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‘Barrel bomb mufti’ Ahmad Hassoun handed life sentence in Syria trial 

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Russia mobilisation fears grow amid reports of intimidating tactics 

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Iran, Oman discuss temporary shipping lane through Strait of Hormuz 

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US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding expires: How and why it fell apart