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Treasury adds Hezbollah leader who was in US custody last year to terrorism list
Musa Ali Daqduq has been added to the list of Specially Designated Global Terrorists. He was in US custody a mere 11 months ago before being transferred to Iraq and subsequently freed, and his terrorist activities were well known.
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Afghanistan
Herat, Freewheeling Afghan City, Fearful of US Pullout
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Israel
Brigades That Fire on Israel Show a Deadly New Discipline
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Iran
A report from the IAEA said Iran had doubled the capacity at its uranium enrichment plant. Iran has postponed the startup of a nuclear reactor in Akak; the research reactor has the capability of producing plutonium for nuclear arms.
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Iran
Iran Set to Double Nuclear Fuel Capability
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Iran
The US, China, Russia, France, the UK, and Germany planned to meet to discuss negotiation strategy over Iran’s nuclear program; it is unclear if Iran is ready to participate in negotiations. Iran state TV reported the arrest of people plotting bomb attacks with the support of Western and Israeli spy agencies.
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US adds Taliban shadow governor of Helmand to narcotics kingpin list
Mullah Naim Barich, the Taliban’s leader for the southern Afghan province, was added “for the significant role he plays in international narcotics trafficking,” Treasury stated.
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Iraq frees Hezbollah commander who helped mold Shia terror groups
Musa Ali Daqduq, who was tasked with establishing a Hezbollah-like Shia terror group in Iraq, and who was involved in the 2007 attack on US troops in Karbala, has been freed from Iraqi custody and is now in Lebanon.
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Hamas
Hamas, Emboldened, Tests Its Arab Alliances
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Afghanistan
Afghan Warlord Ismail Khan’s Call to Arms Rattles Kabul
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Iran
Iran launched a large air defense exercise. The exercise spanned Iran’s northeastern, eastern, and southeastern regions.
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Hezbollah
US Fears Hezbollah Operative Held in Iraq May Go Free
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Iran
Iran confirmed that its jets shot at a US reconnaissance drone. Iranian and UN officials plan to meet in Tehran next month to restart talks over Iran’s nuclear program.
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Iran
Iranian air force jets fired at an unarmed US drone. The drone was flying off the coast of Kuwait in international waters. Iran’s news agency said the military would hold a “massive” air defense exercise, starting this weekend. Iran banned the importation of luxury goods.
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Afghanistan
Missiles Fired From Iran Into Afghanistan: Security Official
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Iran
From Sudan to cyber, secret war with Iran heats up
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Afghanistan
Saudi Arabia Positions Itself For Larger Afghan Role
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Iran
Iran denies suspension of high-grade uranium enrichment: lawmaker
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Iran
Israel’s red line on Iran: 240 kg
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Iran
A Dramatic Change of Iran’s Image in the Arab World
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Iran
Sudan’s Iran Alliance Under Scrutiny
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Iran
Sudan: the new battlefield in Iran and Israel’s covert conflict
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Iran
Israel has concluded that Iran has pulled back from building a nuclear weapon. By converting some of its enriched uranium to civilian use, Iran has delayed building a bomb by 8 to 10 months.
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Iran
Sudan, After Blast, Greets Iran Ships
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Iran
Why Iran Wants to Attack the United States
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Iran
Iran aims to defy sanctions through domestic production
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Lebanon
Hizbollah debates dropping support for the regime of President Bashar al-Assad
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US drones kill 4 AQAP fighters in rare strike in northern Yemen
Today’s strike targeted an al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula cell in the northern province of Saada, where the government, local Salafists, and AQAP battle the Iranian-backed Shia Houthis.
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Afghanistan
Iran Uses Aid to Build Afghan Influence
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Iraq
Influx of Iraqi Shiites to Syria Widens War’s Scope
