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Syrian volunteers carry an injured person after pro-government forces struck the rebel-held neighborhood of Heluk in Aleppo Friday.

Intense New Airstrikes Reported In Aleppo; Fewer Than 30 Doctors Remain In City

The largest hospital in the rebel-held portion of the northern city, which had already suffered a strike earlier this week, was hit again by at least two barrel bombs Saturday, an aid agency says.

Can A President Trump Get Rid Of Common Core?

Candidate Donald Trump made clear he hates the standards. But what can a President Trump do about it?

Israeli police check Palestinian IDs at a checkpoint in an Arab neighborhood of Jerusalem on Sunday. Palestinian assailants have carried out a series of stabbings and the Israelis have ramped up security measures in the city. Eight Israelis and more than 30 Palestinians have been killed in recent violence.

East Jerusalem Becomes Focus Of The Conflict, And The Mood Is Bleak

Palestinians in East Jerusalem were not often involved in the violence in the past. But this area is the center of the current friction between Israelis and Palestinians.

A member of the Kurdish internal security forces (known as the Asayish) inspects the Alaya prison in the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli on April 22.

Obama: U.S. Will Send 250 Additional Military Personnel To Syria

The president announced his decision in a speech to a trade fair in Germany. The deployment will bring the total number of American military personnel deployed in Syria to as many as 300.

Syrian civilians are seen in the aftermath of renewed attacks on an opposition-controlled area in Aleppo on Tuesday.

5 Medical Workers Reportedly Killed In Airstrikes After Syria Truce Collapses

A French aid organization said its emergency medical staffers were killed near Aleppo on Tuesday, a day after the cease-fire collapsed.

Yazidi commander Badr al-Hajji says he considers any Arab Muslims who stayed in ISIS-controlled areas to be the same as ISIS. When his forces progress to the ISIS-held Arab villages south of Sinjar, he warns that those who remain will face the Yazidis' wrath.

An Iraqi Town Is Retaken From ISIS, And Looting And Retribution Begin

Yazidis and Kurds have retaken the Iraqi town of Sinjar, which fell to ISIS last year. Yazidis, who have been brutally targeted by ISIS, now warn of dire consequences for those in ISIS-held villages.

A Syrian woman carries her belongings past Kurdish fighters as she flees on Sunday. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says shelling has killed 26 people who were trying to flee eastern Aleppo.

PHOTOS: Mass Exodus From Aleppo's Rebel Stronghold As Regime Forces Close In

More than 50,000 people have fled eastern Aleppo in the past four days, according to a monitoring group. This battle for the city could mark a turning point in Syria's war, now in its sixth year.

Muslim pilgrims join one of the hajj rituals on Mount Arafat near Mecca early on Sunday.

PHOTOS: Muslim Hajj Pilgrimage Reaches Its Pinnacle

More than a million Muslims have embarked on the yearly hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, after last year's holy event was marred by a deadly stampede that killed hundreds and stoked regional tensions.

Iraq's Counterterrorism Service released an image showing a destroyed militant vehicle after Coalition and Iraqi security forces targeted Islamic State fighters on Wednesday.

VIDEO: Airstrikes Hit ISIS Convoy Fleeing Fallujah

Iraq's Ministry of Defense released dramatic aerial footage apparently showing airstrikes hitting an ISIS convoy on Tuesday. Hundreds of the group's vehicles were reported destroyed in two operations.

Kassig, who changed his first name when he converted to Islam, is shown with a truck filled with aid supplies for Syrian refugees.

ISIS Claims Beheading Of American Aid Worker

The so-called Islamic State released a new video Sunday purporting to show the beheading of hostage Peter Kassig, who was kidnapped in Syria last year.

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