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Supporters of the Muslim Brotherhood and ousted Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi during a protest in front of riot policemen outside the police academy on the outskirts of Cairo on November 4, 2013.


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Iraqi troops raise up their weapons as they arrive to support the Sunni anti-Al-Qaeda militia Awakening Movement in its fight against anti-government militants, including from the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in Anbar province, Iraq, on June 21, 2014. (AFP PHOTO/STR)


Opinion: A Century of Sykes–Picot

Opinion: A Century of Sykes–Picot

Is this the end of the Sykes–Picot plan for the Middle East? This has become a regular question among Western commentators these days as the world prepares to commemorate 100 years since the start of World War I, a conflict which serves as a historic lesson on how...
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Members of the Iraqi Emergency Response Brigade (ERB) hold a position behind a wall on June 24, 2014 in the western city of Ramadi in the Anbar province, where government forces along with Sunni anti-Al-Qaeda militia Sahwa (Awakening) fight against anti-government militants, including from the jihadist Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS). (AFP Photo)


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Free Syrian Army fighters stand at a former base used by fighters from the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS), after ISIS withdrew from the town of Azaz, near the Syrian–Turkish border, on March 11, 2014. (Reuters/Hamid Khatib)


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In this still taken from an Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) video, an Islamist fighter, center, identified as Abu Muthana Al-Yemeni from Britain, speaks from an unknown location. (Reuters/Reuters TV)


UK authorities warn of returning Syria fighters

UK authorities warn of returning Syria fighters

London, AP—British intelligence officials will be unable to keep track of hundreds of young Britons returning after fighting with militants in Syria and Iraq, a former spymaster has warned. Fears about returning radicals have been heightened by a video released online...