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Protests in Iraq and Lebanon pose a challenge to Iran

The day after anti-government protests erupted in Iraq, Iranian Gen. Qassim Soleimani flew into Baghdad late at night and took a helicopter to the heavily fortified Green Zone, where he surprised a group of top security officials by chairing a meeting in place of the prime minister.

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Amal and Hezbollah supporters overrun Beirut protesters

A group of men shouting Hezbollah and Amal Movement slogans attacked protesters and overrun a sit-in blocking a major highway before chasing the demonstrators down the hill to Martyrs’ Square and destroying the 13 day-old sit-in.

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Hezbollah Supporters Break Up Lebanon Protest Camp

BEIRUT – Hundreds of Lebanese supporters of the militant Hezbollah group, some wielding sticks, attacked a protest camp set up by anti-government demonstrators in central Beirut, burning some of its tents and dismantling others Tuesday.

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What Baghdadi’s Death Means for al Qaeda—and Why It Matters

With ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi killed one day and the group’s official spokesman Abu Hassan al-Muhajir the next, there’s a giant hole in the pseudo-Caliphate structure of the so-called Islamic State. The group must now, by its strict religious tenets, find a new (supposed) descendant of the Prophet Muhammed …

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Statement from the President on the Death of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

Last night, the United States brought the world’s number one terrorist leader to justice. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is dead. He was the founder and leader of ISIS, the most ruthless and violent terror organization in the World. The United States has been searching for Baghdadi for many years. Capturing or …

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BFM TV s’en prend à Boris Johnson, «le manipulateur»

Le documentaire s’intitule « Boris Johnson : le manipulateur ». Alléchant. Je vais être honnête: je l’ai vraiment regardé en espérant apprendre qui était ce personnage que nous autres Français connaissons assez mal. J’en ai plus appris sur l’opinion de notre presse autorisée à son sujet, que sur l’homme lui-même. …

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