

  The US secretary of state laid out a list of 12 ‘basic requirements’ for Iran [Jonathan Ernst/ Reuters] The US secretary of state has outlined a series of steep demands to be included in a new nuclear treaty with Iran, including withdrawing all its forces from Syria, and threatened “the strongest sanctions in history” if […]