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Syrian general says Aleppo offensive in final stagesRebel defenses collapsed on Monday, leaving insurgents in a tiny, heavily bombarded pocket of ground.
Syrian activists say IS has recaptured PalmyraThe Islamic State's new push came hours after government troops and Russian air raids pushed the group out the city.
Turkey hunts for answers, buries dead after blasts kill 38The twin car-and-suicide bombings Saturday night near the Besiktas stadium enraged top officials, including President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who vowed to hunt down the perpetrators.
ISIS recaptures Palmyra: A fresh assault on heritage sites?The self-proclaimed Islamic State group has overtaken most of Palmyra in a surprise advance.
Cover StoryThe ISIS breakers: How moderate Muslims are countering extremismNew voices rise across the Arab world to prevent a lost generation from answering the jihadists' militant call in a message war crucial to the region鈥檚 balance of power.聽
ISIS falling: Detainee recounts a lost battle in Iraq, and what it cost himHunched and handcuffed in a dimly lit concrete room, the Sunni former commander of a captured ISIS cell admits to targeting civilians in the fight against Baghdad. Now, he is remorseful.
Arab democracy? How Morocco's grand experiment went wrongHeralded as a 'third way' amid the uprisings and crackdowns of the Arab Spring, Morocco introduced a new constitution and other reforms.
As US and Iran knock heads again, Tehran hard-liners feel vindicatedThe votes in Congress to extend US non-nuclear sanctions against Iran have hard-liners in Tehran fuming. And the Trump team isn鈥檛 likely to improve matters.
With Mosul under siege, an unlikely chance to save ISIS-enslaved Yazidis?When Iraqi forces moved on Mosul, IS moved enslaved Yazidis back to Syria, frustrating activists trying to free them. But their relocation might make it easier to find and rescue them.
For Iraqi family, son's role in battling ISIS speaks to hopes for national unityA soldier's life and his death in Mosul is a profile of Iraqi determination to fight ISIS, and a lesson in why even a Shiite from southern Iraq is willing to shed blood to liberate a predominantly Sunni city to the north.
First LookSaudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal makes plea to allow women to driveOne of the most outspoken members of Saudi Arabia's royal family urged the kingdom to let women drive as more working-class women carve more rights for themselves.聽
With Aleppo poised to fall, Syria's Assad is set to riseA victory would put the regime in a potentially advantageous position to recapture the 'essential Syria' 鈥� the western half of the country.
First LookAleppo exodus: How can 16,000 people be helped?The United Nation's Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator said in a statement Tuesday that he was 'extremely concerned' about the fighting in Aleppo, as government and allied forces seek to take back the city from rebels. 聽聽
Their town now liberated, Iraqi 海角大神s talk of life under ISISThe historic heartland of Assyrian 海角大神s in Iraq was seized by the militants in 2014, and nearly all fled in the face of demands to convert, pay a tax, or die.
FocusWhy schools have become a battleground in TurkeyTurkey's education system has long been shaped by secular tradition. But July's coup attempt has given President Erdo臒an聽new license to remold an institution he sees as central to his goal of further Islamizing Turkish society and the state.聽
First LookIran to US: honor nuclear deal, or elseMomentum is building in Washington and among Iranian hard-liners to oppose the deal and renew sanctions against Iran.聽
For jihadists, Trump election brings a change in strategyJihadists want to convince Muslims that the West is at war with Islam. Statements by Trump and his team are changing how they do that.
FocusIraq after ISIS: At site of massacre, bridge-building replaces blood feudAn ISIS slaughter in Tikrit in June 2014 terrorized Iraq's Army and drove a wedge between Sunnis and Shiites. But months of determined bridge-building have broken free of the powerful tribal impulse for revenge.
Israeli hard-liners jubilant over Trump. Is that premature?Members of Israel's hard right voiced elation at Trump's election and the end of the 'era of the Palestinian state.' But the president-elect has also indicated he might want to cut a deal 'for humanity's sake.'
Egypt overturns Morsi鈥檚 death sentence. What about others on death row?The decision makes it unlikely that the former president will be executed, although he remains imprisoned on a life sentence.