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Israel Gives Secret Aid to Syrian Rebels

( The Wall Street Journal )- Israel has been regularly supplying Syrian rebels near its border with cash as well as food, fuel and medical supplies for years, a secret engagement in the enemy country’s civil war aimed at carving out a buffer zone populated by friendly forces. The Israeli...

Turkey detains 21 workers over mass army food poisoning

( The New Arab )- Twenty-one employees of a Turkish catering firm providing food for soldiers were detained by authorities on Sunday, after allegedly poisoning more than 700 troops in the west of the country. The workers, who were employed with the catering contractor who supplied a meal of...

Mosul students return for exams amid devastation

Amid buildings destroyed by heavy fighting, University of Mosul students are returning to take exams interrupted three years ago when jihadists took control of their city. The university and an army of volunteers are working to clear up rubble and repair the damage left by fierce battles...