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Trump travel ban softens as US allows in 800 refugees

(Sky News)- President Trump appears to have softened his controversial travel ban in the face of global outrage and also some dissent in his own government. Some 872 refugees will be able to enter the US this week as stopping them would cause "undue hardship", say officials. The decision...

US military botches online fight against ISIS

On any given day at MacDill Air Force Base, web crawlers scour social media for potential recruits to ISIS. Then, in a high-stakes operation to counter the extremists' propaganda, language specialists employ fictitious identities and try to sway the targets from joining ISIS ranks. At least...

Why are Islamist armed groups clashing in Syria?

(Al-Jazeera)- The fresh clashes in Syria's Idlib region between a dozen important Islamist and extremist rebel movements are battles for turf and authority on the ground - but they also mirror northern Syria's ever-changing complexities, as local, regional and international actors change...