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POPE LAMENTS 'WINDS OF WAR' IN TRUMP-LINKED HOT SPOTS, CALLS FOR TWO-STATE SOLUTION IN MIDEAST
Lamenting the winds of war blowing around the world, Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Monday called for a two-state solution to find... READ MORE›
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POPE FRANCIS ENCOURAGES MOTHERS TO BREASTFEED IN SISTINE CHAPEL
Pope Francis has encouraged women attending a ceremony in the Sistine Chapel to feel free to breastfeed their children in the church... READ MORE›
SCORCHING 'HEAT DOME' OVER MIDDLE EAST SEES TEMPERATURES SOAR TO 165F IN IRAN
But some of the most affluent figures in the Middle East are blissfully unaware of the scorching heat, such as Saudia Arabia's King Salman... READ MORE›
PENTAGON INVESTIGATES ALLEGATIONS OF SKEWED INTELLIGENCE REPORTS ON ISIS
The Defense Intelligence Agency and the White House also declined to comment... READ MORE›
ISIS LEADER TAKES STEPS TO ENSURE GROUPS SURVIVAL
United States officials said gathering more insight on the Islamic State's shadowy leadership structure was a top priority... READ MORE›
WITH STRIKES US AIMS TO PUT PRESSURE ON ISIS IN SYRIA
As recently as Friday, Mr. Obama said he would take all steps necessary to combat the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq... READ MORE›
US GOVERNMENT ASKS TOYOTA: WHY DOES ISIL HAVE SO MANY OF THE COMPANY'S VEHICLES?
The us treasury department has asked toyota for help in understanding why isil has so many of their vehicles... READ MORE›
SHIITES IN IRAQ CHEER PUTINS INTERVENTION IN SYRIAN WAR
But the war with the Islamic State does not seem very far away... READ MORE›
ISIS DESTROYS MORE ARTIFACTS IN SYRIA AND IRAQ
But Thursday was the first time that the Islamic State said it had destroyed Palmyra statues... READ MORE›
LEADER OF ISLAMIC STATE USED AMERICAN HOSTAGE AS SEXUAL SLAVE
Systematic abuse Mueller's mistreatment is the latest evidence of the Islamic State's systematic abuse of women on a significant scale... READ MORE›
BODYGUARD OF SYRIAN REBEL WHO DEFECTED TO ISIL REVEALS SECRETS OF THE JIHADIST LEADERSHIP
Bodyguard of Syrian rebel who defected to Isil reveals secrets of the jihadist leadership... READ MORE›
OBAMA LOOKS AT ADDING BASES AND TROOPS IN IRAQ TO FIGHT ISIS
Obama would consider establishing a series of outposts where American advisers would work with Iraqi troops and local tribesmen... READ MORE›
SUCCESS OF KURDISH FORCES IS A BRIGHT SPOT FOR US
Coalition airstrikes have been essential in destroying Islamic State positions and paving the way for Kurdish advances... READ MORE›
ROW BREAKS OUT OVER PROPOSED PLANS TO CONVERT HISTORIC CONVENT INTO MOSQUE
The developer has placed an offer on St Mary's Convent in Ballaghadereen, which was originally built in 1876 but has been unoccupied for the past 20 years... READ MORE›
BRADFORD DAWOOD FAMILY 'SPLIT TO CROSS SYRIA BORDER'
Sisters Khadija Sugra and Zohra Dawood and their children went missing after travelling to Saudi Arabia... READ MORE›
OFFERING SERVICES ISIS DIGS IN DEEPER IN SEIZED TERRITORIES
ERBIL Iraq In northern Syria the jihadists of the Islamic State have fixed power lines dug sewage systems and painted sidewalks... READ MORE›
US AIR STRIKES TARGET IS GATHERING
International business times uk iraq suicide bombing briton killed during attack on police convoy 2 hrs ago... READ MORE›
WHY ISIS DESTROYED SOME ANCIENT TREASURES BUT NOT OTHERS
In March 2015, the Islamic State released videos showing its militants shooting at and bulldozing Hatra and Nimrud, ancient sites in northern Iraq... READ MORE›
MAP: THERE ARE 10 WORLD HERITAGE SITES IN IRAQ AND SYRIA. NINE ARE IN DANGER.
Islamic State group jihadists seized Syria's Palmyra on Thursday, as UNESCO warned that the destruction of the ancient city would be an enormous loss to humanity... READ MORE›
POPE CALLS UNFETTERED CAPITALISM 'THE DUNG OF THE DEVIL'
He also called for an end to what he said was the genocide of Christians taking place in the Middle East and beyond... READ MORE›
OBAMA SIGNALS 'NEW PHASE' AGAINST IS
Now what we need is ground troops, Iraqi ground troops, that can start pushing them back... READ MORE›
MASS GRAVES FOUND IN WESTERN IRAQ
It has also emerged that Islamic State may have killed 600 prisoners at a jail in Mosul they seized in June... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE IS RUBBING ITS HANDS WITH GLEE OVER THE SYRIAN REFUGEE CRISIS
The media have focused on the human tragedy of the tens or hundreds of thousands of people from areas under the bloodthirsty murderers of Isil... READ MORE›
WALKING WITH MIGRANTS: THE DIARY OF A JOURNEY FROM GREECE TO BERLIN
3pm, Piraeus I have met an Iraqi family who are pretending to be Syrian... READ MORE›
FEW US-TRAINED SYRIANS FIGHT ISIS SENATORS ARE TOLD
In Syria, the effort to use local ground forces has yet to take off... READ MORE›
ISLAMIC STATE DESTROYS 2,000-YEAR-OLD ARCH OF TRIUMPH IN PALMYRA
The Syrian presidency issued a rare condemnation of the destruction, describing it as Isil's revenge against a pluralistic history that threatens the extremist group's grand project... READ MORE›
OBAMA AUTHORIZES SENDING ADDITIONAL TROOPS TO IRAQ
104 COMMENTEMAILMORE WASHINGTON The White House authorized up to 1,500 additional troops to be sent to Iraq, the Pentagon announced Friday, doubling the size of the U... READ MORE›
LACK OF FUNDS: WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME DROPS AID TO ONE-THIRD OF SYRIAN REFUGEES
Jordan hosts about 630,000 Syrian refugees, including more than half a million in communities and the rest in camps... READ MORE›
A CROSS TO BEAR: THE VANISHING CHRISTIANS OF THE MIDDLE EAST
Rifugio Christians of the Middle East by Linda Dorigo and Andrea Milluzzi Schilt Publishing, 29.95, Amsterdam ... READ MORE›
IRAQI FORCES PLAN OFFENSIVE TO RETAKE RAMADI FROM ISIS
But the Islamic State's gains in Ramadi also led to a course correction on the American side... READ MORE›
HAVE US TACTICS ONLY HELPED TO MAKE ISLAMISTS MORE POWERFUL?
Isis, a year of the caliphate Have US tactics only helped to make Islamists more powerful?... READ MORE›