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Russia's Putin congratulates Trump on election win

Russian President Vladimir Putin congratulated businessman Donald Trump on his victory in the U.S. presidential election in a telegram on Wednesday, the Kremlin said. "Putin expressed hope for joint work to restore Russian-American relations from their state of crisis, and also to address...

Libyan forces discover ISIS death row jails

(Middle East Monitor)- Libyan pro-government forces said on Tuesday that they discovered a special prison in Sirte set up by the Daesh group for prisoners it sentenced to death. Alhurra TV quoted the Libyan forces saying that the building contained small cells with ventilation ducts but no...

Iraqi Kurds seize ISIS-held town near Mosul

Iraqi Kurdish forces have seized the town of Bashiqa near Mosul from ISIS, an official said Tuesday, as U.S.-backed militia forces advanced on the extremists' Syrian stronghold Raqqa. Capturing Bashiqa would be a final step in securing the eastern approaches to Mosul, three weeks into an...

Saudi Arabia halts $23bn oil aid deal to Egypt 'indefinitely'

|(Middle East Eye)- Saudi Arabia has informed Egypt that shipments of oil products expected under a $23bn aid deal have been halted indefinitely, suggesting a deepening rift between the two countries. On Monday Egypt's oil minister, Tarek El Molla, confirmed Saudi Arabia had stopped...