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ISIS continues its ‘Get Out the Vote’ jihadi campaign targeting U.S. elections

ForeignDeskNewsNovember 7, 2016

Islamic State-linked jihadis continued Monday to promote an essay released over the weekend calling for Election Day attacks and the “slaughter” of U.S. voters. Published Saturday by the terror...

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Lebanon: New Hezbollah-backed president vows to liberate “territories occupied by Israel”

ForeignDeskNewsOctober 31, 2016

Lebanon’s newly-elected president vowed to “liberate Lebanese territories occupied by Israel” in his first speech following his appointment. Retired general Michel Aoun, 81, said no effort would be spared...

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Wikileaks email: Senior Clinton advisor says “Israel is depressing”

ForeignDeskNewsOctober 28, 2016

Wikileaks released the latest dump of emails from Hillary Clinton campaign chair John Podesta Friday, now with comments knocking Israel and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. In an email...

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Majority of Paris attackers entered Europe posing as refugees

ForeignDeskNewsOctober 2, 2016

Seven of the nine ISIS jihadis who launched a series of coordinated terrorist attacks in Paris last November entered Europe by posing as refugees. The attackers were part of...

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Iran to charge detained U.S. man with threatening country’s national security

ForeignDeskNewsAugust 17, 2016

Iran is preparing to indict a detained U.S. man, accusing him of acting against the country’s national security interests, a source familiar with the case has told The Foreign...

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Islamic extremists attack Christian village in Egypt, burn 80 homes

ForeignDeskNewsJune 21, 2016

A mob of over a thousand Islamic extremists attacked a Christian village destroying property and setting the homes of over 80 families ablaze over rumors that a Coptic man...

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Hagia Sophia: Protests over Ramadan prayers held at Turkey’s historic cathedral

ForeignDeskNewsJune 6, 2016

An angry war of words has erupted between Greece and Turkey after Turkish authorities permitted a daily Koran reading to be broadcast from Turkey’s famous Hagia Sophia, a former Byzantine...

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Lisa Daftari at the United Nations: “International Law on Peace and Justice”

ForeignDeskNewsJune 2, 2016

The Foreign Desk’s Editor-in-Chief Lisa Daftari appeared at the United Nations Headquarters last week at a gathering of the Permanent Missions to discuss the significance of international law on...

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Exclusive: U.S. marine held in Iran suing for more than $10m

ForeignDeskNewsMay 10, 2016

The attorneys representing Amir Hekmati, the U.S. marine held in Iran for four and a half years, are suing the Islamic Republic of Iran for falsely imprisoning and torturing...

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U.S. launches cyber war against the Islamic State

ForeignDeskNewsApril 7, 2016

Defense Secretary Ashton Carter announced Tuesday that he has ordered cyber attacks targeting the Islamic State. The Pentagon’s US Cyber Command, which will now broaden its role to participate...

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ISIS continues its ‘Get Out the Vote’ jihadi campaign targeting U.S. elections

Lebanon: New Hezbollah-backed president vows to liberate “territories occupied by Israel”

Wikileaks email: Senior Clinton advisor says “Israel is depressing”

Majority of Paris attackers entered Europe posing as refugees

Iran to charge detained U.S. man with threatening country’s national security

Islamic extremists attack Christian village in Egypt, burn 80 homes

Hagia Sophia: Protests over Ramadan prayers held at Turkey’s historic cathedral

Lisa Daftari at the United Nations: “International Law on Peace and Justice”

Exclusive: U.S. marine held in Iran suing for more than $10m

U.S. launches cyber war against the Islamic State

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