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A soldier searched for remains at the mass grave. Credit Sergey Ponomarev for The New York Times

Another Mass Grave Dug by ISIS in Iraq

by Tim Arango | Dec 1, 2016 | Middle East

Hamam al-Alil, Iraq- The battle was over in Hamam al-Alil, Iraq, an old spa resort town that the country’s security forces had wrested from ISIS a few days ago, but one Iraqi soldier was still on a very personal mission. The soldier, Zaman Mijwal, was looking for his...

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Sindh River. Credit Reuters

Tension in Indian Sub-Continent…from Nuclear to Water

by Prakriiti Gupta | Dec 1, 2016 | World

New Delhi- The hostility circle between the two nuclear rivals India and Pakistan has expanded from the military rivalry to competition on water. Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has recently raised concerns by pledging to prevent Pakistan from benefitting from...

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Photo caption: Syrians evacuated from eastern Aleppo, get food aid from the Syrian Red Crescent inside a shelter in regime controlled Jibreen area in Aleppo. Omar Sanadiki/Reuters

O’Brien: Aleppo Turned Into “One Giant Graveyard”

by Jordan Dakamseh | Dec 1, 2016 | Middle East

New York– The United Nations Security Council convened on Wednesday in an emergency session to discuss the deteriorating situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The U.N. Envoy to Syria, Staffan de Mistura, called on the warring parties to allow the unconditional...

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Afghan refugees gather for renewal of their family cards at the Chamkany registration center on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, December 31, 2015. AFP

U.N. Warns of Alarming Rise in Number of Displaced Afghans

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2016 | World

Kabul- The number of people who have fled their homes for safer parts of Afghanistan has hit a record high, the United Nations said Wednesday. As of November 30, 2016, more than half a million Afghans — 515,800 people — had been internally displaced by...

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Taliban militants hand over their weapons after joining the
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Taliban Face Cash Crunch

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 1, 2016 | World

London- The Afghan Taliban are facing a cash crisis with donors unwilling to bankroll an insurgency whose victims are increasingly civilians rather than foreign troops. Taliban’s Official Mullah Rahmatullah Kakazada told The Guardian that the war is becoming unpopular...