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Israel, Gaza militants trade fire as Mideast tensions mount
•Israel holds the Hamas militant group that rules Gaza responsible for all rocket fire and typically responds with airstrikes within hours
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei backs government's gasoline price hike, terms protesters 'thugs'
•Since the hike, demonstrators have abandoned their cars along major highways and joined mass protests in the capital, Tehran, and elsewhere
US to review lifting of sanctions against Iran under the nuclear deal
•US Secretary of State said he had informed Congress of plans to review whether the lifting of sanctions against Iran under the nuclear deal was in the United States' national security interests.
Baghdad: Car bomb attack claimed by Islamic State kills 55 people, injures over 60 others
•A car bomb at a Baghdad auto dealership killed at least 55 people and wounded more than 60 on Thursday, Iraqi officials said.
The battle for Mosul: Why it will be a long-drawn conflict between Islamic State and Iraqi forces
Fp Staff •This operation against the Islamic State in Mosul is the largest deployment of Iraqi forces since the 2003 US invasion.
Islamic State leaders flee Mosul as Iraqi forces close in on city
•Jihadist leaders are fleeing Mosul, a top US general in the coalition battling the Islamic State group said.
UN concerned for 1.5 million civilians in Mosul as operations to retake Iraqi city begin
•The UN deputy Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief voiced grave concern at risks faced by civilians as operations to retake the Iraqi city of Mosul began.
Islamic State could use mustard gas to defend Mosul in Iraq: Pentagon
•The Islamic State could use mustard gas against an Iraqi offensive to retake Mosul, Iraq's second-largest city, the US Defense Department said on Monday.
Syria: Multiple bomb blasts inside govt territory kill at least 38 people
•At least 38 people were killed in a string of bombings inside government territory in Syria, state media reported on Monday.
'Turkish James Bond' to take on failed coup plotters in new film
•A popular Turkish television and film thriller franchise staring an action hero dubbed the "Turkish James Bond" will make a movie about the failed coup.