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href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036611451/palmyra-raqqa-syria-daesh.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103661/13/1036611355.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="The Desert Falcons self-defense unit re-deploy outside Palmyra, Syria." title="The Desert Falcons self-defense unit re-deploy outside Palmyra, Syria." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036611451/palmyra-raqqa-syria-daesh.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>10:13 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">10:13 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036611451/palmyra-raqqa-syria-daesh.html">From Palmyra to Raqqa: Syria, Russia on Course to Hit Daesh Where It Hurts the Most</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036611451/palmyra-raqqa-syria-daesh.html">The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), assisted by Russian military aircraft and its local allies, has launched a massive operation to free the iconic ancient city of Palmyra, seized by Daesh in May 2015, in what would most likely pave the way for a campaign to push the terrorists out of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the caliphate.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/trend/russia_versus_isil_in_syria/">Russia Versus ISIL in Syria</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036611451/palmyra-raqqa-syria-daesh.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>4</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>5144</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103660/59/1036605996.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="OV-10 Bronco" title="OV-10 Bronco" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>05:40 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">05:40 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html">US Uses Vintage Planes From Vietnam War Era Against Daesh</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html">The United States military authorities claim that old OV-10 Bronco battle-planes may prove to be more effective and cheap than modern F-15 and F-35 aircrafts.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/us/20160320/1036606840/us-bronco-planes-daesh.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>22</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2882</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103539/61/1035396138.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addresses local administrators at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016" title="Turkey's President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, addresses local administrators at his palace in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>03:20 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">03:20 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html">Erdogan 'Turned Turkey Into Totalitarian State'</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html">The West needs to put an end to its close alliance with Turkey, according to Canadian columnist Doug Saunders.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036605005/erdogan-totalitarian-regime.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>9</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1543</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn5.img.sputniknews.com/images/103657/57/1036575701.png" width="309" height="303" alt="Explosion Hits Central Street in Istanbul" title="Explosion Hits Central Street in Istanbul" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>01:32 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">01:32 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html">Two Israeli Citizens Confirmed Dead in Istanbul Suicide Bombing – Netanyahu</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html">The Israeli authorities know that two Israeli citizens died Saturday in a suicide bombing at a busy shopping street in central Istanbul and check the information regarding an alleged third victim, country's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604433/israeli-dead-istanbul-suicide-bombing.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>363</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/101462/28/1014622829.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="In this file photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq." title="In this file photo taken Monday, June 23, 2014, fighters from the Islamic State group parade in a commandeered Iraqi security forces armored vehicle down a main road at the northern city of Mosul, Iraq." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>01:27 20.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">01:27 20.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html">‘Catastrophic Success’: Daesh' Rapid Defeat in Mosul Could Lead to Chaos</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html">As an Iraqi military operation to reclaim the country’s second largest city of Mosul from Daesh militants goes into full play, the fast success of the offensive could lead to unpredictable – and possibly disastrous – consequences, a US expert specializing in Middle East Policy claimed.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036604293/mosul-libeartion-ctastrophic-success.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>9</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>5299</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103657/79/1036577968.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Police secure the area following a suicide bombing in a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul March 19, 2016." title="Police secure the area following a suicide bombing in a major shopping and tourist district in central Istanbul March 19, 2016." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:43 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:43 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html">Istanbul Terror Attack Killed Two US Citizens – White House</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html">Two Americans were killed during a terrorist attack in Istanbul on Saturday, the White House stated.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603190/us-citizens-istambul-attack.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>6</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>963</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/102078/10/1020781079.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Egyptian army armored vehicle stands on the on the Egyptian side of border town of Rafah, north Sinai, Egypt" title="Egyptian army armored vehicle stands on the on the Egyptian side of border town of Rafah, north Sinai, Egypt" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:32 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:32 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html">Daesh-Linked Militants Claim Responsibility for Bombing in North Sinai</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html">A jihadist group affiliated with Deash has claimed Saturday’s attack on Egyptian security forces that killed 13 policemen, Al Arabiya channel reported.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/">Violence Erupts as Islamic State Rises</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036603029/north-sinai-attack-daesh.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>533</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item m-story"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn3.img.sputniknews.com/images/101395/52/1013955259.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="The flag of the radical Islamist organization Islamic State of Iraq" title="The flag of the radical Islamist organization Islamic State of Iraq" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>23:32 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">23:32 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/">Violence Erupts as Islamic State Rises</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/"><p>ISIS is a Sunni militant group, which had been fighting in Syria until recently, led an attack on the western and northern regions of Iraq. ISIS militants captured Mosul, the capital of the northern Iraqi province of Manawa, a part of the Salah al-Din province, including its administrative center, the city of Tikrit and other territories. The militants also announced their intention to march on Baghdad. Recently ISIL declared Caliphate in captured territory and renamed itself as “Islamic State”.</p></a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/">Violence Erupts as Islamic State Rises</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i> 0</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>0</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036602034/daesh-airstrike-death.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/102624/57/1026245778.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="The Pentagon building in Washington, DC" title="The Pentagon building in Washington, DC" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036602034/daesh-airstrike-death.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>22:01 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">22:01 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036602034/daesh-airstrike-death.html">Pentagon Confirms Marine’s Death in Daesh Rocket Strike at Iraqi Makhmur Base</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036602034/daesh-airstrike-death.html">The US Department of Defense confirmed that a member of the US Marine Corps died in a rocket strike by Daesh militants at a base in Iraq.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036602034/daesh-airstrike-death.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>3</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>492</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036596115/palmyra-offensive-stage.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103096/61/1030966142.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Syrian army's positions near Palmyra" title="Syrian army's positions near Palmyra" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036596115/palmyra-offensive-stage.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>19:35 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">19:35 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036596115/palmyra-offensive-stage.html">The Best is Yet to Come: Syrian Army Ends First Stage of Palmyra Offensive, Ready to Approach City Borders</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036596115/palmyra-offensive-stage.html">The Syrian government troops and militias on Saturday successfully finished the first stage of their offensive on jihadist-held ancient city of Palmyra, a source in the Syrian command said.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036596115/palmyra-offensive-stage.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3105</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036595213/saudi-alliance-iran.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103624/36/1036243667.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Soldiers take pictures as flame and smoke are seen following air bombardments during the Northern Thunder exercises, in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq, March 10, 2016" title="Soldiers take pictures as flame and smoke are seen following air bombardments during the Northern Thunder exercises, in Hafr Al-Batin, near Saudi Arabia's border with Iraq, March 10, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036595213/saudi-alliance-iran.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>19:16 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">19:16 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036595213/saudi-alliance-iran.html">Does Saudi NATO-Like Alliance Have Its Eye On Iran?</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036595213/saudi-alliance-iran.html">Saudi Arabia has proposed to create a NATO-like alliance, consisting of Islamic countries. It will not act against any country and its primary goal will be the fight against terrorism and threats like Daesh in the Arab world.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036595213/saudi-alliance-iran.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>6</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2834</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036594454/putin-judoka-syria-nabih-berri.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103659/47/1036594797.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Russian President Vladimir Putin" title="Russian President Vladimir Putin" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036594454/putin-judoka-syria-nabih-berri.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>18:55 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">18:55 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036594454/putin-judoka-syria-nabih-berri.html">'Experienced Judoka' Putin Surprises International Politics</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036594454/putin-judoka-syria-nabih-berri.html">The speaker of the Lebanese Parliament, Nabih Berri, praised the actions of Russian President Vladimir Putin calling him the “experienced judoka” of international relations after his decision to pull the main contingent of Russian troops out of Syria, the As-Safir newspaper reported.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036594454/putin-judoka-syria-nabih-berri.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>8</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>3254</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036593016/aleppo-civilians-killed.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103483/91/1034839125.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="A street in the Old Town of Aleppo." title="A street in the Old Town of Aleppo." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036593016/aleppo-civilians-killed.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>18:33 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">18:33 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036593016/aleppo-civilians-killed.html">Militants Killed 67 Civilians in Syria's Aleppo Since Truce - Russian MoD</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036593016/aleppo-civilians-killed.html">According to the Russian center of Syrian reconciliation, militants have killed 67 civilians in Syria's Aleppo since the ceasefire regime had gone into effect on February 27.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036593016/aleppo-civilians-killed.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1187</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036591025/emvoy-turkey-terrorists.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/images/103409/62/1034096237.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Syrian Ambassador to the U.N. Bashar Jaafari holds a news conference during the Syrian Peace talks at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2016" title="Syrian Ambassador to the U.N. Bashar Jaafari holds a news conference during the Syrian Peace talks at the United Nations European headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland, February 2, 2016" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036591025/emvoy-turkey-terrorists.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:52 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:52 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036591025/emvoy-turkey-terrorists.html">Double Talk: ‘Turkey Is Sending Terrorists to Syria’</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036591025/emvoy-turkey-terrorists.html">Turkey finances Daesh and helps send terrorists to neighboring Syria, Bashar al-Jaafari who heads the Syrian government delegation at the Geneva peace talks told Euronews on Friday.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036591025/emvoy-turkey-terrorists.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>1284</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036589741/us-soldier-killed-by-daesh-rocket.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103659/04/1036590438.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="US soldier in Iraq" title="US soldier in Iraq" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036589741/us-soldier-killed-by-daesh-rocket.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>17:27 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">17:27 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036589741/us-soldier-killed-by-daesh-rocket.html">US Soldier Killed by Daesh Rocket Strike in Northern Iraq</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036589741/us-soldier-killed-by-daesh-rocket.html">A US soldier was killed in the northern Iraqi town of Makhmur by a Daesh-launched rocket that struck a military base, a US official told local television channels.</a></span><div class="b-stories__story"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/trend/rises/">Violence Erupts as Islamic State Rises</a></div></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036589741/us-soldier-killed-by-daesh-rocket.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>2</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>471</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036586980/syria-jihadists-aided-ankara.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/images/103229/86/1032298658.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="Syrian soldiers at a check point not far from Kesab, seized by Islamists, on the border with Turkey and the Latakiyah province (File)" title="Syrian soldiers at a check point not far from Kesab, seized by Islamists, on the border with Turkey and the Latakiyah province (File)" class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036586980/syria-jihadists-aided-ankara.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>16:28 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">16:28 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036586980/syria-jihadists-aided-ankara.html">Endless Mayhem: ‘Extensive Movement of Jihadists at Syria-Turkey Border’ Aided by Ankara</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036586980/syria-jihadists-aided-ankara.html">The Turkish government facilitates the movement of jihadists between Syria and Turkey, according to a report by a Turkish organization “Right to life, against war”. It reflects the situation in the province of Hatay which is on the border with Syria.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036586980/syria-jihadists-aided-ankara.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>3</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>2235</span></div></div></div></li><li class="b-stories__item" data-next="/middleeast/more.html?id=1036579522&date=20160319T134525"><a class="b-stories__img" href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036579522/rebels-meeting-envoy.html"><img src="https://web.archive.org/web/20160320110112im_/http://cdn4.img.sputniknews.com/images/103657/93/1036579395.jpg" width="309" height="303" alt="UN special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed." title="UN special envoy to Yemen, Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed." class=""></a><div class="b-stories__info"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036579522/rebels-meeting-envoy.html" class="b-stories__info-link"></a><div class="b-stories__upd">Last update: <span>13:45 19.03.2016</span></div><span class="b-stories__date">13:45 19.03.2016</span><div class="b-stories__title"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036579522/rebels-meeting-envoy.html">UN Envoy for Yemen Arrives in Sanaa for Talks With Rebels - Source</a><span class="b-stories__announce"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036579522/rebels-meeting-envoy.html">UN Special Envoy for Yemen Ismail Ould Cheikh Ahmed have arrived in the country's capital of Sanaa, controlled by the Houthi rebels, to discuss preparations for a new round of intra-Yemeni talks, a source at Sanaa's airport told Sputnik Saturday.</a></span></div><div class="b-stories__counters"><div class="b-counters m-counters-white "><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160319/1036579522/rebels-meeting-envoy.html#comments" class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_comments"><i></i>1</a><span class="b-counters-icon b-counters-icon_view"><i></i>274</span></div></div></div></li></ul></div><div class="b-more"><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/?id=1036579522&date=20160319T134525" data-href="/middleeast/more.html?id=1036579522&date=20160319T134525" data-for="rubric-major" class="b-btn m-more">Get more</a></div></div></div><div class="l-sidebar"><div class="b-block b-tabs b-news "><h3 class="b-block__title">News</h3><ul class="b-tabs__head"><li class="b-tabs__head-item active"><a href="#latest-tab">Latest</a></li><li class="b-tabs__head-item"><a href="#mostread-tab">Most Read</a></li><li class="b-tabs__head-item"><a href="#mostdiscussed-tab">Most Discussed</a></li></ul><div class="b-tabs__content active" id="latest-tab"><ul><li class="b-news__item"><span class="b-news__time">13:53</span><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036617265/iraq-kurds-federation.html">Iraqi Kurdish Leader Says Federation Solution for Future Syrian State</a></li><li class="b-news__item"><span class="b-news__time">13:47</span><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/business/20160320/1036616759/imf-cheif-calls-secure-intrnarional-monetary-system.html">IMF Chief Calls for More Secure International Monetary System</a></li><li class="b-news__item"><span class="b-news__time">13:23</span><a href="/web/20160320110112/http://sputniknews.com/middleeast/20160320/1036616253/kurds-arrest-riots.html">Turkish Authorities Detain 19 Kurdish Activists in Izmir - 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