Can Iran confront Israel on its own?
Tehran attacked Israel in retaliatory strikes without the support of regional allies. Israel pounds Iran – and Iran strikes back,
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Iraq
US evacuates personnel from Middle East in sign of growing regional tension
The United States is preparing a partial evacuation of its embassy in Iraq and has authorised “the voluntary departure” of
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Iraq frees over 19,000 prisoners under new amnesty, including some ex-ISIL
Officials say prisons at almost double capacity earlier this month. Iraq has released more than 19,000 prisoners under a sweeping
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ISIL group kills five Kurdish fighters in attack in eastern Syria
Syria’s Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces described the attack as ‘one of the deadliest’ against it in a while. The ISIL
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