BAGHDAD, IRAQ, W. G. Dunlop- Iraqi tribesmen battled Islamic State group militants inside their Fallujah stronghold for a second day Saturday, a significant challenge to longstanding jihadist control...
AMMAN, JORDAN- US Secretary of State John Kerry urged Saturday that a ceasefire be agreed as soon as possible in Syria, during a phone conversation with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov. "The...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is urging Syria's warring sides and the countries backing them to turn away from the "bankrupt logic of a military victory" and work to...
ANKARA, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan with Stuart Williams in Istanbul- Turkey on Thursday blamed Kurdish militants based inside the country and in Syria for a car bombing targeting a military convoy in...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, Carole Landry- Yemen's warring parties are unable to agree on terms for a new round of peace talks, two months after holding their first face-to-face meeting, the UN...
DAMASCUS, SYRIA, Rim Haddad- Trucks carrying aid entered four besieged towns in Syria on Wednesday, in what the United Nations described as a test for the country's warring sides ahead of a hoped-for...
DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syria's President Bashar al-Assad poured cold water Monday on an internationally backed plan for a ceasefire to begin later this week, saying it would be "difficult" to implement....
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rana Moussaoui with Andre Viollaz at the UN- Hopes for a ceasefire in Syria were fading on Tuesday, after dozens were killed in air strikes on hospitals that France branded war...
RIYADH, SAUDI ARABIA- Armed forces from around 20 countries were gathering in northern Saudi Arabia Sunday for "the most important" military manoeuvre ever staged in the region, the official news...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Rouba el-Husseini with Stuart Williams in Istanbul- Hopes for a ceasefire taking hold in Syria this week dimmed Sunday as Turkey renewed its shelling of advancing Kurdish militants...
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