Politics

Syria rebel gains as UN raps govt evacuation 'strategy' - 09/02/2016

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui- Rebels and jihadists battled pro-government forces in the central Syrian province of Hama Thursday as the country's UN envoy warned that more people could be forcibly...

Campaigners blame Russia over cluster bomb use in Syria - 09/02/2016

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Nina Larson with Thibauld Malterre in Paris- Evidence is growing that Russia is behind a significant increase in the use of cluster bombs in Syria, campaigners said Thursday. A...

Erdogan says Kurd militia not moved east of Euphrates despite claims - 09/02/2016

ANKARA, TURKEY- Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Friday dismissed claims that a Syrian Kurdish militia had retreated east of the Euphrates River in northern Syria following Turkish strikes...

Iraq hangs seven Arabs for belonging to Al-Qaeda - 09/01/2016

NASIRIYAH, IRAQ- Iraq on Wednesday hanged seven men of various Arab nationalities who were convicted of belonging to the Al-Qaeda network, officials said. The seven were detained more than four years...

Italy and Germany signal tougher EU stance on migrants - 09/01/2016

MARANELLO, ITALY- Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed Wednesday to step up efforts to send migrants with no right to asylum in Europe back to their...

Kurdish-backed fighters in Syria agree Turkey truce - 08/31/2016

BEIRUT, LEBANON- Kurdish-backed militias in Syria agreed Tuesday to a US initiative to stop fighting Turkish forces whose week-old incursion in the country has stoked tensions between Washington and...

IS says spokesman Adnani killed in Syria's Aleppo - 08/31/2016

BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State group said Tuesday its spokesman Abu Mohamed al-Adnani was killed in the Syrian province of Aleppo, as the US confirmed it had targeted him in the same area....

Libyan forces tighten noose on IS in Sirte - 08/30/2016

SIRTE, LIBYA, Mahmud Turkia- Pro-government forces in Libya on Monday cornered the Islamic State group in one neighbourhood of Sirte, after two days of deadly fighting for the jihadists' last...

US alarm as Turkey warns Syrian Kurd militia of more strikes - 08/30/2016

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams and Fulya Ozerkan- Turkey warned Monday it would carry out more strikes on a US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria if it fails to retreat, as Washington said President...

EU nations must not refuse Muslim migrants: Merkel - 08/29/2016

BERLIN, GERMANY- The refusal of some EU countries to accept Muslim refugees is "unacceptable", Chancellor Angela Merkel said Sunday as Germany called for quotas to divide the influx throughout the...
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