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US, Russia at Odds over Syrian Refugee Conference

Washington is intensifying its diplomatic efforts to ensure that European and Arab countries and United Nations agencies boycott Damascus’ upcoming Syrian refugee conference, set for November 11 and 12. The United States is seeking to underscore the “Russian delusions” over the conference and make sure that it foils Moscow’s plan …

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Nice attack looms large in Tunisian-French relations

The young age of Aissaoui, who was born in 1999, is sparking concern in Tunisia about whether a new generation of jihadists is emerging. A few days after the brutal killing of three individuals at a church in the French Mediterranean city of Nice, the terrorism act is looming large …

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Bahrain sentences 51 accused of Iran-linked terror plots

Investigators said the defendants received orders from Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps to stage attacks in Bahrain. Bahrain’s highest criminal court convicted 51 people of membership in a terrorist organization that was planning to carry out attacks in the Gulf kingdom with support from Iran, the state news agency …

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