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    Soleimani's Assassination: The Mafia Would Have Been Proud

    Trump’s reckless policy may help his re-election, but it also makes it much more likely that the US will sink ever deeper into the morass of the Mideast.

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    Iraqi Parliament Calls for Expulsion of US Troops

    Iraq's parliament voted in an extraordinary session Sunday to expel all American troops from the country and file a UN complaint against the U.S. for violating Iraq's sovereignty with its assassination of Gen Soleimani.

    West Asia
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    Trump Threatens to Hit Cultural Sites if Iran Retaliates 

    Showing no sign of an effort to ease tensions, Trump took to Twitter to warn that the US had "targeted 52 Iranian sites" and that some were "at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture

    World
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    US Assassinates Top Iran General Qassem Soleimani

    Hillary Mann Leverett, a former White House National Security official, said the US killing of Soleimani is a "declaration of war" on Iran."We are now in an incredibly dangerous situation. It is an incredibly dangerous

    World
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    Army, ISI Chiefs Accompany Pakistan PM On US Visit

    Apparently, this will be the first time that the country’s top generals will accompany a prime minister to a White House meeting with the US president that will take place on July 22, Dawn reported.

    South Asia
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    US Designates Baloch Militants Terrorists Ahead of Trump-Imran Meet

    The US decision came ahead of first formal meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan in Washington later this month. Imran Khan is expected to undertake his maiden trip to the US

    South Asia
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    You May Begin War, Not End It: Zarif Tells US

    Zarif made the remarks in a tweet on Thursday, in reaction to US President Donald Trump’s claim that any conflict between the two countries would not last very long. His reaction came as US sought NATO's help

    West Asia
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    US-Iran Standoff- Oil Prices Jump After 2 Tankers Attacked in Gulf

    Two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday, an assault that left one ablaze and adrift sending world oil prices soaring.

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    'US Warships under Full Control of Iran Army, IRGC'

    A senior IRGC commander says the Iranian Army and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps have complete control over the Persian Gulf waters north of the Strait of Hormuz.

    West Asia
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    Afghanistan: Air attack kills 17 policemen 'by mistake'

    A spokesperson for the provincial governor said the strike was carried out by NATO Resolute Support mission force in the Nahr-e-Seraj area of the Helmand-Kandahar highway.

    South Asia
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    Ayatollah Khamenei: 'There will not be any war with the US'

    He ruled out any negotiation with the US as long as Washington sticks with its hostile approach against the Islamic Republic, saying Washington would be attempting to undermine Iran’s “points of strength,”

    West Asia
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    Is the Middle East on the brink of a major showdown?

    War clouds in the Middle East are thickening. A worrisome conjunction of circumstances is leading towards a possible showdown between the Axis of Resistance and Arab Nato.

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    Director Oliver Stone rips US as ‘outlaws’ while visiting Iran

    Stone, director of politically charged factual movies such as Nixon, Looking for Fidel and Snowden, as well as classics such as Midnight Express and Platoon, went on to blame the US for much of the violence and trauma

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    Head of Yemen's political council killed in Saudi raid

    Al-Masirah TV network, close to the group, reported that Saleh al-Sammad, the president of the Supreme Political Council that runs Yemen's capital and other rebel-held areas, was killed on Thursday.

    West Asia
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    US led attack on Syria a crime: Ayatollah

    Ayatollah Sayed Ali Khamenei told top government officials and ambassadors of Muslim countries here on Saturday that the U.S.-led overnight airstrikes on Syria were a "military crime"

    West Asia
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    Trump Launches Attack on Syria

    Trump ordered a military strike against the war-torn country before an international inspections team could start a probe on alleged chemical weapons use which Trump and his allies made pretext for the attack.

    West Asia
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    'Iran managed to foil US plot in Middle East'

    Iran has defused all regional threats against the country, the Supreme Leader said on Tuesday, as tension rises between Tehran and Washington over the influence of the Islamic Republic

    West Asia
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    Trump Welcomes Saudi Crown Prince to U.S. as `Great Purchaser'

    One focus of Prince Mohammed’s meeting with Trump will be expanding cooperation to counter Iran’s influence in the Middle East, including the Islamic Republic’s alliance with Russia,

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    Erdogan vows to 'strangle' U.S.-backed force in Syria

    The US infuriated its NATO partner Turkey on Sunday by announcing that Washington and a coalition of its allies purportedly fighting Daesh will work with US-backed militants of the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF

    West Asia
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    Iran Protests: As Israeli Ministers Offer Praise, Netanyahu Requests to 'Minimize' Comments

    The Israeli ministers' support came as President Trump also took to Twitter to express his support, for the second time in 24-hours, saying that the "entire world understands that the good people Iran want change."

    West Asia
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    With His Jerusalem Move, Trump Flings Gas Can Over A Region Aflame

    Israelis captured Arab East Jerusalem, home to third holiest mosque in Islam after Mecca and Medina, from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East War then later annexed it in a move not recognized internationally.

    West Asia
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    Iran leader wants Putin to ditch dollar to Isolate US

    During the meeting which lasted one hour, Iran’s Supreme leader told Vladimir Putin that Iran and Russia could neutralize US sanctions by ditching dollar in bilateral and multilateral

    West Asia
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    President Assad Will Outlast Trump Presidency: Envoy

    Trans Asia News spoke to Dr. Riad Abbas, Ambassador of Syrian Arab Republic to India on topics ranging from ongoing Astana negotiations to future American role and the reconstruction of the war ravaged country.

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    Qatar Confesses Secrets Behind Syrian War

    A television interview of a top Qatari official confessing the truth behind the origins of the war in Syria is going viral across Arabic social media during the same week a leaked top secret NSA.

    West Asia

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