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Israel to ramp up pilot checks after flydubai scare

By Alexander Cornwell and Joanna Plucinska Sept 30 (Reuters) - Israel is set to ramp up security checks on pilots flying into the country, a spokesperson for the prime minister's office said, after it said a co-pilot on a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv had stabbed the pilot and

Israelis march between once-closed West Bank settlements

Hundreds of Israelis marched Wednesday between newly rebuilt settlements in the northern West Bank to celebrate a Jewish holiday, a symbolic show of their return to an area until recently almost fully Palestinian. Settlers of all ages carried traditional bundles of fruit and

Explainer-How the US controls Iraq's oil revenues

By Ahmed Rasheed DUBAI, Sept 30 (Reuters) - US forces are set to withdraw on Wednesday from their last bases in Iraq, a departure celebrated as a victory by Iran and its allies, which ​have deep influence in the country where 4,500 Americans died during more than two decades of

US-led coalition ends mission in Iraq

A US-led coalition deployed in Iraq more than a decade ago to fight jihadists concluded its mission on Wednesday, a move celebrated by the country's leaders, but which many fear will embolden pro-Iran armed factions. Coalition troops deployed to Iraq and Syria in 2014 to fight