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August 19th, 2018

Not Everyone in Iraq Welcomes Peshmerga's Possible Return to Kirkuk Murphy Amendment Would Defund US Involvement in Yemen War
As Killings Rise, Aid Workers Confront Era of Growing Risk Iran Lawmakers Target Rouhani's Finance Minister as Sanctions Bite
Iraq's Basra Oil, Chevron Agree to Implement MOU to Develop Oil Fields: Iraqi Oil Ministry Sentence Doubled for Israeli Policeman Who Shot Palestinian
ISIS Guerrilla War Slows Coalition Battle in Iraq and Syria Iran Defense Minister Vows to Develop Deterrent Missile Power
Hezbollah Leader Meets With Yemeni Rebels 'Dream or Reality?' Koreans to Meet After Decades Apart
Iran Detains Outspoken Lawyer Calling for Free Elections Turkish President Blasts 'Economic Coup' Amid Heightened Tensions With US
Brazil to Send Troops to Town Bordering Venezuela Mexican Poppy Producing State Pushes to Decriminalize Opium
US Forces to Stay in Iraq as Long as Needed: Spokesman Iraqi Supreme Court Ratifies May Election Results
Pompeo Says 'Time for Peace' as Afghanistan Announces Ceasefire With Taliban China's Xi Says Military Must Resist 'Corrosion' of Corruption
Iran Says US 'Action Group' Will Fail to Overthrow Iranian State New Pakistan PM Khan Calls for Austerity; Wants Government's Bullet-Proof Cars Sold
Baghdad Gun Shops Thrive After Iraqi Rethink on Arms Control Rise in Grenades Being Smuggled Into UK Prompts Fears Over Terror Attacks
Afghanistan Announces Muslim Eid Holiday Ceasefire With Taliban Tense Calm on Brazil-Venezuelan Border After Anti-Immigrant Riot
Israel Closes Only People Crossing With Gaza Israeli Ministry to Fund Evangelical Bible Program in West Bank Settlement
Islamists Kill 19 in Northeast Nigeria Comedian Who Impersonated Slovenian Prime Minister Appointed Prime Minister
Marine Lost Overboard From Amphibious Ship Identified as Helicopter Crew Chief

August 18th, 2018

Militia Armory Burns and Explodes; 15 Killed in Iraq What May Unfold in Syria's Idlib and Why Is a 'Bloodbath' Likely?
Ghazni Is Not Safe for Aid Workers to Enter: UN Taliban's Shadow District Governor for Sayed Khel District Killed
Saudi Arabia Intercepts Houthi Missile Targeting Border City Yemen's Aden Faces Escalating Faction After Attack by Southern Separatist Forces
Senators Demand Answers on Reported Lead Poisoning at Army Bases Pakistan Says Indian Fire Kills Villager in Kashmir
China Complains About Pentagon Report, Says It Is Pure Guesswork Maduro Orders 96 Percent Devaluation in Hyperinflation-Stricken Venezuela
Iran Says Its Economy Not at 'Dead End' From US Sanctions Iran Will Unveil a New Fighter Jet Next Week: Minister
Cyprus Hands Egyptian Plane Hijacker Over to Cairo T-38 Talon Training Jet Crashes in Oklahoma
Two 7th ID Sergeants Found Dead North Korea Urges Trump to Be 'Bold' on Denuclearization
UN Chief Proposes Armed Peacekeeping Force to Protect Palestinians in Gaza How Many Settlers Need to Be Evacuated to Make Way for a Palestinian State
Mattis to Send US Navy Hospital Ship to Aid Venezuelan Migrants Abbas Calls for Intensifying 'Popular Resistance' Against Israel
Prison Cells Set Ablaze as Guards Storm Hamas Wing Hamas Leader: Decision on Ceasefire by End of August
IDF Chief Hails Minority Troops Amid Effort to Allay Anger Over Jewish-State Law Family of Arab-Israeli Shot Dead Stabbing Old City Cop Says He Was Mentally Ill
Head of Syrian Intel's 'Palestine Department' Said Assassinated Abbas: Either PA Controls Both West Bank and Gaza, or Hamas Does
Egypt's Sisi Signs New Law Tightening Government Control Online Qatar Accuses Saudi Arabia of Blocking Access to Hajj
Marine Vet Turned Journalist Austin Tice Has Now Been Missing in Syria for Six Years

August 17th, 2018

Electric Infrastructure Targeted; Six Killed in Iraq Yemeni Al-Qaeda Denies Secret Deal With UAE
Afghan President Visits Ghazni to Declare Victory, but Fighting Is Ongoing UN Chief: 1 Option to Protect Palestinians Is a New Force
Trump Delegates Military More Authority for Offensive Cyber Attacks
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