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This image from video provided by the Department of Defense and released on Feb. 3, 2022, shows the compound before a raid where Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi, leader of the Islamic State Group, died in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province. A U.S. official says that the militant leader, one of the world’s most wanted terrorists, exploded a bomb that killed himself and members of his family during the overnight raid by an elite U.S. military force. (Department of Defense via AP) WX208 WX208

February 10, 2022 at 5:17 pm

At least 5 children were killed during U.S. raid on ISIS leader, according to witnesses and video

At least five children were killed during a U.S. raid on the home of the Islamic State's leader, according to a review of video footage...

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January 29, 2022 at 9:06 am

Snowstorms trap displaced Syrians between frost and dangerous fires

The U.N. Refugee Agency says that 6.2 million people are displaced inside Syria, and 5.7 million other refugees have registered in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon...

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December 7, 2021 at 9:00 am

France detains man believed to be wanted in connection with Jamal Khashoggi’s murder

France has detained a Saudi man accused of playing a role in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi journalist who was killed in Istanbul...

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July 24, 2021 at 5:24 am

Power cuts, heat drive Mideast unrest

BAGHDAD - Record heat waves and crippling energy shortages across much of the Middle East are plunging homes and businesses from Lebanon to Iran into...

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July 15, 2021 at 8:46 am

Lebanese prime minister-designate resigns after nine months of gridlock

BEIRUT — Lebanon's prime minister-designate, Saad Hariri, announced his resignation Thursday after nine months of political gridlock during which he failed to form a new...

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File – In this May 27, 2004, file photo, Jordan’s Prince Hamzeh and his wife Princess Noor, arrive at Zahran Palace where they celebrate their wedding ceremony in Amman, Jordan. Prince Hamza, the half-brother of Jordan’s King Abdullah II, said he has been placed under house arrest. in a videotaped statement late Saturday, April 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File) DV101 DV101

April 4, 2021 at 4:18 am

Jordan accuses former crown prince and high-ranking officials of ‘promoting sedition,’ with foreign backing

AMMAN, Jordan - The government of Jordan on Sunday accused former crown prince Hamzeh bin Hussein and several of his associates of cooperating with foreign...

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April 3, 2021 at 10:34 am

Nearly 20 arrested in alleged plot against Jordan’s King Abdullah II

Jordanian authorities on Saturday arrested as many as 20 people and sought to restrain the movement of a former crown prince amid what officials called...

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March 7, 2021 at 1:00 pm

Houthis strike Saudi oil giant’s facilities in kingdom’s east

BEIRUT - Yemen's Houthi rebels said Sunday that they hit an Aramco oil facility in eastern Saudi Arabia, the first time the group has reached...

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February 27, 2021 at 4:40 am

After dissident vanishes in Canada, Saudi exiles fear they are now in jeopardy

The mysterious disappearance last month of a Saudi dissident living in Montreal after visiting the kingdom's embassy in Ottawa has sent fear rippling across Canada's...

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February 24, 2021 at 6:04 am

German court convicts Syrian ex-intelligence officer in historic torture trial

BERLIN — A German court issued a landmark ruling Wednesday, sentencing a former member of Syria's intelligence services to four-and-a-half years in prison for aiding...

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