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Trump's Controversial Candidate Questioned

Former TV anchor Pete Hegseth, who Donald Trump wants to see as the US Defense Minister, has been questioned in a senate committee. He was both praised and booed.

France: Has Bombed IS Targets in Syria

Syrian soldiers on the run are sent home

Iraq is to send back Syrian soldiers who fled during the rebel-led lightning offensive that ended with the fall of dictator Bashar al-Assad, according to the country's Interior Ministry.

The Pope: The Suicide Bomber Intended to Blow Me Up

Pope Francis has just turned 88 years old. But it was close that he did not become so old, he reveals in his upcoming autobiography.

American attack on IS targets in Syria

IS attack in Syrian desert – six dead

IS has killed six shepherds in an area in the Syrian desert notorious for extremist attacks, according to the UK-based conflict monitor Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).

USA wants to cooperate with Iraq on Syria

The EU is reported to open up for diplomatic relations with Syria after the fall of the Assad regime. At the same time, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken promises that the US will cooperate with Iraq to achieve stability in Syria.

Obama hesitated – USA lost foothold in Syria

The USA's political and military presence in the Middle East has suffered several setbacks. An event eleven years ago may have been decisive in making it difficult for the superpower to regain its old strength.