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Stories from Turkey, Iran, Somalia, the European Union, and more

Derek Davison
May 08, 2019
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MIDDLE EAST

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Syrian authorities reportedly defused a powerful car bomb in the city of Homs on Tuesday. This story is still developing and it’s unclear who planted the device but the neighborhood in which it was planted is heavily Alawite. That suggests some kind of extremist Sunni group, like ISIS or Hayat Tahrir al-Sham.

The Syrian army has reportedl…

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