In the early phase of the Syrian civil war, Iran denied the presence of its forces on Syrian soil despite evidence to the ...

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United Nations says an international staffer was killed and 5 others wounded in an explosion in the Gaza Strip.

Iraqi leader announces the death of the IS deputy caliph on social media; Iraqi forces say he was targeted in an airstrike in the Anbar desert ...