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Israel and Hezbollah pull back from brink of war after deadly attack: ‘The...
JERUSALEM — Israel and Hezbollah signalled they wanted a flare-up in fighting to end after a deadly attack on an Israeli military convoy led to some of the most serious clashes between the sides since...
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Charles Krauthammer: European Jew-hatred is back
Amid the ritual expressions of regret and the pledges of “never again” on Tuesday’s 70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, a bitter irony was noted: Anti-Semitism has returned to Europe. With...
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10 reasons to fear for humanity, Thursday edition
There are so many stupid stories out there today that I’m wondering if it’s all one big April 1 joke. You’ve been warned. One: At least he doesn’t have to eat cold camembert BAY ISMOYO / AFP / Getty...
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Canadian named a ‘key suspect’ in 2012 Hezbollah bus bombing that killed...
A Canadian wanted for his suspected role in a 2012 Hezbollah bus bombing that killed five tourists in Europe is believed to be in Lebanon, the U.S. State Department said Tuesday as it announced his...
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Robert Fulford: Israel’s shifting allegiances
Israelis sometimes take a philosophical view of their military situation. “After all,” they occasionally say, “the Middle East is a bad neighbourhood.” I’ve heard a senior military strategist make that...
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Iran ground troops on the move in Syria under cover of Russian airstrikes
BEIRUT — Iran ground forces were on the move Thursday night in Syria in preparation for an attack to reclaim rebel-held territory under the cover of controversial Russian airstrikes, according to...
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Iran sends 1,500 troops into Syria to join Hezbollah and prop up Assad,...
BEIRUT — Iran has sent hundreds of troops into northern and central Syria in the first such open deployment in the country’s civil war, joining fighters from its Lebanese ally Hezbollah in an offensive...
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Israeli troops shell village in Lebanon after Hezbollah bombs border patrol...
BEIRUT — The Lebanese militant group Hezbollah attacked an Israeli armoured vehicle with a roadside bomb along the border Monday and Israel responded with artillery fire. Hezbollah said it set off a...
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Canadian wanted on terrorism charges in Bulgaria for alleged role in...
Bulgarian authorities have indicted a Canadian for his alleged role in a 2012 Hezbollah bus bombing that killed five Israeli tourists and their driver, a local newspaper reported on Friday. Hassan...
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What the fall of Aleppo would mean for Syria, the Middle East and the rest of...
WASHINGTON – Over the past week, forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad have nearly encircled the city of Aleppo, once the war-torn country’s most populous urban center. By doing so, they have...
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Canada to help prevent anti-refugee backlash in Lebanon, Jordan,...
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister John McCallum has long warned about a possible backlash if Canadians feel Syrian refugees are jumping to the front of the queue for health care, housing and other social...
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‘This hill was worth our lives’: Recounting the forgotten war, in the eyes of...
During the 1990s, Matti Friedman and his fellow Israeli soldiers fought in a string of conflicts that never collectively earned a name. These battles existed in historical parentheses, wedged between...
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Matthew Levitt: Don’t forget, or deny, Hezbollah’s brutal crimes
Matthew Levitt For the victims of Hezbollah terrorism, this week is a painful one. While the world was focused on horrifying attacks in France, Germany and across the Middle East, a grim anniversary on...
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‘A war crime’: Beheading of a 12-year-old boy in Syria triggers backlash...
BEIRUT — A U.S.-supported Syrian rebel group said Wednesday it will open an investigation into the beheading of a Syrian boy on spy accusations, calling it an “individual mistake” that does not...
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Ontario court orders Iran to pay $300,000 in legal costs of victims of...
TORONTO — The Ontario court has ordered the government of Iran to pay the legal costs of victims of Iranian-sponsored terrorist attacks, dismissing the Islamic Republic’s claim to immunity. Justice...
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Qatari royals among 26 hostages freed in exchange for thousands of Syrians in...
Iraqi officials say 26 hostages, including members of the Qatar royal family, have been set free after 16 months in captivity in Iraq. A government official and a security official told The Associated...
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Syria: Behind the thunderous blast that rattled the capital Damascus and took...
BEIRUT — Syrian state media blamed Israel on Thursday for an early morning missile attack on a military installation near Damascus International Airport that shook the capital with the force of the...
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Charles Krauthammer: It’s the end of the beginning in the great Muslim civil war
WASHINGTON — The U.S. shoots down a Syrian fighter-bomber. Iran launches missiles into eastern Syria. Russia threatens to attack coalition aircraft west of the Euphrates. What is going on? It might...
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Lebanon begins offensive to clear Syrian border of ISIS militants
BEIRUT — Lebanon’s U.S.-backed army on Saturday launched its biggest military operation yet against Islamic State militants who in 2014 gained a foothold along the tiny Mediterranean country’s border...
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Syria’s Assad rejects security co-operation with the West
By Albert Aji And Bassem Mroue DAMASCUS, Syria — Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday refused any security co-operation with Western nations or the reopening of their embassies, until they cut ties...
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