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At least 630 killed in jihadist offensive in Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — An offensive by a breakaway al-Qaida group in eastern Syria against Islamic rebel factions has killed more than 630 people and uprooted at least 130,000 since the end of April, an activist group said Tuesday. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant's campaign in...

Syria Red Crescent, ICRC deliver rare aid in rebel Aleppo

The International Committee of the Red Cross and Syria's Red Crescent have made rare aid deliveries in rebel-held territory in northern Aleppo province with government consent, a spokesman said Monday. "Together with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), we were able to deliver...

Iraq declares state of emergency in Mosul

Iraqi authorities declared a state of emergency in Mosul on Tuesday after the al-Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) took control of the city, while army troops withdrew from their central base, an Al Arabiya News Channel correspondent reported on Tuesday....