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Iran has claimed that a US bombing in Syria would strengthen ISIS

Iran’s top security official said the United States was encouraging ISIS by dropping bombs on paramilitary fighters on the Iraqi border. During a meeting with Iraqi Foreign Minister Fouad Hussein, Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said the latest US action strengthens and expands the activities of …

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U.S. airstrikes in Syria have killed seven al Qaeda leaders

A military official said U.S. airstrikes in northwestern Syria are believed to have killed seven al-Qaeda affiliates. The strike was called off Oct 22 because the alleged militants were meeting near the town of Idlib, Central Command spokesman Major Beth Riordan told the Associated Press. The seven people killed have …

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Arab gas pipeline blast kills Syrian state media | World news

A possible attack on a pipeline in Syria caused a nationwide blackout a quarter of a century ago, the state news agency quoted Monday. According to SANA news agency, electricity minister Mohammad Kharboutli said an explosion on a pipeline in the Damascus area on Sunday night “led to an electricity …

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