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    Muslim Unity Qur'anic Order, Israeli Normalization Great Sin: Khamenei

    The unity of Muslims is a "definite duty and a Qur'anic order", Ayatollah said adding some regional governments' decision to normalize ties with Israel is a "great sin and mistake”.

    West Asia
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    Friday Prayers Targeted In Afghanistan’s Kandahar, 32 Killed

    The coordinated attack on Friday afternoon took place in the Bibi Fatima mosque, the largest mosque for Shia Muslims in the city, believed to be a Taliban stronghold.

    Central Asia
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    US drone strike hits IS suicide bomber in Kabul: officials

    American forces launched a drone strike in Kabul on Sunday targeting a suicide bomber in a vehicle who was aiming to attack the airport, US officials said, as the United States nears the.

    Central Asia
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    Qassem Soleimani- Iranian General Who Redrew the Middle East Map

    In Iraq while a US-led coalition confined itself to airstrikes, ground victories for Iraqi forces came with photographs emerging of Soleimani leading, never wearing a flak jacket.

    West Asia
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    3,000 Daesh Fighters Surrender In Last Bastion

    Around 3,000 members of the militant Islamic State have surrendered from the group's last holdout in Syria, Kurdish-led forces said on Tuesday, as air raids and shelling resumed after a brief lull.

    West Asia
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    The Wall, The Endless War, and the Troops Who Pay

    The suicide bombing in Manbij, Syria which killed up to twenty people, including two U.S. soldiers, a State Department employee, and a defense contractor, adds to the tragic toll of the war in Syria.

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    Turkey, Iran vow to work closer on Syria after US announcement

    Turkey, despite its differences with Iran and Russia over Syria, has worked closely with both countries to find a political solution to the war through the Astana process launched last year.

    West Asia
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    Iran strikes Ahvaz attack ringleaders near Euphrates

    "The missile attacks were followed by bombardment ... signalling Iranian military capabilities in the region," Pan Arab sattelite channel Al-Jazeera reported.

    West Asia
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    Rouhani slams US 'economic terrorism' in clash with Trump

    "We were engaged in the fight against Daesh, a distorted representation of Islam, before their attacks in Paris, London and Brussels. World will not have a better friend than Iran, if peace is what it seeks.”

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    Why Is Basra Burning and who Is Behind the Unrest

    The deadly unrest, led mostly by masked men, has left Iraq facing its latest political and security crisis as the country struggles to regain its feet after the war with Daesh.

    West Asia
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    Tehran summit ends with call for Idlib rebels to lay down arms

    Leaders of Russia, Turkey and Iran on Friday discussed a step-by-step "stabilisation" in Syria's Idlib, with a possibility of peace with some rebel groups, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after the talks.

    West Asia
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    UN: 10,000 'terrorists' in Syrian region of Idlib must be defeated

    United Nations Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday that the UN estimates that around 10,000 "terrorists" remain in northern Idlib province and need to be defeated.

    West Asia
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    'Erasing terrorist ideology': Iraqis fill the Mosul airwaves after IS radio silence

    During the Islamic State group's rule in Mosul, radio stations were banned and replaced with broadcasts of extremist propaganda. Today, young Iraqis are filling the city's airwaves.

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    US arrests Israeli national who coached IS attackers online

    US officials said Wednesday that a native Israeli woman living in Wisconsin coached potential Islamic State attackers on how to cook up ricin and kept a library of books on making bombs

    West Asia
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    Kabul declares ceasefire with Taliban for Eid

    The ceasefire will last “from the 27th of Ramazan until the fifth day of Eidul Fitr,” Afghan President Ashraf Ghani tweeted from an official account, indicating it could run from June 12-19.

    Central Asia
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    150 Daeshis transferred to Baghdad to be executed

    More than a hundred members of the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group captured during the liberation of the strategic northern Iraqi city of Mosul have been moved to Baghdad to face execution.

    West Asia
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    U.S. Threatens War If Syria Attacks Rebels Near Israel Border

    The warning came two days after a monitoring group reported that the Syrian army was moving into Dara'a after liberating all remaining terrorist-held areas near the capital, Damascus.

    West Asia
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    Syria police deploy in south Damascus after Daesh defeat

    The government on Monday liberated the Yarmuk Palestinian camp and adjacent neighborhoods of Tadamun and Hajjar Al-Aswad, putting Damascus fully under its control for the first time since 2012.

    West Asia
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    13 dead, 41 hurt as suicide bombers hit Indonesian churches

    Suicide bombers who carried out deadly attacks on three churches in Indonesia's second-largest city on Sunday were a family of six that included two young children, police.

    Southeast Asia
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    Israel calls on Syria’s Assad to ‘get rid’ of Iranian forces

    Israel Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman Friday called on President Bashar Assad to “get rid” of Iranian forces in Syria, warning their continued presence would only cause trouble.

    West Asia
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    Iraqis start voting in first election since defeating Daesh

    Iraqis began voting in the first parliamentary election on Saturday since defeating Islamic State, but few people expect its new leaders to deliver the stability and economic prosperity tha.

    West Asia
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    Syria’s White Helmets face ‘freeze’ on US funding

    Syria’s White Helmets rescue force are facing a “freeze” on funding from the US, its chief told AFP on Saturday, saying he was worried President Donald Trump would suddenly cut support.

    West Asia
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    Syrian rebels surrender last rebel-held area near Homs

    Syrian rebels have agreed to surrender an enclave north of the country's third largest city after relenting to intense government bombardment and a debilitating siege.

    West Asia
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    8 journalists among 25 people killed in twin Kabul blasts

    Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanekzai confirmed that four policemen were killed, while an Afghan media watchdog, the Afghan Journalists Safety Committee (AJSC).

    Central Asia

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