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  (AFP)- At least 18 people died Thursday in clashes between supporters of President Abed Rabbou Mansour Hadi and Shiite rebels advancing on a town bordering Aden, where the internationally backed leader has sought refuge, a local official said. The clashes erupted in...

Syrian regime president Bashar al-Assad has appointed a new military commander in Hasakah province northeast Syria over demands of his Kurdish allied militias. Pro-regime news feeds said that al-Assad had dismissed General Mohamed Khadour over bloody clashes two months ago between...

(AFP)- The long-running conflict with Israel claimed the lives of more Palestinian civilians in 2014 than any year since 1967, the United Nations said Thursday, in a damning report on the humanitarian situation. Meanwhile, rights group Amnesty...