ALEPPO, SYRIA- Pro-regime fighters are preparing to launch a major assault to recapture Syria's second city Aleppo, a security source in the northern province told AFP. "Through its operations, the...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Dilay Gundogan with Katia Dolmadjian in Paris- This week's suicide attack in Istanbul has dealt a fresh blow to tourism in Turkey, which had already lost holidaymakers due to...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sammy Ketz- Last summer, Syria's regime was on the back foot after a series of military defeats, but in recent weeks it has capitalised on a Russian air campaign to recapture...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber- As world chess chief, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov rubbed shoulders with the reviled Moamer Kadhafi and Saddam Hussein and says aliens once abducted him, but it is...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY, Stuart Williams and Dilay Gundogan- A Syrian suicide bomber struck the heart of Istanbul's busiest tourist district, killing 10 people, most of them Germans, in the latest deadly...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES, Dave Clark- The Islamic State group does not pose an existential threat to the United States, President Barack Obama declared Tuesday, warning that such talk only emboldens...
CAIRO, EGYPT, Tony Gamal-Gabriel- Top Arab diplomats rallied behind Saudi Arabia on Sunday in a dispute with Iran that has threatened to derail efforts to resolve Middle East conflicts including the...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ- Iraqi forces evacuated 635 civilians from Ramadi Sunday as they continued to clear the city two weeks after declaring victory against the Islamic State group, security officials said....
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily- Syria's Al-Qaeda affiliate briefly detained two of the country's most prominent media activists who worked at a radio station in the northwestern Idlib province on...
DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Aid desperately needed in three besieged towns in war-torn Syria cannot be delivered before Monday, the Red Cross said, citing logistical problems. Syria's regime agreed Thursday to...
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