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Two suicide bombers hit Hezbollah bastion in Lebanon, 43 killed

At least 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded on Thursday in two suicide bomb blasts claimed by Islamic State in a crowded residential district in Beirut\’s southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Shi\’ite Muslim group Hezbollah.

End of the Houthis?

Thirteen months ago the Iranian-backed Houthi stormed into Sana’a taking control over large swathes of Yemen in the process.

Shi’ite Militias Head to Ramadi

Shi’ite militias, many of them backed by Iran, are streaming into the provincial capital of Ramadi, to try to help wrest the city back from Islamic State which captured it over the weekend.

Obama weighs action in Iraq but rules out combat troops

President Barack Obama said on Friday he needs several days to determine how the United States will help Iraq deal with a militant insurgency, but he ruled out sending U.S. troops back into combat and said any intervention would be contingent on Iraqi leaders becoming more involved.

Wave of car bombings target Iraqi Shi’ites, killing 60

Car bombs ripped through busy streets and markets in Iraq on Monday, killing at least 60 people in predominantly Shi\’ite areas in some of the deadliest violence since Sunni insurgents stepped up attacks this year.

Saudi Arabia says Syrian war on rebels is ‘genocide’

Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday the Syrian government\’s attempts to suppress a rebellion amounted to \”genocide\” and called for rebels to get military aid to defend themselves, in a sharp escalation of rhetoric over the conflict.

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