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Islamic State leader reportedly wounded in US-led air strikes in Iraq
US-led air strikes have targeted a gathering of Islamic State leaders in
Iraq in a town near the Syrian border, possibly including the group's
top commander Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
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Jordanians denounce peace with Israel, vow 'jihad to liberate Al-Aksa'
Several thousand protesters took to the streets of Jordanian cities on
Friday, calling on the government to scrap its peace deal with Israel
following escalating violence at the Al-Aksa mosque in Jerusalem.
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Netanyahu Assures EU: No Jewish Prayer on Temple Mount
Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu met with the European Union's new
foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini in Jerusalem on Monday, where
he made a partial push for Jewish religious rights that fell short of
prayer at the Temple Mount, the holiest site in Judaism.
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Mohammed's Successor Advances on Jerusalem
The Islamic State (ISIS) has announced that the Sinai Peninsula is now a
caliphate, an Islamic state led by a supreme religious and political
leader known as a caliph - i.e. "successor" - to Mohammed.
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Hamas: 'Popular army' formed for 'liberation of al-Aksa'
Hamas has declared the formation of a "popular army" at the Jabaliya
refugee camp in the northern Gaza Strip on Friday, according to a
report by the AFP.
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Report: European states threaten to recognize Palestinian statehood
Additional European nations have reportedly threatened to follow suit of
Sweden and unilaterally recognize Palestinian statehood if peace talks
between Israel and the Palestinian Authority are not relaunched.
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Islamic State crisis: US to send 1,500 more troops to Iraq
The US is to send 1,500 more non-combat troops to Iraq to boost Iraqi
forces fighting Islamic State (IS) militants, nearly doubling the US
presence.
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Ya'alon: Israeli politicians' visits to Temple Mount provoked Jerusalem terror attacks
The rioting by Palestinians in east Jerusalem is a response to Israeli
ministers and lawmakers who made "provocativeâ" visits to the Temple
Mount, Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon told Channel 10 on Saturday.
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Ex-USSR leader Gorbachev: World on brink of new Cold War
The world is on the brink of a new Cold War, and trust should be
restored by dialogue with Russia, former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev
has said.
* 'We need a Palestinian state,' new EU foreign affairs chief says in Gaza
The European Union's new foreign affairs chief Federica Mogherini on
Saturday called for the establishment of a Palestinian state, saying the
world "cannot afford" another war in Gaza.