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The killing of Gaza militia leader Yasser Abu Shabab, confirmed by his Popular Forces group and by Israeli media, is the final chapter of a man who tried to present himself – with Israeli support – as ...

Yasser Abu Shabab, the leader of a gang in the Gaza Strip that was accused of working with Israel to counter Hamas and of looting humanitarian aid, has been killed, according to his group. His militia ...

Who is Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the leader of Syria’s insurgency that toppled Assad? Abu Mohammed al-Golani, the militant leader whose stunning insurgency toppled Syria’s President Bashar Assad, has ...

In a landmark moment for global literature, Egyptian writer Salwa Bakr has been awarded the inaugural BRICS Literature Award at the Khabarovsk City Palace of Culture, during the BRICS Countries Arts ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A prominent Iraqi Shiite politician and senior member of the Reconstruction and Development Coalition (RDC), led by Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani, told Rudaw that ...

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Former Iraqi prime minister and head of the State of Law Coalition, Nouri al-Maliki (2006-2014), arrived in Erbil on Saturday to hold talks with top Kurdish leaders, as ...