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Assad Regime Ends As Rebels Claim Damascus - Syria

This photo taken on December 8, 2024 shows rebel fighters in Damascus, Syria. Syrian armed opposition forces seized full control of Damascus on Sunday, ending over five decades of the Assad family rule. Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had "decided to leave the presidential post and left the country, giving instructions to transfer power peacefully." Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Assad Regime Ends As Rebels Claim Damascus - Syria

This photo taken on December 8, 2024 shows rebel fighters in Damascus, Syria. Syrian armed opposition forces seized full control of Damascus on Sunday, ending over five decades of the Assad family rule. Russia's Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying Syrian President Bashar al-Assad had "decided to leave the presidential post and left the country, giving instructions to transfer power peacefully." Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Nasrallah Speaks After Raisi Death - Beirut

A woman holds photos of President Raisi of Iran, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and two young Hezbollah fighters while watching Hezbollah Secretary General Hassan Nasrallah give a televised speech in a hanger in the Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh in Lebanon on May 24, 2024, following the deaths of Raisi and Amir-Abdollahian in a helicopter crash. Photo by Oliver Marsden/middle East Images/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital

STORY: Türkiye cracks down on IS in capital SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 27, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 28, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:46 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of anti-terror operations of Turkish police in Türkiye (courtesy of Turkish Interior Ministry) STORYLINE: Turkish authorities on Tuesday launched operations against Islamic State (IS) in Ankara, the Daily Sabah newspaper reported. In Ankara, prosecutors issued warrants for 20 IS suspects linked to "Tevhid Magazine," which they said was a front for the group's activities in the capital. Police have detained many IS suspects over an attack on an Italian church in Istanbul, Türkiye's largest city, in January. Türkiye designated IS as a terrorist group in 2013 and has suffered several deadly attacks by the group since 2015. Türkiye's southern border with Syria has been a major transit route for Syrians and foreign fighters since the Syrian civil war began in 2011. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Ankara. (XHTV

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Libyan sides in Egypt agree on collecting data on foreign fighters

STORY: Libyan sides in Egypt agree on collecting data on foreign fighters DATELINE: Feb. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Foreign Ministry in Cairo 2. various of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry meeting with Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General (SRSG) for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily STORYLINE: The 5+5 Libyan Joint Military Commission concluded its talks in Egypt by reaching a mechanism for collecting and exchanging data about foreign fighters and mercenaries. The UN-mediated two-day talks were held in Egypt with the participation of the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily and representatives from Niger and Sudan, according to a statement obtained by Xinhua. Bathily hailed Egypt's efforts to boost the dialogue among the Libyan sides to find a political settlement for the war-torn country. He described the talks as positive for maintaining sustainable peace and security in Libya and the regio

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Egyptian FM emphasizes preventing foreign interference in Libya's political process

STORY: Egyptian FM emphasizes preventing foreign interference in Libya's political process DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:40 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Foreign Ministry in Cairo 2. various of the meeting STORYLINE: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Tuesday underlined the importance of stopping foreign interference in Libya's political process. In a meeting with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Libya Abdoulaye Bathily that aimed at finding out ways to push the political process in Libya forward, Shoukry called on all relevant parties to support Libyans in reaching a consensus, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The two diplomats agreed on reaching a consensus over the political process that could ensure running Libya's presidential and parliamentary elections and expelling foreign fighters and mercenaries from Libya within a specific timeframe. Shoukry also reviewed the progress of reaching a constitutional fra

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U.S. envoy sees need to share intelligence on foreign fighters

NEW YORK, United States - U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power speaks during a news conference at the U.N. headquarters in New York on Sept. 3, 2014, noting the need for governments to share intelligence on foreign fighters joining militant Islamic groups.

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Kurdistan regional gov't official

ARBIL, Iraq - Falah Mustafa Bakir, head of the foreign relations department of the Kurdistan regional government, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Arbil, northern Iraq, on June 16, 2014. Bakir said the Kurds will not help Iraqi forces to combat Sunni insurgents, indicating Kurdish armed fighters will give priority to defending their region.

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Int'l snowball fight tournament begins in Hokkaido

SOBETSU, Japan - Snowball-fighters hide behind snow 'shields' during an international snowball fight tournament in the Hokkaido town of Sobetsu on Feb. 22. Some 1,900 people from 14 foreign countries, most of whom are residents of Hokkaido, took part in the 15th Annual Mt. Showa Shinzan International Yukigassen (snowball fight) contest.

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Turkey mulls new military operation in Syria amid NATO expansion impasse

STORY: Turkey mulls new military operation in Syria amid NATO expansion impasse DATELINE: June 2, 2022 LENGTH: 0:02:57 LOCATION: Ankara CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1 STANDUP 1 (English): BURAK AKINCI, Xinhua reporter 2 SOUNDBITE 1 (Turkish): OYTUN ORHAN, Coordinator for Levant Studies at the Ankara-based Center for Middle Eastern Studies 3 SOUNDBITE 2 (Turkish): HASIM TURKER, Foreign policy analyst, Ankara-based think-tank Bosphorus Centre for Asian Studies 4 STANDUP 2 (English): BURAK AKINCI, Xinhua reporter STORYLINE: Turkey is planning a new incursion against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters in Syria, a move which comes amid Ankara's reservations about a NATO expansion bid and projects to relocate vast numbers of Syrian refugees. STANDUP 1 (English): BURAK AKINCI, Xinhua reporter "I'm Burak Akinci with Xinhua News Agency. I'm now in the Turkish capital city Ankara. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has raised the prospect of a fresh military operation in neighboring Syria, aiming to create a

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KUWAIT-KUWAIT CITY-MEETING-FOREIGN TERRORIST FIGHTERS

(220524) -- KUWAIT CITY, May 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Representatives attend the Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Working Group Meeting in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on May 24, 2022. The FTF Working Group Meeting was held here on Tuesday. The FTF Working Group Meeting, headed by Kuwait, Turkey and the Netherlands, derives from the 85-membered Global Coalition Against Daesh (IS), according to the Kuwait News Agency. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)

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KUWAIT-KUWAIT CITY-MEETING-FOREIGN TERRORIST FIGHTERS

(220524) -- KUWAIT CITY, May 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Hamad Al-Mashaan (C), Kuwaiti assistant foreign minister for international cooperation and development, speaks at the opening ceremony of the Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Working Group Meeting in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on May 24, 2022. The FTF Working Group Meeting was held here on Tuesday. The FTF Working Group Meeting, headed by Kuwait, Turkey and the Netherlands, derives from the 85-membered Global Coalition Against Daesh (IS), according to the Kuwait News Agency. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)

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KUWAIT-KUWAIT CITY-MEETING-FOREIGN TERRORIST FIGHTERS

(220524) -- KUWAIT CITY, May 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Representatives attend the Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Working Group Meeting in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on May 24, 2022. The FTF Working Group Meeting was held here on Tuesday. The FTF Working Group Meeting, headed by Kuwait, Turkey and the Netherlands, derives from the 85-membered Global Coalition Against Daesh (IS), according to the Kuwait News Agency. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)

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KUWAIT-KUWAIT CITY-MEETING-FOREIGN TERRORIST FIGHTERS

(220524) -- KUWAIT CITY, May 24, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Representatives attend the Foreign Terrorist Fighters (FTF) Working Group Meeting in Kuwait City, Kuwait, on May 24, 2022. The FTF Working Group Meeting was held here on Tuesday. The FTF Working Group Meeting, headed by Kuwait, Turkey and the Netherlands, derives from the 85-membered Global Coalition Against Daesh (IS), according to the Kuwait News Agency. (Photo by Asad/Xinhua)

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - The new European single-seater Dassault Rafale, a multi-role fighter with some stealth built in, meant to carry out air-to-air and attack missions, is presented to the press on its assembly line in Merignac, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, on June 4, 2005. The French Air Force and the Navy will be equipped with 300 of these high-range fighters which could interest other countries who have carriers. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Patrick Bernard/ABACA

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Egypt To Order 30 Rafale From France

File photo - The Dassault Aviation plant where the new European single-seater Dassault Rafale, a multi-role fighter with some stealth built in, meant to carry out air-to-air and attack missions, is assembled in Merignac, near Bordeaux, southwestern France, on June 4, 2005. The French Air Force and the Navy will be equipped with 300 of these high-range fighters which could interest other countries who have carriers. - Egypt will order 30 additional Rafale fighter jets from France. A big customer of the French arms industry, Cairo was the first foreign country to buy Rafale (24), in 2015. - Photo by Patrick Bernard/ABACA

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Int'l snowball fight tournament begins in Hokkaido

SOBETSU, Japan - Snowball-fighters hide behind snow 'shields' during an international snowball fight tournament in the Hokkaido town of Sobetsu on Feb. 22. Some 1,900 people from 14 foreign countries, most of whom are residents of Hokkaido, took part in the 15th Annual Mt. Showa Shinzan International Yukigassen (snowball fight) contest. (Kyodo)

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Kurdistan regional gov't official

ARBIL, Iraq - Falah Mustafa Bakir, head of the foreign relations department of the Kurdistan regional government, is interviewed by Kyodo News in Arbil, northern Iraq, on June 16, 2014. Bakir said the Kurds will not help Iraqi forces to combat Sunni insurgents, indicating Kurdish armed fighters will give priority to defending their region. (Kyodo)

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Japanese fighters, U.S. bombers conduct drill off Korean Peninsula

Fumio Kishida, who doubles as defense and foreign minister, meets with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 30, 2017, to announce that Japanese fighter jets and U.S. bombers conducted a joint drill off the Korean Peninsula following North Korea's test-firing of a second intercontinental ballistic missile. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese fighters, U.S. bombers conduct drill off Korean Peninsula

Fumio Kishida, who doubles as defense and foreign minister, meets with reporters at the Foreign Ministry in Tokyo on July 30, 2017, to announce that Japanese fighter jets and U.S. bombers conducted a joint drill off the Korean Peninsula following North Korea's test-firing of a second intercontinental ballistic missile. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek speaks during the France and the Czech Republic jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek speaks during the France and the Czech Republic jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek speaks during the France and the Czech Republic jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek speaks during the France and the Czech Republic jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Petr Uhla, Sasa Uhlova, Roland Galharague, Tomas Petricek

Czechoslovak dissident Petr Uhl with doughter Sasa (front), French ambassador to Czech Republic Roland Galharague (left) and Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (right) are coming to the France and the Czech Republic jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek, Roland Galharague

Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (3rd left) speaks with French ambassador to Czech Republic Roland Galharague (3rd right) during the jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek speaks during the France and the Czech Republic jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek poses for photographers during the France and the Czech Republic jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Petr Uhl, Roland Galharague, Tomas Petricek

From left Czechoslovak dissident Petr Uhl, French ambassador to Czech Republic Roland Galharague (left) and Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (right) are coming to the France and the Czech Republic jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Tomas Petricek

Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek speaks during the France and the Czech Republic jointly breakfasts with local human rights fighters in the world to mark the 30th anniversary of then French president Francois Mitterrand's breakfast with Czechoslovak dissidents in Prague, Czech Republic, December 11, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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6-nation counterterrorism talks, eyeing Marawi, open in Indonesia

Delegations of Australia, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and New Zealand hold talks at the Sub-Regional Meeting on Foreign Terrorist Fighters and Cross-Border Terrorism in the North Sulawesi provincial capital of Manado, Indonesia, on July 29, 2017. The talks focused on the situation in the southern Philippine city of Marawi, where Islamic State-inspired militants are battling government forces. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Baseball: Otani mentor Kuriyama eyeing more after Japan Series title

Nippon Ham Fighters manager Hideki Kuriyama speaks at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Nov. 15, 2016. Referring to Shohei Otani, the biggest star of the Japan Series champions, Kuriyama said, "His dream was to go to the majors, so we as a club drew up a map showing what's the best and also the simplest way to get there." (Kyodo) ==Kyodo