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Isis in Iraq: Residents pick up pieces after devastating Baghdad attack

Iraqis in the capitals New Baghdad district saw the extent of the damage on 12 January caused by militant attacks the day before that killed at least 18 people and wounded 40 others, the biggest death toll in three months. The attacks, claimed by Islamic State (Isis), included a car bomb, then gunmen went on a shooting spree before detonating their suicide bomb vests inside a shopping complex. Jan 12, 2016

Hurghada: Tourist describes moment he was attacked by militants at Egyptian hotel

One of the tourists attacked by militants at the Red Seas Bella Vista hotel told reporters on 9 January, about the moment he thought he was going to die. Sam Eric Olovsson from Sweden was one of three people wounded – the other two were Austrian tourists – when armed assailants attacked the hotel in Hurghada on 8 January. Jan 9, 2016

Ted Cruz: Obamas proposal to allow Syrian refugees in the country as ‘indefensible’

Republican presidential hopeful Ted Cruz cited the arrest in Houston and Sacramento of two men from the Middle East as a reason to block Syrian refugees from resettling in the US. Two men who came to the United States as refugees more than three years ago were arrested on federal charges in California and Texas involving international terrorism, the US officials said on 7 January. Jan 8, 2016
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