Iran Foreign Ministry casts doubt on US coalition against IS - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Arash Karami

Sep 11, 2014

Afkham — Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham is pictured in this undated photo. — Iran Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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U.S. President Barack Obama delivers a live televised address to the nation on his plans for military action against the Islamic State, from the Cross Hall of the White House in Washington September 10, 2014. REUTERS/Saul Loeb/Pool (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CONFLICT) - RTR45R9F

Obama speech evokes mixed reactions in Middle East

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Turkey abstains on US coalition against Islamic State

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Policemen work at the scene after a shooting at the Paris offices of Charlie Hebdo January 7, 2015. Hooded gunmen stormed the Paris offices of the weekly satirical magazine known for lampooning radical Islam, killing at least 12 people, including two police officers in the worst militant attack on French soil in recent decades. REUTERS/Youssef Boudlal (FRANCE - Tags: CRIME LAW) - RTR4KFA9

Iran condemns Paris shooting, with caveat

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TO GO WITH STORY BY BRYAN PEARSON Habib al-Sadr, director general of Iraq's biggest television company, Al-Iraqiya, answers questions during an interview with AFP at his Iraqi Media Network company headquarters in Baghdad's upmarket Al-Karrada suburb, 23 August 2007. Sadr has far-reaching plans to expand his ever-growing media empire -- provided he can outlive the constant threats to his life. All is in place for the launch mid-September at the start of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan of a new religious ch

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Mustafa Saadoun

Mustafa Saadoun