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Sectarianism of the Syrian revolution

“We never knew each other’s sects before,” said Maged, one of the young officers who defected from the Syrian police. “Before these events, we used to live in peace, but the regime has managed to breed...

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IS cuts fighters’ wages to a third

The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine reports that the terrorist group Islamic State has reduced wages of its fighters to a third of the original pay as it is now suffering a crisis in the...

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Libya’s rival forces warn Thinni govt against independent oil sales

Libyan forces opposed to the country's internationally recognised government have warned it that any attempts to export oil independently would force them to take military action to seize oil ports and...

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Hezbollah to send more fighters to Syria’s Aleppo

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said on Friday it will send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo area, a battleground where it has suffered heavy losses fighting alongside Syrian government...

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Yemeni rebels recruit fighters as young as 15: Amnesty

Yemen's Houthi rebels are recruiting fighters as young as 15 and using religious schools to lure teenagers into their ranks without their parents' knowledge, a rights group said Tuesday. Amnesty...

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Philippines says Islamist fighters on back foot in besieged city

The Islamist militants holed up in the southern Philippines town of Marawi have been reduced to a “small resistance” after troops crippled their logistics and some fighters have fled from the battle,...

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Russia to start moving 50 MiG-29 fighters to Egypt : TASS

Russia is set to commence the supply operations of 50 Mikoyan MiG-29 fighters to Egypt as an implementation step to the bilateral agreement signed in 2014 between both countries; Vladimir Kojin,...

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Sectarianism of the Syrian revolution

“We never knew each other’s sects before,” said Maged, one of the young officers who defected from the Syrian police. “Before these events, we used to live in peace, but the regime has managed to breed...

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IS cuts fighters’ wages to a third

The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine reports that the terrorist group Islamic State has reduced wages of its fighters to a third of the original pay as it is now suffering a crisis in the...

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Libya’s rival forces warn Thinni govt against independent oil sales

Libyan forces opposed to the country's internationally recognised government have warned it that any attempts to export oil independently would force them to take military action to seize oil ports and...

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Hezbollah to send more fighters to Syria’s Aleppo

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement said on Friday it will send more fighters to Syria's Aleppo area, a battleground where it has suffered heavy losses fighting alongside Syrian government...

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Yemeni rebels recruit fighters as young as 15: Amnesty

Yemen's Houthi rebels are recruiting fighters as young as 15 and using religious schools to lure teenagers into their ranks without their parents' knowledge, a rights group said Tuesday. Amnesty...

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Thais outraged by child boxer’s death in ring

  Thais have reacted with shock and anger after a 13-year-old boxer died during a charity bout, reviving calls for a ban on fights between children in the brutal Muay Thai martial art. Thai boxing is...

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Philippines says Islamist fighters on back foot in besieged city

The Islamist militants holed up in the southern Philippines town of Marawi have been reduced to a “small resistance” after troops crippled their logistics and some fighters have fled from the battle,...

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Eight soldiers killed in attack on Haftar camp in south Libya: municipality head

BENGHAZI, Libya (Reuters) – Eight soldiers were killed on Saturday in an attack on a training camp belonging to the eastern Libyan armed forces of Khalifa Haftar in the southern city of Sebha, the head...

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