HAVANA, CUBA- A senior official in Havana on Saturday "categorically" denied reports that Cuban troops were in Syria supporting the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Talk of up to 300 Cuban...
HEBRON, PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES, Samih Shaheen- Four Palestinians were shot dead and a fifth wounded in attacks on Israelis in east Jerusalem and the West Bank Saturday, as violence that has fuelled...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein- Russia said Thursday its warplanes had eased back on air strikes in Syria as regime forces press a widening ground offensive, while President Vladimir Putin criticised...
ASTANA, KAZAKHSTAN- Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday blasted Washington's "unconstructive position" on Syria after the Kremlin said the United States declined to host a high-level...
ANKARA, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan and Stuart Williams in Istanbul- Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday ordered a special state probe into possible shortcomings over the Ankara bombings...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- The US military is encouraging Iraqi forces to make a final push to recapture Ramadi from Islamic State jihadists who seized the Anbar provincial capital in May, a...
ANKARA, TURKEY, Fulya Ozerkan / Camille Antunes- Thousands of mourners filled the streets of Ankara Sunday and vented their anger at President Recep Tayyip Erdogan after 97 people were killed in the...
LIMA, PERU- The Middle East needs grants, not loans, to deal with the millions of refugees who have fled conflicts in the region, a senior Lebanese official said Sunday. Speaking a day after the UN...
SKHIRAT, MOROCCO- Libya has agreed to form a new national government headed by Prime Minister Fayez el-Sarraj after months of tortuous negotiations, United Nations envoy Bernardino Leon said Friday....
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- The Melkite Greek Catholic archbishop of Aleppo welcomed Russia's massive military escalation in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad, describing it in an interview...
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