Areeb Ullah
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Islamic State Seizes Key Town in Central Syria
The capture of Al-Qaryatain could allow the Islamic State to link up areas under its control in and around Palmyra with areas in the eastern countryside of Qalamoun in Damascus province.
At Least 600 Migrants Drown as Boat Capsizes in the Mediterranean
Hundreds of migrants are feared to have died today after a fishing boat carrying them capsized in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of northern Libya.