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Syria to buy latest Russian anti-missile system: Assad

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Pentagon expands rebuke of Turkey over Iraq, Syria strikes

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Taliban kill 8 police in northern province

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Syria Rejects French Government's Accusations on Chemical Attack

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Trump administration launches investigation into aluminum imports

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Korea urges China to listen to int'l call to stop THAAD retaliation

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United States commander: Anti-missile system in South Korea operational in 'coming days'

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Arkansas plans fourth execution in about a week

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Pentagon Probes Former Trump Aide Flynn's Foreign Payments

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Pentagon probes Trump's ex-adviser Flynn over foreign payments

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USS Carl Vinson exercises with Japan air force

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Pentagon warned Flynn in 2014 against taking foreign payments; IG launches investigation

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