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Middle East Eye
- Apr 19, 2018
Saleh loyalists turn guns on Houthis as Yemen lurches into new conflict
Supporters of Ali Abdullah Saleh fight first battle with Houthis since former president died at Houthi hands in Sanaa last year. Houthi...
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International Crisis Group 1
- Apr 19, 2018
Crisis Group raises Syria threat level to critical on its Trigger List early-warning platform
On the evening of 7 April 2018, the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma was subjected to an apparent chemical weapons attack. Military...
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Genocide Watch1
- Apr 19, 2018
Iraq launches 'deadly strikes' against ISIL inside Syria
Iraqi PM's office says F-16 fighter jets carried out air raids near the border in coordination with Syrian army. Iraq says it has carried...
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Al Jazeera 11
- Apr 19, 2018
Chemical attacks on Iran: When the US looked the other way
Iran denounces 'hypocrisy' of US air strikes as experts urge Tehran to press Syria to stop future chemical attacks. US President Donald...
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Patrick Cockburn | The Independent
- Apr 19, 2018
Yazidis who suffered under Isis face forced conversion to Islam amid fresh persecution in Afrin
Islamist rebels allied to Turkey accused of destroying temples of those following the non-Islamic sect Shekh Qamber and his wife Adula...
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Genocide Watch1
- Apr 18, 2018
As conditions worsen in Yemen, new UN envoy hopes to rekindle peace talks
The new United Nations envoy for war-torn Yemen called Tuesday for all parties to the conflict to abandon preconditions and begin...