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Kerry arrives in Arabia on Mideast tour
Date: 2014-09-11 14:00:11 GMT - Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - International - SN:16 - ID:920721
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived here on Thursday on a Middle East tour that aims at holding talks with Arab leaders after President Obama vowed to act against Islamic State in Syria, the BBC reported. Kerry tries to build a coalition ....
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Obama who set out to end war tries to justify new one: Washington Post
Date: 2014-09-11 13:56:53 GMT - USA - International - SN:15 - ID:920669
Nearly six years into a presidency devoted to ending U.S. wars in the Muslim world, President Obama faced the nation Wednesday night to explain why he has decided to engage in a new one, the Washington Post reported. Obama did not describe his ....
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Zarif felicitates Jaafari's appointment as Iraqi FM
Date: 2014-09-10 17:58:51 GMT - Iran - International - SN:63 - ID:916326
Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif on Wednesday congratulated Wednesday Ibrahim Jaafari on his appointment as the new Foreign Minister of Iraq, IRNA news agency reported. In a message to his Iraqi counterpart, Zarif hoped Iran-Iraq relations ....
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Kerry hails Abadi's plans to rebuild Iraqi army
Date: 2014-09-10 16:29:53 GMT - Iraq - International - SN:58 - ID:916149
US Secretary of State John Kerry hailed on Wednesday Iraqi Prime Minister Haidar al-Abadi's plans to rebuild the Iraqi army and carry out wide-range political reforms. During a press conference in Baghdad, Kerry stressed Abadi's readiness to ....
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Davutoğlu convenes security summit amid efforts to combat Daesh
Date: 2014-09-10 16:06:02 GMT - Turkey - International - SN:57 - ID:916131
Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu held an unexpected security summit on Wednesday ahead of US President Barack Obama's outline of an expanded military and political effort to combat the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), ....
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Obama ready to authorize airstrikes on Daesh in Syria
Date: 2014-09-10 13:52:53 GMT - USA - International - SN:55 - ID:915870
US President Barack Obama is prepared to authorize airstrikes in Syria, a senior administration official said on Tuesday, taking the military campaign against the Sunni militant group, the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, into new and ....
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McCain demands US military strikes against Daesh
Date: 2014-09-10 12:13:13 GMT - Italy - International - SN:49 - ID:915634
US Republican Senator John McCain has called for President Obama to bomb Syria as part of the military response against the al-Qaeda off-shoot in Iraq and Syria (Daesh). “You need to have airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, not just Iraq...you need to ....
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Pakistan Lahore mosque collapse death toll rises to 24
Date: 2014-09-10 08:59:12 GMT - Pakistan - International - SN:33 - ID:915114
Pakistani rescue workers and residents search for worshippers in the rubble of a collapsed mosque in Lahore on September 9, 2014, the BBC reported Wednesday. Emergency teams in the Pakistani city of Lahore say they have now recovered 24 bodies ....
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Obama meets with lawmakers on Daesh plan
Date: 2014-09-10 08:35:52 GMT - USA - International - SN:31 - ID:915056
President Barack Obama told congressional leaders Tuesday he has the authority he needs to launch a broader military campaign to root out violent extremists in Iraq and Syria. The White House said the president told lawmakers he still would ....
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Iran, South Africa to cooperate in fight against extremism, terrorism
Date: 2014-09-10 08:03:34 GMT - Iran - International - SN:24 - ID:914978
Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs and South African deputy international relations and cooperation minister in a meeting on Wednesday stressed anti-extremism and anti-terrorism cooperation, IRNA reported. Hossein ....
