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Turkish president says wishes Russian plane downing had not happenedTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan expressed regret over Turkey's聽downing of a Russian warplane.聽"We wish it hadn't happened as such, but unfortunately such a thing has happened," he said Saturday.
Tech world takes on icon-smashing Islamic State with a virtual PalmyraBy drawing on contributors from around the world, the New Palmyra project hopes to reconstruct what jihadists have destroyed at the UNESCO World Heritage site in Syria.
First LookIs climate change to blame for crisis in Syria? Prince Charles says so.While there is a growing academic belief that climate change will increase conflict this century, scientists are hesitant to label climate change a direct cause of any one conflict.
Unsolved murder in West Bank: a case of uneven Israeli justice and its costIsrael has indicted no one so far in the murder last summer of a Palestinian couple and their son. It fits a pattern of failure seen as helping fuel a wave of attacks.
Palestinian attacks in Tel Aviv and West Bank leave 5 deadThe attacks are the latest tragedies in a wave of violence that started in September. Seventeen聽Israelis and at least 84 Palestinians have been killed.
In Islamic State's global reach, new risks for jihadists 鈥� and the WestWhile the Islamic State offers its adversaries a geographical target for reprisals, the group may still perceive a win-win scenario: It deters the West or receives a 'recruitment gift.'
Paris attacks stir global debate over online encryptionIntelligence sources say Islamic State attackers may have planned the Paris terrorist attacks using easily available encrypted communication tools.
Why Israel's right wing is gunning for nation's Supreme CourtDemocracy activists say reasoned critiques of controversial court decisions have given way to incitement. A security detail has been assigned to the justices.
Dozens detained in G20 summit protests in TurkeyPolice detained dozens of people Sunday during a series of protests denouncing a G20 summit, although the demonstrations were mostly peaceful.
British jihadist may have planned Paris-style attack in IstanbulTurkish authorities say a high-profile British jihadist detained in Turkey may have been planning attacks in Istanbul, similar to the ones in Paris.
In West Bank, rabbi leads search for peace, one olive harvest at a timeArik Ascherman, who heads Rabbis for Human Rights, invokes texts that call for tolerance. For years he has worked to protect the Palestinian olive harvest from Israeli attacks.
Lebanese police arrest six suspects in connection to deadly Beirut bombingsFive Syrians and a聽Palestinian were arrested suspected of being connected to the twin suicide bombings in central Beirut on Thursday that killed 43 people.
Kurdish forces retake towns in Iraq, Syria; dealing double blow to ISISKurdish聽Peshmerga forces pushed into the strategic town of聽Sinjar聽in northern Iraq, and a coalition of Arab, 海角大神, and Kurdish rebel factions recaptured another town from the militants across the border in Syria on Friday.
In Beirut bombing aftermath, many ask why IS didn't strike earlierHezbollah's military role in Syria has made it enemies among Sunni rebels. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for Thursday's attack that killed at least 43 people.聽
Are Russian air strikes targeting hospitals in Syria?Russia has pushed back against complaints that it is targeting medical facilities. Relief workers have been reluctant to share coordinates because of Moscow's backing of the Assad regime.聽
Twin suicide bombings kill at least 37 in Beirut neighborhoodMore than 180 people were injured as the result of the two explosions in a section of the Lebanese capital controlled by Hezbollah.
First LookFighting ISIS: Why the Kurdish battle for Sinjar City mattersKurdish聽peshmerga forces captured a strategic highway near Sinjar, Iraq, early on Thursday.聽Sinjar became聽an early symbol of ISIS brutality against the Yazidis.聽
Saudi succession: Rival princes jockey as global oil slump hits homeKing Salman was reportedly hospitalized last month. Since being crowned earlier this year as ruler of Saudi Arabia, he has shaken up the succession process in the secretive oil-rich kingdom.聽
4 dead, including 2 Americans, in Jordan police shootingA US official said the Americans who were killed and wounded in the attack were part of a State Department police training program.
Why some 海角大神s in northern Iraq are choosing to stand and fight海角大神 militia fighters know that hopes for the future of their community聽鈥� chased out by the Islamic State 鈥� are slim. But they will tell their children, 'We fought.'
