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Islamist views on LGBT: what Quran says, and what it doesn'tISIS has invoked Quranic passages about Sodom and Gomorrah in the killing of gays, including in Orlando. But prominent clerics vary widely on how homosexuals should be treated.
First LookDutch woman jailed in Qatar after reporting rape sentenced, then freedA Dutch woman detained for three months in Doha, Qatar after reporting her rape has been handed a suspended prison sentence and released from detainment.聽
Orlando attack: 'I am the lone wolf that terrorizes the infidels'Omar Mateen pledged allegiance to the self-declared Islamic State as he attacked the Pulse nightclub. But that may have been the extent of his contact with the group.
Iran steps up recruitment of Shiite mercenaries for Syrian warIran opened a recruiting center in Herat, Afghanistan, last fall and聽has persuaded 鈥� and sometimes coerced 鈥� thousands of Afghans to fight in Syria.
ISIS claims responsibility for deadly bombings near Shiite shrineTwo suicide bombers killed at least 12 people 鈥� some reports say 20聽鈥撀燼nd wounded dozens more in a town with a famous Shiite pilgrimage site, near Damascus, according to local reports.
After four years of siege, food aid reaches Damascus suburbThe U.N. estimates that there are currently 592,700 people living under siege in Syria, with the vast majority of them 鈥� some 452,700 people 鈥� besieged by government forces.聽
Israel ups West Bank troops and restrictions after Tel Aviv attackOn Thursday, Israel imposed new restrictions on Palestinian movement and deployed hundreds of additional troops to the West Bank in response to an attack that killed four Israelis.
Tel Aviv shooting poses first test for hard-right defense ministerAvigdor Lieberman's response could signal whether Israel will tip toward a more heavy-handed approach to security or leave avenues open for mitigating the violence through other means.
Syrian town on ISIS supply route cut off by US-backed forcesAll roads leading into the northern Syrian town of Manbij, a stronghold of the Islamic State group, have been cut off, say Syrian opposition activists.
A public funeral, international tribunal, and justice denied for LebanonThe tribunal, established to find the assassins of Rafik Hariri, is struggling to prove it can deliver justice. Last week it declared that it would proceed with the trial of a suspect publicly acknowledged as dead.
Kurdish militants exacting highest-ever toll on TurkeyTurkey is waging a 'hearts and minds' campaign to undermine popular support for the 32-year Kurdish insurgency. But rising violence, including possibly Tuesday's Istanbul bombing, casts doubt on its strategy.
Why Jordan, intelligence hub on ISIS, took a rare hit MondayJordan's intelligence agency, one of the best in the region, has been on the top of militants' hit-list for more than a decade. The assailants have not yet been identified.
First LookSlain journalist David Gilkey gave his life to bear witness to warThe deaths of David Gilkey and聽Zabihullah Tamanna are sobering reminders of the risks that journalists take to bring news from war-torn regions to the outside world.
Jordan's relative stability shaken by rare 'terrorist attack'Though no one has taken responsibility and officials have not identified any suspects, ISIS warned last month that it was planning a wave of attacks during Ramadan.
In Syria, US-backed fighters target prominent bastion of IS forcesCoalition airstrikes and Syrian fighters backed by the US are being used to cut off Islamic State forces on the Turkey-Syria border.
Why a loss in Fallujah may be a win for ISISThe latest edition of ISIS's propaganda magazine has cast the battle as part of a broader Shiite 'war' against Iraq's Sunnis, and portrayed themselves as Sunnis' sole defender.
In Fallujah fight, top Shiite cleric calls for restraint toward Sunni civiliansGrand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, whose 2014 fatwa prompted tens of thousands of Shiite militiamen to fight ISIS, now calls for them to respect 'ethics of jihad.'
Missing EgyptAir jet: Pings from black boxes heard by French navyA French ship has picked up signals from deep under the Mediterranean Sea, presumably from the cockpit voice and data recorder of EgyptAir Flight 804.聽
ISIS counterattack in Fallujah repelled by Iraqi forcesIraqi forces battling their way into Fallujah repelled a four-hour attack by the Islamic State group Tuesday.聽
ISIS, losing territory in Syria, signals strategic shiftIts threat to attack the West during Ramadan, which begins next month, comes as the group is losing a key recruiting tool: the ability to capture and hold territory.
