RAQQA/WASHINGTON — Sheen Ibrahim's track record fighting ultra-hardline militants explains US President Donald Trump's policy of arming Syrian Kurds like her as he seeks to eradicate Daesh (the so-called IS). It also highlights the risks.
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BASHIQA, Iraq — Abbas Ali wept as his wife slowly pushed him in his wheelchair out of their village in northern Iraq, a risky escape along a route where Daesh (the so-called IS) snipers three days earlier had shot dead a couple seeking freedom from (...)
JACOB Zuma may not be celebrating for long after his ruling ANC's removal of rival South African President Thabo Mbeki raised questions over the future of the divided party and his ability to lead the country.
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ZIMBABWE's neighbors lack the will and the means to take action against President Robert Mugabe to avert a likely deeper economic collapse and possible bloodshed if he stays in power, analysts say.
Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF lost control of parliament (...)
