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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone – Sierra Leone’s bar association says the removal of the country’s vice president was unconstitutional and has asked the president to reinstate him. The call by the Sierra Leone Bar Association adds to increasing concern over President Ernest Bai Koroma’s surprise firing of his vice president. A …

DAMASCUS, Syria – Iraq’s foreign minister has held talks with Syrian President Bashar Assad that focused on threats facing both countries, including the Islamic State group. Ibrahim al-Jaafari met with Assad during a one-day trip to Damascus on Tuesday. He says they discussed “Syrian and Iraqi issues, and the common …

CAIRO – Arab League member nations formally announced on Sunday an agreement to form a joint military force. While details of how such a force would actually operate remain thin, the agreement is a telling sign of a new determination among Saudi Arabia, Egypt and their allies to intervene aggressively …