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Iranian commandos arrive in Syria
Commandos from an Iranian army unit have been deployed to Syria on an advisory mission, says an Iranian military official.

Commandos from an Iranian army unit have been deployed to Syria on an advisory mission, says an Iranian military official.

Assembly constituencies in the Indian states of West Bengal and Assam go to the polls in the first phase of the elections.

Yemen’s former president dismisses his premier due to the self-proclaimed government’s 'failures.'

US Senator Cardin demands the renewal of anti-Iran sanctions.

A passenger boat returns dozens of refugees and asylum seekers from Greece to Turkey.

Syria’s prime minister says Tehran-Damascus cooperation has boosted the resistance front against US-Israeli plots in the region.

A Bahraini human rights group criticizes the Formula One’s governing body for staging auto races in Bahrain.

North Korea says the 'Leningrad-like' blockade the US has imposed on the country could push Pyongyang to launch a retaliatory nuclear strike.

A protest in Los Angeles blasts ‘low’ media coverage of presidential hopeful Sanders’ campaign.

The Turkish military kills 27 militants during separate operations in troubled southeastern Turkey.

The death toll from flash floods in northwestern Pakistan and parts of Kashmir rises to 53.

The Saudi royal family is “teetering on the edge of collapse,” with the possibility of internal dissent, an analyst says.

An Al-Nusra Front terrorist group leader has been killed in an air strike in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, says monitoring group.

Bernie Sanders says he has never compared Donald Trump with Adolf Hitler.

“Donald Trump is in the process of running for president and part of his strategy from a rhetorical level is to simply say as many outrageous things as he can,” a political analyst says.

President of the European Parliament says EU-Ankara deal on refugees must not allow concessions over human rights violations in Turkey.

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says the West is “dishonest” and pursues policies far removed from the “principles” of international law.

Yemeni forces have captured 42 Saudi troops in Bayda and Jawf provinces, and killed several others in Ma'rib.