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Iraqi forces fight ISIS near ancient site in Mosul

Iraqi special forces, backed by U.S.-led air raids, clashed with ISIS militants near a historic site in Mosul Sunday, an officer in Iraq's counter-terrorism service said, as they tried to drive the extremists out of more districts in the city. The elite counter-terrorism service (CTS) has...

4 dead in Palestinian truck-ramming in occupied Jerusalem

A truck driven by a Palestinian rammed into pedestrians on a popular promenade in occupied Jerusalem Sunday killing four people, according to Israeli police who called it a deliberate attack. "It is a terrorist attack, a ramming attack," a police spokeswoman said on Israel Radio. Police...

ISIL suicide car bomber kills a dozen in Baghdad

(Al-Jazeera)- At least 12 people have been killed and 50 wounded in a car bomb blast in eastern Baghdad, police and medics say, in an attack claimed by the armed group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).  The explosion hit the mainly Shia district of Jamila on Sunday,...

Saudi Arabia says mosque attack planner killed in shootout

Saudi Arabia says the man who planned a suicide bombing in July outside of the mosque where the Prophet Muhammad is buried is one of the two extremists killed in a shootout with police in Riyadh. Interior Ministry spokesman Maj. Gen. Mansour al-Turki said Taie bin Salem bin Yaslam...