Politics

Post Arab Spring, lifespan drops across region: study - 08/25/2016

PARIS, FRANCE- The conflict and civil strife that has erupted across the eastern Mediterranean region since the Arab Spring began in 2010 has shortened lifespans and damaged health, according to a...

Turkey strikes IS as Syria border tensions flare - 08/24/2016

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams- Turkey vowed Tuesday to give full support to efforts to free a key Syrian border town from the control of Islamic State (IS) jihadists as...

Kerry says meeting with Russia's Lavrov on Syria is 'likely' - 08/23/2016

NAIROBI, KENYA- US Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday said he hoped it was "very possible, even likely" he would hold talks on Syria with Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov. Washington and Moscow...

Turkey backtracks on 'IS child bomber' claims - 08/23/2016

ANKARA, TURKEY, Raziye Akkoc with Stuart Williams in Istanbul- Turkey on Monday went back on claims that a child bomber linked to Islamic State (IS) jihadists carried out a deadly suicide bombing...

Foreign volunteers take aim at IS while they still can - 08/22/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Thomas Watkins- Growing numbers of Westerners appear to be trying to join the fight against the Islamic State group in Iraq before it's too late, frontline volunteer...

Kurds deny Hasakeh truce deal agreed with Syria regime - 08/22/2016

HASAKEH, SYRIA- Syria's military said Sunday a truce deal has been reached with the Kurds in the flashpoint city of Hasakeh, but a Kurdish source said it has yet to be finalised. The northeastern...

Brother of Omran, Syrian boy in haunting picture, dies of wounds - 08/21/2016

BEIRUT, LEBANON- The older brother of the little Syrian boy who was pictured sitting in an ambulance dazed and covered in blood after an air strike, died Saturday from wounds sustained in the attack...

Turkey vows 'more active' Syria role in coming months - 08/21/2016

ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan- Turkish Prime Minister Binali Yildirim vowed Saturday Ankara would play a "more active" role in the next six months in efforts to solve the five-year Syrian civil...

Omran, one child among millions traumatised by Syria war - 08/20/2016

BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily and Rana Moussaoui- Haggard and covered in blood, little Omran's blank stare shook the world. But across war-torn Syria, thousands of children like him are traumatised...

Russia says ready for Aleppo 'humanitarian pause' - 08/19/2016

MOSKAU, RUSSIA- Russia said on Thursday it was ready to halt fire for 48-hour periods in Aleppo from next week, following UN calls to extend humanitarian pauses to deliver aid. "Russia's defence...
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