AMMAN, JORDAN, Kamal Taha- British Prime Minister Theresa May met Jordan's King Abdullah II Monday at the start of a three-day trip to the kingdom and Saudi Arabia focused on security and post-Brexit...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian refugees are increasingly desperate after years in exile and face rising social tensions in overstretched regional host nations, a UN representative warned Monday, urging more...
ISTANBUL, TURKEY- Turkey is planning new offensives this spring against groups deemed terrorist organisations by Ankara, even after the completion of a half-year operation inside Syria, President...
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Lebanon's prime minister warned Friday that his country has reached "breaking point" by hosting more than one million Syrian refugees and urged investment from the international...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND, Nina Larson- The UN on Friday said "incremental" progress was made during a fifth round of talks between Syria's warring parties, but warned the "real peace negotiations" had yet...
WASHINGTON, UNITED STATES- Two women from an international ring that raised money via small monthly payments for the Shabaab Islamist group in Somalia were dealt stiff prison sentences in Virginia...
SUWAIDIYA SAGHIRA, SYRIA- Hundreds of civilians fled their homes Thursday as fresh clashes erupted between Islamic State group jihadists and a Kurdish-Arab alliance near the town of Tabqa in northern...
BEIRUT, LEBANON, Sara Hussein- More than five million Syrians are now refugees, the UN said Thursday, as aid groups urged the international community to end the country's six-year war and provide...
GENEVA, SWITZERLAND- The Syrian opposition to the Damascus regime said Thursday it rejected "any role" now or in the future for current President Bashar al-Assad, even though the United States now...
UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES, Dave Clark- The United States admitted Thursday that it is no longer focused on ousting Bashar al-Assad as it seeks a new strategy to end Syria's civil war. American...
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