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U.S. troops at Taqaddum to help Iraqis plan fight for Ramadi

President Barack Obama has said American forces being sent to a new operations center in the heart of the war against Islamic State will not engage in combat, but they will do almost everything but fight to support the beleaguered Iraqi forces. U.S. defense officials say the tasks of the troops...

Body of Tareq Aziz still at Baghdad airport

An Iraqi official says the body of Tareq Aziz, Saddam Hussein's former top aide who died last week in prison, is still at Baghdad International Airport under heavy security and due to be flown to Amman. The official from the Iraqi Aviation Authority said Friday that the body was supposed to be...

Egypt jails policeman 15 years over death of woman protester

An Egyptian court Thursday sentenced a policeman to 15 years in jail over the fatal shooting of a woman during a peaceful leftist rally, a court official said. Shaima al-Sabbagh, a 34-year-old mother of a five-year-old, was struck by birdshot in January as police dispersed a small march on the...

Hezbollah blames Future for state's 'collapse'

Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance Bloc blamed the Future Movement Thursday for the deterioration of Lebanon’s state institutions. “The control, confiscation and monopolization approach the Future Movement has been practicing in government and administration over the last years, in...