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Jordanian King to visit Russia to discuss counterterrorism

Jordan's King Abdullah will visit Moscow on Jan. 25 and discuss steps to combat terrorism in the Middle East and North Africa with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Kremlin said Tuesday. The two leaders also plan to talk about economic cooperation, the Kremlin said in a statement....

Children head back to school in east Mosul

Thousands of Iraqi children are heading back to school in east Mosul after weeks of fighting and more than two years of extremist rule, the U.N. children's fund UNICEF said Tuesday. Iraqi forces launched a massive operation to recapture Mosul from ISIS 100 days ago and have ousted the...

Turkey will not hand over al-Bab to Syrian regime forces

Claims that Turkey will hand over the Syrian town of al-Bab to President Bashar Assad's forces after driving out ISIS are not true, Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Numan Kurtulmus told the state-run Anadolu agency Tuesday. Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish special forces, tanks and warplanes,...

13 ISIS terrorists 'neutralized' in northern Syria

Thirteen Daesh terrorists were "neutralized" in northern Syria over the last 24 hours as part of Operation Euphrates Shield, the Turkish military said Tuesday. Turkish authorities use the word "neutralized" in their statements to imply the terrorists in question were either killed, captured...