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Jihadist assault prompts air strikes in Syria safe zone: monitor
Sep 19, 2017 (AFP)
Idlib province and some adjacent areas form one of four so-called de-escalation zones agreed in May by rebel backer Turkey and government allies Russia and Iran...
Russia plays up role as peacemaker, donor in Syria
Sep 17, 2017 (AFP)
"Take half a pill in the morning and the second half at night," the Russian doctor tells the woman through a translator. The pop-up facility outside rebel-held ...
US-backed force says hit by Russian, regime strikes in east Syria
Sep 16, 2017 (AFP)
But Russia's military spokesman denied targeting the Syrian Democratic Forces, an alliance of Arab and Kurdish fighters supported by Washington. "This is not po...
Russia says deal 'very close' on fourth safe zone in Syria
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
Speaking after negotiations involving regime backers Russia and Iran as well as rebel-supporting Turkey, Alexander Lavrentyev expressed confidence that deals fo...
German, Polish presidents eye 'calm' talks on war reparations
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
Polish President Andrzej Duda and his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier met in Malta on the sidelines of a conference of 13 EU members. "The presidents...
Yemen rebels threaten to target UAE with missiles
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
The UAE, a key member of a Saudi-led Arab coalition fighting the Iran-backed rebels in Yemen's conflict, "is now within range of our missiles", Abdel Malek al-H...
Israel ruling on army service for religious sparks anger, debate
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
Tuesday's decision strikes down a law exempting ultra-Orthodox men engaged in religious study from military service, saying it undermines equality. The decision...
Russian, US-led strikes kill 28 civilians in Syria's Deir Ezzor
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
The province lies along Syria's border with Iraq and is seen as a strategic prize by both Russian-backed Syrian troops and an alliance of Arab and Kurdish force...
Israel court says ultra-Orthodox must obey army draft
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
Court documents seen by AFP showed a panel of nine justices agreed that a 2015 amendment to the law on military service treated the students more generously tha...
Saudi-led strikes against children 'war crimes': HRW
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
"The attacks, which struck four family homes and a grocery, in one case killing 14 members of the same family, caused indiscriminate loss of civilian life in vi...
Russian defence minister visits Assad ahead of Syrian offensive
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
Shoigu gave a letter from Russian President Vladimir Putin to Assad "congratulating him on lifting the siege imposed by Islamic State terrorists in the city of ...
Drug gangs included in Colombia peace deal; Pope departs
Sep 11, 2017 (AFP)
The jailed traffickers were on a list handed over by the force, of people allowed to benefit from special alternative sentences under the accord, Colombian news...
Russian strikes kill 34 civilians in Syria's Deir Ezzor: monitor
Sep 10, 2017 (AFP)
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor initially reported 21 deaths but later raised the toll to 34, saying that "more bodies have been f...
Pope prays for truth, reconciliation with Colombia war victims
Sep 09, 2017 (AFP)
Wounded and bereaved civilians and former fighters exchanged words of forgiveness and wept as Francis urged the country to move on from Latin America's longest ...
Pope rallies Colombian leaders, youth for peace
Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)
On the first full day of his four-city tour, the Argentine pontiff, 80, is scheduled to meet with young people and with President Juan Manuel Santos to discuss ...
Israel hits Syria site reportedly used for chemical weapons
Sep 07, 2017 (AFP)
The site near the Syrian town of Masyaf, between the central city of Hama and a port used by the Russian navy, is reportedly used by forces from Syria's allies ...
Syria rebels must realise they have not won war: UN
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
United Nations mediator Staffan de Mistura also stressed that the Syrian government cannot "simply announce victory" as such a call would be hollow without a ne...
Remains found on Syria border belong to Lebanon troops
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
The troops were kidnapped by IS in 2014, when jihadists overran the Lebanese border town of Arsal, and their families had long lobbied the Beirut government for...
Pope heads to Colombia as defender of peace
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
His visit comes two days after Colombia's government and the country's last active guerrilla group, the ELN, announced a ceasefire, a key step toward sealing a ...
Red Cross exhumes Argentine remains in Falklands
Sep 06, 2017 (AFP)
The remains of 121 unknown soldiers were buried at Darwin military cemetery on the remote South Atlantic islands, known in Spanish as Malvinas, at the end of th...
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