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Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the ...

French President Emmanuel Macron urged Syria’s interim government to cooperate with a U.S.-led coalition fighting against extremist groups in that region as he hosted a ...

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Under a vast canopy of tents in the Saudi city of Jeddah, religious artefacts are on display alongside contemporary art ...