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Air raids disrupt jihadist oil operations in Syria
US-led air strikes in Syria disrupted the Islamic State group's
lucrative oil-pumping operations as Britain's parliament on Friday
debated joining anti-jihadist raids in neighboring Iraq.
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ISIS shifts strategy in face of air strikes
Islamic State militants are changing tactics in the face of US air strikes in northern Iraq.
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FBI says it has identified man in IS beheading videos
The United States has identified the masked Islamic State terrorist who
murdered two kidnapped American journalists in separate videotaped
beheadings, FBI chief James Comey said Thursday.
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As U.S. takes on the Islamic State, al-Qaeda remains degraded but not defeated
Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of al-Qaeda's founders and its leader for the
past three years, released a video announcing the formation of a new
affiliate in India and lamenting the turmoil being caused by the rival
Islamic State in Syria.
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Abbas denounces 'genocidal' Israel, urges UN to back timetable for Palestinian statehood
Without a "firm timetable" in place to end the Israeli presence in
Gaza and the West Bank, there's no value in continuing peace talks
President Mahmoud Abbas said during his speech at the UN General
Assembly Friday.
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Middle Israel: Person of the year
Our person of the year 5774 may well have been an Arab, yet another
protagonist of the gruesome epoch that has been unfolding about us since
autumn 2010.
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Syria's Islamist rebels fear US could hit them next
When the United States opened its aerial campaign against the Islamic
State group in Syria this week, its first salvo also hit an al-Qaeda
cell it says was planning terror attacks - a move that has injected
more chaos into the conflict and could help Syrian President Bashar
Assad.
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Obama meets with el-Sissi, says Egypt key to Mideast security
US President Barack Obama on Thursday touted the longstanding
relationship between the United States and Egypt as a cornerstone of
American security policy in the Middle East.
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Palestinians see UN session as window for US to show support
WEST BANK - There are no surprises expected when Palestinian Authority
President Mahmoud Abbas takes to the podium at the United Nations
General Assembly on Friday even if different parties come away with
vastly different reactions.
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MPs support UK air strikes against IS in Iraq
The UK Parliament has backed British participation in air strikes against Islamic State extremists in Iraq.