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Muslim clerics meet in Iran to counter extremists

QOM, Iran (AP) — Shiite and Sunni clerics from about 80 countries gathered in Iran's holy city of Qom on Sunday to develop a strategy to combat extremists, including the Islamic State group that has captured large parts of Iraq and Syria. Shiite-majority Iran has been helping...

Zahhar: Israel finds no one better than Abbas, UN workers loot Gaza aid

Reporting by Abdullah Al Ghadawi; Translation by Yusra Ahmed (Zaman Al Wasl)- Mahmood Zahhar, the prominent figure in the Islamic Resistance Movement (HAMAS), considered the attack on the Knesset last week that resulted in killing 5 Israelis, a...

Former Turkish president denies criticism of government

Turkey's eleventh President Abdullah Gul on Friday denied a story published by the Iranian Press TV, an English-language television network, on its news website. Gul called the remarks attributed to him in the article "fallacious" and "unreal." ...

Jordan arrests deputy Brotherhood leader over UAE remarks

Jordanian authorities on Thursday arrested deputy leader of the Muslim Brotherhood’s branch in the kingdom Zaki Bani Arshid on the background of his earlier statements against the United Arab Emirates, a security source. “The security agencies arrested Bani Arshid over...