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US-led warplanes hit Syria forces
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
The strike by the coalition fighting the Islamic State group happened on the same day IS jihadists killed more than 50 people in attacks on two government-held ...
Some NATO allies favour joining anti-IS coalition: Stoltenberg
May 18, 2017 (AFP)
US President Donald Trump meets NATO leaders in Brussels next week with the issue top of the agenda as part of his efforts to get the allies to focus on the ter...
Colombia, ELN rebels resume talks
May 17, 2017 (AFP)
The two sides got back to talks in Ecuador's capital looking to end a half century of conflict as the larger FARC is doing. In November, the FARC signed a peace...
Israeli navy shoots dead Gaza fisherman
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have fought three wars since 2008 and the territory has been under an Israeli blockade for 10 years. Fishing off the no...
Israeli navy shoots Gaza fisherman after 'blockade breach'
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
Israel and Palestinian militants in Gaza have fought three wars since 2008 and the strip has been under an Israeli blockade for 10 years. Fishing off the northe...
Syria talks open overshadowed by rival track, rebel losses
May 15, 2017 (AFP)
Since it broke out in March 2011, Syria's conflict has killed more than 320,000 people, displaced millions and ravaged the country's economy and infrastructure....
Syria army seizes airbase from IS: military source, monitor
May 13, 2017 (AFP)
The Jarrah airbase had been under IS control since January 2014, when the jihadists seized it from rebels who had captured it a year earlier. "Regime forces too...
First Colombia FARC rebels complete disarmament: UN
May 12, 2017 (AFP)
"A first group of 12 members of the FARC received today from the UN mission a certificate of completion of individual disarmament, which allows them to formally...
UN in talks over control of Syria safe zones
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
The UN Syria envoy Staffan de Mistura and humanitarian pointman Jan Egeland both said it was premature to rule out any scenario. "I met with three Astana signat...
Philippine assault on extremists sends 24,000 fleeing
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
Almost a week of attacks on members of the Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF) in the strife-torn southern island of Mindanao has displaced residents of ...
Pentagon chief, Turkish PM meet after decision to arm Kurds
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
That decision, announced Tuesday, has led to public statements of anger from Turkey, which says the US-backed Kurdish YPG fighters battling the Islamic State gr...
UN envoy calls for cool heads in Cyprus peace talks
May 11, 2017 (AFP)
"It's no secret that there is a difficult environment surrounding the talks, domestically and internationally," Espen Barth Eide told reporters after meeting Pr...
Colombia rebel groups meet for 'complete peace'
May 09, 2017 (AFP)
The Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) signed a peace accord with the government last year and is in the process of disarming, while the ELN started ...
Jordan, US launch major military exercises
May 07, 2017 (AFP)
US and Jordanian officials said the manoeuvres would include border security, cyber defence, and "command and control" exercises, to bolster coordination in res...
Colombia government, ELN rebels to resume peace talks
May 06, 2017 (AFP)
The return to the table was meant to have happened last Wednesday but was put off because of an information-sharing meeting in Cuba between the ELN and the bigg...
Colombia court orders release of first general under peace deal
May 05, 2017 (AFP)
Retired general Jaime Humberto Uscategui was first jailed in 1999 for failing to prevent a massacre by paramilitary commandos that killed at least 49 people. Us...
Syria rebels return to peace talks
May 04, 2017 (AFP)
The rebels on Wednesday said they were temporarily pulling out of the talks -- sponsored by regime backers Russia and Iran and opposition supporter Turkey -- ov...
UN Security Council to assess Colombia peace gains
May 01, 2017 (AFP)
Council envoys will meet with President Juan Manuel Santos and Ivan Marquez, the lead negotiator for the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia(FARC), who signe...
Strikes destroy seven hospitals in Syria's Idlib: medics
Apr 30, 2017 (AFP)
"In April, hospitals in the south of the province of Idlib were systematically targeted," Abdel Hamid Dabbak, who is in charge of hospitals in the rebel-control...
Iraq forces retake town of Hatra southwest of Mosul
Apr 27, 2017 (AFP)
Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary forces said they had flushed the Islamic State group out of Hatra, which lies 120 kilometres (80 miles) fro...
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