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At Least 23 Killed In Bomb Blast In Pakistan's Parachinar
A blast killed 24 people and injured 70 in the northwestern Pakistani city of Parachinar on Sunday, officials said, and a banned Sunni Islamist group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Gaza Rocket Hits Israel: Army
A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit an open field in southern Israel today morning, the Israeli army said in a statement.
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Female Yazidi Captives Forced to Give Blood to Wounded Islamist Fighters: Survivor
Female Yazidi captives are being forced to donate blood to wounded Islamic State (IS) fighters, according to a pregnant teenager who escaped after being seized and held captive by IS militants.
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Islamic State Carried Out Lebanon Cafe Attack: Minister
A double suicide attack that killed eight people at a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli was carried out by the Islamic State group, the interior minister said on Sunday, contradicting a claim of responsibility by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.
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Militants Could Have Drawn Lebanon Into Civil War - Army Chief
Islamist militants who attacked parts of Lebanon this year could have drawn it into civil war, army chief General Jean Kahwaji said in an unusually direct and political speech published today.
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Armed Groups Jostling for Influence in Yemen
Yemeni Shiite rebels were said to be close to agreeing Friday to sign a deal to end deadly fighting north of the capital with Sunni fighters of the Islamist Al-Islah party.
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Hezbollah Fighters Killed in Clash on Syria-Lebanon Border
Seven fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah were killed in fighting with Sunni Islamist insurgents in a mountainous area on the Syria-Lebanon border in which at least 16 rebels were also killed, a monitoring group reported on Monday.
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Indian Muslim Group Invites Volunteers to Defend Iraq's Shrines
Muslims in India are signing up to defend Iraq's holy shrines and, if need be, fight Sunni Islamist militants in the country where the civilian death toll from the Sunni insurgents' advance is estimated at least 1,300.
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Fugitive Vice President Says Iraq Violence Part of a Sunni Arab Revolt
The violence in Iraq is part of a broader Sunni Arab revolt that could lead to a holy war in the country, and is not just a rampage by Islamist militants from an al Qaeda splinter group, fugitive vice president Tarek al-Hashemi told Reuters on Monday.
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At Least 23 Killed In Bomb Blast In Pakistan's Parachinar
A blast killed 24 people and injured 70 in the northwestern Pakistani city of Parachinar on Sunday, officials said, and a banned Sunni Islamist group claimed responsibility for the attack.
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Gaza Rocket Hits Israel: Army
A rocket fired by Palestinians in the Gaza Strip hit an open field in southern Israel today morning, the Israeli army said in a statement.
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Female Yazidi Captives Forced to Give Blood to Wounded Islamist Fighters: Survivor
Female Yazidi captives are being forced to donate blood to wounded Islamic State (IS) fighters, according to a pregnant teenager who escaped after being seized and held captive by IS militants.
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Islamic State Carried Out Lebanon Cafe Attack: Minister
A double suicide attack that killed eight people at a cafe in the Lebanese city of Tripoli was carried out by the Islamic State group, the interior minister said on Sunday, contradicting a claim of responsibility by the al Qaeda-linked Nusra Front.
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Militants Could Have Drawn Lebanon Into Civil War - Army Chief
Islamist militants who attacked parts of Lebanon this year could have drawn it into civil war, army chief General Jean Kahwaji said in an unusually direct and political speech published today.
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Armed Groups Jostling for Influence in Yemen
Yemeni Shiite rebels were said to be close to agreeing Friday to sign a deal to end deadly fighting north of the capital with Sunni fighters of the Islamist Al-Islah party.
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Hezbollah Fighters Killed in Clash on Syria-Lebanon Border
Seven fighters from the Lebanese group Hezbollah were killed in fighting with Sunni Islamist insurgents in a mountainous area on the Syria-Lebanon border in which at least 16 rebels were also killed, a monitoring group reported on Monday.
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Indian Muslim Group Invites Volunteers to Defend Iraq's Shrines
Muslims in India are signing up to defend Iraq's holy shrines and, if need be, fight Sunni Islamist militants in the country where the civilian death toll from the Sunni insurgents' advance is estimated at least 1,300.
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Fugitive Vice President Says Iraq Violence Part of a Sunni Arab Revolt
The violence in Iraq is part of a broader Sunni Arab revolt that could lead to a holy war in the country, and is not just a rampage by Islamist militants from an al Qaeda splinter group, fugitive vice president Tarek al-Hashemi told Reuters on Monday.
