DAMASCUS, SYRIA- More than four years into a grinding civil war, the Syrian government is scraping the barrel to boost its revenues with everything from taxes on shawarma sandwiches to telephone...
BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, Lachlan Carmichael- Angela Merkel may have won praise from the world for Germany's open-door policy on refugees, but a confused and divided Europe is feeling the fallout from the...
ANKARA, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan, Stuart Williams in Istanbul- Iraqi Kurdish leader Massud Barzani met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan for key talks on Wednesday as Ankara seeks to defuse a...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA- Russia, the United States and the United Nations will hold talks on Syria in Geneva on Friday as diplomatic efforts to end the conflict are ratcheted up, Moscow and Washington...
MOSCOW, RUSSIA, Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber- Russia flexed its military muscles on Tuesday as it launched strikes in Syria for the first time from a submarine stationed in the Mediterranean, ratcheting...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, André Viollaz- Russia denounced Tuesday the deployment of Turkish troops to Iraq, but the United Nations Security Council did not take a stand on the dispute. Russia...
TRIPOLI, LIBYA- An agreement towards ending strife-torn Libya's long political crisis has been hailed as a breakthrough but does not address key issues and will struggle to win approval, analysts and...
BAGHDAD, IRAQ, W.G. Dunlop- Baghdad warned Ankara on Monday that time is running out to remove forces it sent to northern Iraq without permission, but Turkey indicated it was unlikely to do so. Prime...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Maya Gebeily- Suspected US-led coalition air strikes killed at least 26 civilians in a Syrian village Monday, piling pressure on the alliance after allegations another bombing raid...
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES, Karim About Merhi- Syrian opposition groups gather in Saudi Arabia Tuesday to unify their stance ahead of potential talks with the regime of President Bashar al-Assad...
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