Israel destroys anti-aircraft battery in Syria after it fires at IDF jets

Illustrative: An IAF F-16 from the Red Dragon squadron during a drill, November 2013. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit/Flash90)

Illustrative: An IAF F-16 from the Red Dragon squadron during a drill, November 2013. (IDF Spokesperson’s Unit/Flash90)

Israeli recon planes were flying over Lebanon when Syrian SA-5 surface-to-air missile targeted them, army says

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5 shot, including top congressman, in Virginia baseball field attack

Investigators gather near the scene of a shooting June 14, 2017, in Alexandria, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Investigators gather near the scene of a shooting June 14, 2017, in Alexandria, Virginia. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

Steve Scalise of Louisiana in stable condition after being struck in the hip by a bullet; suspected gunman in police custody

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IDF strikes IS target in Syria, day after killing 4 IS-affiliated terrorists following clash

An Israel Air Force F-16 fighter jet fires off flares during a demonstration on December 31, 2015. (Hagar Amibar/Israel Air Force/Flickr)

An Israel Air Force F-16 fighter jet fires off flares during a demonstration on December 31, 2015. (Hagar Amibar/Israel Air Force/Flickr)

Military says it took out compound used as base for attack on IDF troops Sunday by members of Khalid ibn al-Walid Army in Golan Heights

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Government forces pound Aleppo for 2nd day

FILE – In this Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016 photo released by the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks to The Associated Press at the presidential palace in Damascus, Syria. The House on Nov. 15, overwhelmingly approved bipartisan bills to crack down on supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad’s government and renew a decades-old Iran sanctions law. Swift passage underscored broad support on Capitol Hill for punishing financial backers of the Syrian government and maintaining economic pressure on Tehran.(Syrian Presidency via AP)

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Egyptian air force hammers Sinai jihadists, 70 said killed

Smoke rises after an airstrike in the Sinai city of Rafah as seen from Gaza on July 1, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90)

Smoke rises after an airstrike in the Sinai city of Rafah as seen from Gaza on July 1, 2015. (Abed Rahim Khatib /Flash90)

Pre-dawn strikes on Islamic State-aligned group injure another 70, destroy vehicles

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Iraqi forces seeking to deliver death blow to IS in Mosul

Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shurah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State group jihadists, on October 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Iraqi forces deploy in the area of al-Shurah, some 45 kms south of Mosul, as they advance towards the city to retake it from the Islamic State group jihadists, on October 17, 2016. (AFP PHOTO/AHMAD AL-RUBAYE)

Head of US-led coalition backing multi-pronged offensive warns it could take weeks to oust jihadists from city it declared a ‘caliphate’

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