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12 Sep 2014:Claims that strikes would violate sovereignty, as Syrian rebels welcome move and other Arab states offer 'appropriate' support
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11 Sep 2014: Jabhat al-Nusra releases all 45 Fijian UN peacekeepers after holding them hostage for two weeks
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8 Sep 2014:
Obama considers focusing on Isis bases in Syria as study finds jihadis have anti-tank rockets seized from rival rebels there
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5 Sep 2014: Migrant numbers, boosted by Syrians and Libyans fleeing conflict, predicted to exceed height of Arab spring
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3 Sep 2014: Leading counterterrorism expert said despite group’s dramatic rise, it does not pose a direct threat of major attack on a US city
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26 Aug 2014:
The Emiratis' secret bombing in Libya shows the strength of their desire to combat Islamists: Saudi Arabia is more reticent
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24 Aug 2014: Andrew Rawnsley: The prime minister won't be able to sustain for very much longer a posture of talking tough while doing little
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23 Aug 2014: Observer editorial: Barack Obama has offered a coherent argument about US foreign policy objectives and how these might be achieved. We need the same from David Cameron
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20 Aug 2014:
Distinct from Bin Laden's al-Qaida, cash-rich Islamic insurgents mix fanaticism, violence and terrorism with territorial expansion
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16 Aug 2014:
Bishop of Leeds slams failure over Islamist extremism in scathing letter backed by the archbishop of Canterbury
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16 Aug 2014:
Resentment grows in capital over perceived American preference to fight for Kurds over ousted Maliki
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15 Aug 2014:
Harith al-Qarawee and Emma Sky: Haidar al-Abadi’s first priority is to undo the sectarianism that scars his country
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14 Aug 2014:
Was Facebook responsible for the Arab spring? Lawrence Rosen on the transformative power of the young generation
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11 Aug 2014: Weaponry, said to be light arms and ammunition, to be brokered though CIA who are better positioned to supply militia
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9 Aug 2014:
The jihadists' advance through north-west Iraq has put to the sword an understanding between communities that had survived for generations
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