SYRIA:Temporary triumphalism masks increased isolation

President Bashar al-Assad told UN Secretary General Kofi Annan today that he would help implement...

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IRAQ/US: Baghdad reinforcement has mixed consequences

Major General William Caldwell, the US military commander in Baghdad, said this week that the...

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A sharp rise in sporadic violence, most likely spurred by radical Islamist groups operating from...

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Interior Minister Jawad al-Bolani last week announced plans to clean up the 24,000-strong Iraqi...

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Foreign Minister Abdullah Gul last week summoned the US and Iraqi ambassadors to warn them that...

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Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili did not attend the informal CIS summit held in Moscow on...

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Cairo and Riyadh yesterday called for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah. Key...

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Russian special forces yesterday killed Chechen leader Shamil Basayev. Basayev was a key...

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British troops are planning to pull out from Maysan and Muthanna provinces during the next two...

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Chechen rebel leader Abdul-Khalim Sadullayev was killed on June 17 by Chechen forces loyal to...

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