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Syrian forces raise their flag over an area of Aleppo (Reuters)

Moscow Excludes ‘Committee’ from ‘Astana’, Promotes Ceasefire

by Paula Astih and Nazeer Rida | Dec 24, 2016 | Middle East

Beirut, Moscow – While the Syrian opposition’s High Negotiations Committee (HNC) had anticipated the distribution of invitations to the Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, by rejecting to participate in the intra-Syrian meeting, informed sources told...

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Relatives of a Christian woman who was killed in the bombing of Cairo’s main Coptic cathedral, carry her body to bury at the Mokattam Cemetery in Cairo, Egypt. (Reuters)

Egyptian Police Step Up Security Measures

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Dec 24, 2016 | Middle East

Cairo- Security forces are taking stronger measures to protect top officials and personalities after they thwarted an attempt to assassinate a high-ranking official who was not identified, Egyptian sources said. Egypt has in the past months witnessed terrorist attacks...

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Grim screenshot from ISIS video shows two Turkish soldiers moments before they were burned alive.

Turkey Arrests 31 in Operation Targeting ISIS after Video of Soldiers Burned Alive

by Saeed Abdelrazek | Dec 24, 2016 | Middle East

Ankara- Turkish security forces detained in Istanbul on Friday 31 people suspected of links to ISIS. Anti-terror units also carried out raids in several of the city’s neighborhoods after the prosecutor’s office issued arrest warrants for 41 people. The remaining 10...