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Two dozen killed in several Baghdad bomb blasts

There is devastation in several parts of Baghdad after a series of bomb attacks that killed at least two dozen people on Monday night. Nine people died in car bomb explosions that targeted mosques in the Iraqi capital’s predominantly Shi’ite districts of Amil and Karrada. In the...

Lebanon's Hariri vows to confront Sunni radicals

Leading Lebanese politician Saad al-Hariri vowed on Friday to tackle sectarian radicalism in his Sunni sect but said Shi'ite Hezbollah must end its involvement in  Syria  if Lebanon is to avoid being drawn into a "sectarian holocaust". Citing the example set by his...

Obama to meet Jordan’s king in California desert

President Barack Obama will launch a new round of Middle East diplomacy Friday in a plush oasis in the arid California desert, hosting a Valentine’s Day summit with Jordan’s King Abdullah II. Obama and the king will swap the piles of snow in Washington for the Sunnylands retreat at...