Politics

Salah Abdeslam: pot-smoking enigma of Paris attacks - 03/19/2016

PARIS, FRANCE, Guy Jackson- Salah Abdeslam, the key suspect in the Paris attacks arrested on Friday, showed little sign of religious fervour before the assaults and was even known to enjoy a beer and...

EU, Turkey strike 'historic' deal to send back migrants - 03/19/2016

BRUXELLES, BELGIUM, Lachlan Carmichael- Turkish and EU leaders on Friday agreed a "historic" deal for curbing the influx of migrants that has plunged Europe into its biggest refugee crisis since the...

Russian air strikes in Syria this week after all: US military - 03/19/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Russia did carry out air strikes in Syria this week, a US military spokesman said Friday, hours after asserting the opposite. "While we've seen no Russian air strikes in...

Syria talks turn to substance as Kurds declare federal region - 03/18/2016

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Layal Abou Rahal and Nina Larson with Delil Souleiman in Rmeilan (Syria)- The UN's envoy for Syria said he held "substantive" talks with the country's opposition Thursday on...

US: Islamic State carrying out 'genocide' - 03/18/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Dave Clark- The United States declared Thursday that the Islamic State group's slaughter of Christians, Yazidis and Shiites in Iraq and Syria amounts to a genocide and...

US says would not recognize Kurdish region in Syria - 03/17/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The United States warned Wednesday that it would not recognize an attempt by Kurdish groups in war-torn Syria to form an autonomous federal region. Washington has supported...

IS flag found with dead Brussels gunman - 03/17/2016

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Danny Kemp / Alex Pigman- Belgian police found an Islamic State (IS) flag next to the body of an Algerian killed during a raid in Brussels, investigators said Wednesday as they...

Syrian sides submit 'documents' on political deal: UN envoy - 03/16/2016

GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- Syria's opposing sides have submitted documents to the United Nations outlining broad principles for a political solution to the country's five-year civil war, the UN envoy said...

Kerry eyes Moscow trip as Russian pullout boosts peace hopes - 03/16/2016

MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Max Delany with Layal Abou Rahal in Geneva- The first of Russia's warplanes to leave Syria received a hero's welcome back home Tuesday, starting a surprise withdrawal the West hopes...

IS commander 'Omar the Chechen' dead, US confirms - 03/15/2016

WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- A top Islamic State group commander known as "Omar the Chechen" is dead after suffering injuries in a US-led coalition strike in northeastern Syria, the Pentagon confirmed...
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