BEIRUT, LEBANON- US-backed Syrian fighters pushed further into the Islamic State group stronghold of Manbij on Saturday, seizing a key road junction and grain silos overlooking the city, a monitoring...
ALEPPO, SYRIA- Russian and Syrian warplanes pounded rebel-held areas of divided second city Aleppo on Saturday as government forces closed in on the rebels' sole remaining supply line, a monitoring...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Nina Larson- Syria was the most dangerous place for health care workers to operate last year, ahead of other conflict zones like the Palestinian territories, and Yemen, the World...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- The United Nations said Monday it delivered food and medical aid to besieged Syrians on the rural outskirts of Damascus over the weekend. The relief shipments went to...
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES- Bahrain said Monday it has revoked the citizenship of the Sunni-ruled kingdom's top Shiite cleric, accusing him of sowing sectarian divisions, in a move that sparked...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Ivan Couronne- The Republican-controlled US Senate rejected four competing gun control measures Monday just days after the Orlando club massacre, highlighting the partisan...
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Danny Kemp- Aid group Doctors Without Borders said on Friday that it would no longer take funds from the EU in protest at its "shameful" policies on the migration crisis including...
BIRSTALL, UNITED KINGDOM, James Pheby with Naomi O'Leary in London- Campaigning for Britain's EU referendum next week was suspended on Friday for a second day as the nation reeled from the murder of...
FORT PIERCE, UNITED STATES, Thomas Urbain- Since the Orlando massacre, the small Muslim community of Fort Pierce, Florida -- the killer's hometown -- has found itself the target of hate-filled...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily- Russia announced a last minute 48-hour ceasefire for Syria's war-torn Aleppo late Wednesday, just hours after Washington warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his...
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