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Trial for 16 in Turkey accused of spying for Israel

Sixteen people went on trial in Istanbul on Tuesday, charged with "political and military" espionage on behalf of Israel, Turkish media reports said.   The defendants, including Palestinians and Syrians, were arrested in October in an operation by Turkey's national intelligence...

As economy collapses, some young Lebanese turn to militancy

Two weeks before he was supposed to get married, Bakr Seif told his mother he was going out to see his fiancee and would be back for lunch. When he did not show up by nighttime, his mother called the fiancee, who said he had not been to visit her. That day, Dec. 8, was the last time Seif’s...

New rocket attack targets Baghdad airport

Baghdad International Airport came under a new rocket attack on Wednesday, a local security official told Anadolu Agency. No casualties or damage were reported in the attack, for which no group has claimed responsibility. Wednesday’s attack is the second in five days. On Friday, six...