ISTANBUL, TURKEY- The world's first humanitarian summit in Istanbul next week is a "once in a generation" chance to alleviate suffering by improving the global response to crises, senior UN officials...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- At least 60,000 people have died in Syrian government prisons over the past five years from torture or due to dire humanitarian conditions, including a lack of food, a monitor said...
DOHA, QATAR- UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon urged regional and international powers to push Syrian warring parties to engage in talks on a political transition to end their country's "nightmare"....
BEIRUT, LEBANON- The Islamic State group appeared to try to keep morale high among its supporters in a new audio message released on Saturday, which also called for attacks on the US during the holy...
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM- NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Wednesday called for avoiding a new arms race, as the US-led alliance pushes ahead with its biggest military revamp since the Cold War to counter a...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian troops backed by fighters from the Lebanese Shiite movement Hezbollah retook a key town and nine surrounding villages outside Damascus from rebels on Thursday, a monitor said....
CAIRO, EGYPT, Dave Clark- US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Cairo on Wednesday to meet President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, after Egypt called for a renewal of the Middle East peace process....
VIENNA, AUSTRIA- The UN's Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura expressed optimism on Wednesday that the stalled peace talks could resume, but stressed it had to happen in "soon" to avoid losing momentum....
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The Islamic State group has continued losing control over territory across Iraq and Syria, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday, including almost half of what it had once held...
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, Dave Clark- Senior envoys from world and regional powers are to meet once again in Vienna on Tuesday in an effort to salvage stumbling efforts to halt Syria's bloody civil war. US...
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