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(Reuters) - Islamic State suicide bombers and fighters struck targets on Saturday in the northern Iraqi city of Samarra, where security forces and their Shi'ite militia allies have been gathering for an offensive against the radical Sunni militants. Security sources and residents said...

(Reuters) - Jailed Kurdish militant leader Abdullah Ocalan called on his followers to take a "historic" decision to lay down their arms, according to a statement on Saturday, a crucial step in Turkey's drive to end a 30-year insurgency by Kurdish rebels. Turkey's president, Tayyip...

  (Zaman Al Wasl)- Southern Front rebel group declared general mobilization, in statement issued on Saturday, as Syrian regime troops backed by allied Iranian and Lebanese militias have been making advances in the Syrian south, tasking control of key towns....