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Islamic State fighters have attacked a Syrian prison where ISIS supporters are being held. Eleven soldiers were killed in a raid in Iraq. The Islamist militia Islamic State (IS) has killed more than 70 people in attacks in Syria and Iraq. In north-eastern Syria, militants have attacked a prison in the city of Al-Hassaka where at least 3,500 suspected ISIS members are being held there. More than 20 Kurdish security forces and nearly 40 IS members were killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Eleven soldiers were killed in a raid on a military base in eastern Iraq, local authorities said. The fighters reported on both attacks via Amaq, the IS news channel. The aim of storming the prison in Hassakeh was "to free the prisoners," the extremists said. At least 23 Kurdish security forces and 39 IS fighters were killed in the fighting, according to the UK-based Observatory for Human Rights. Some prisoners escaped.  Russia Announces International Maneuvers The more than 1...

A lmost everyone interested in the situation in the Middle East will be familiar with the " Deal of the Century" .  This is a so-called peace plan drawn up by the administration of US President Donald Trump, especially his son-in-law Jared Kishner, for a solution to the Palestinian problem and peace in the Middle East.  In fact, it seeks to give Israel full access to occupied Palestine, while offering the Palestinians a small piece of land on the outskirts of their own country that they can make their home. The plan was announced by the US president a year ago and was and still is supported by some Gulf Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar and Bahrain. Read the first part of the blog here: The Story behind the "Arab Spring" The Deal of the Century is a plan that is being called a one-sided and pro-Israel plan around the world, but Trump is calling it the biggest plan of the century, claiming that it would give the Palestinians a separ...