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Saudi Stocks Enter Bull Market as Banks’ Cash Squeeze Abates

(Bloomberg)- Saudi Arabian stocks extended their winning streak to six days, entering a bull market as investors bet the government’s belated payments to contractors would help spur more gains. The Tadawul All Share Index added 2.3 percent to the highest level since July, taking its rally...

Iraq troops pause in advance on Mosul to drive out IS

Iraqi troops consolidated gains in their advance on the northern city of Mosul on Thursday, regrouping as they clear neighborhoods and houses once occupied by the Islamic State group. In Mosul proper, where troops have a foothold in a sliver of territory in the city's east, the special...

YPG commander killed in northern Syria

A commander of the YPG terrorist organization was killed late Wednesday in an attack in northern Syria, local sources said. Haji Kurkhan, codenamed “Ali Botan,” was responsible for the special units of the YPG terrorist organization – the military wing of the terrorist PKK/PYD. His...

Israel seals home of Palestinian accused of planning attack

Israeli forces have sealed off the West Bank home of a Palestinian accused of helping plan an attack in Tel Aviv that left four Israelis dead, the Israeli army and residents said Thursday. The army said the home of Younes Zein, 22, in Yatta, south of the flashpoint city of Hebron, was sealed...