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Russian FM Sergei Lavrov speaks to the media after talks in Moscow with his US counterpart Rex Tillerson. (AP)

Lavrov: US Strike on Syria Aimed at Destroying Settlement, Changing Regime

by Taha Abed alWahed | Apr 15, 2017 | Middle East

Moscow – Russia, Iran and the Syrian regime accused on Friday the United States of seeking to “destroy the political settlement in the Syrian crisis” in wake of its strike on a Syrian airbase last week. Meeting in Moscow, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, his...

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Patrick Beaudry said he founded the group La Meute. Credit Renaud Philippe for The New York Times

In Canada, Group Stirs Fear of Extremists

by Graig Smith | Apr 15, 2017 | World

Quebec — Patrick Beaudry, bejeweled, tattooed and bearded, lives on a remote wooded hillside in rural Quebec, worrying about living under Shariah law. A year and a half ago, he huddled with two friends in a Quebec maple sugar shack, discussing how to stop the spread...

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US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis. Reuters photo

Pentagon Chief to Start Regional Tour in Saudi Arabia

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 15, 2017 | Saudi Arabia

Washington- US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis is heading to the Middle East next week on a tour that will take him to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Israel, Qatar and Djibouti, the Pentagon announced on Friday. Mattis is making the trip to “reaffirm key US military...

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A wall damaged by bullets fired by ISIS militants is seen inside a church yard in the town of Qaraqosh, south of Mosul, Iraq, April 12, 2017. REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Christians Return to Ransacked Northern Iraqi Town with Fear and Hope

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 15, 2017 | Middle East

With ISIS expelled, Iraqi Christians are trickling back to the ransacked town of Qaraqosh, beset by anxiety for their security and yet hopeful they can live in friendship with Muslims of all persuasions. According to Reuters, the town, about 20 km from the battlefront...