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Iraq harvests go up in smoke, but who lit the fires?

Author:  AFP ID:  1559935290738900100 Fri, 2019-06-07 05:55 KIRKUK, Iraq: Resurgent jihadists, ethnic land disputes or regular field burning? Iraq’s northern farmlands are on fire, but the area’s complex patchwork of grievances has made it hard to identify the culprits.Farmers in … read more

Egypt officials say police kill 8 militants in Sinai

Author:  Associated Press ID:  1559920821557615100 Fri, 2019-06-07 15:14 CAIRO: Egypt says its security forces have killed eight militants in the restive northern Sinai Peninsula, two days after a deadly attack killed several police. The Interior Ministry issued a statement Friday … read more