By Patrick J. McDonnell

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US reports insurgent death toll in a shift in approach

US reports insurgent death toll in a shift in approach

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A village mourns its dead and their dreams

A truck carrying migrants crashed in Mexico, leaving 23 dead — all from Guatemala

In Nica, Hermelinda Chavez Hernandez treats the injuries her son Carlos, 24, suffered in the truck accident a week earlier in Mexico

Syria’s Arab rebels and Kurdish militias clash

Recent clashes between Arab Syrian rebels and Kurdish militiamen have left 33 dead

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UN urges access to beseiged Syria civillians

Activists complain of a lack of food and medical attention in Moadhamiya

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Aden seethes with separatist agendas

Yemen’s north-south divide remains raw despite merger in 1990

AFP

Daesh suffers reversal in Kurdish north of Iraq

Extremist group seems to have worn out its welcome in Sunni Arab towns

REUTERS

Iranians stay seated to highlight flight delays

Several incidents of spontaneous on-board sit-ins reported by local media

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For siblings, Homs is where the heart is

Elderly brother and sister refuse to abandon neither hope nor home in violence-hit Syria

EPA

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