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Iraqi Army soldiers inspect a suicide car bomb in a Mosul neighborhood. AP photo
by Asharq Al-Awsat | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East
Erbil- Iraqi forces joined flanks in northern Mosul and drove back ISIS militants in the southeast on Thursday in a renewed push that has brought them closer to controlling the eastern half of the city. Forces from the elite Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) took...
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A man drives his motorcycle as he wears a gas mask after what activists said was a chlorine gas attack on Kansafra village at Idlib countryside, Syria May 7, 2015. STRINGER / Reuters
by Heba El-Koudsy and Caroline Akoum | Jan 13, 2017 | Middle East
Washington, Beirut- The U.S. on Thursday sanctioned for the first time Syrian military officials for using chemical weapons, according to a Treasury Department statement. In addition to blacklisting 18 senior Syrian officials, the U.S. also sanctioned five Syrian...
