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With Aleppo advance, Syria army sweeps up conscripts
Dec 15, 2016 (AFP)
After Mohammed Walo's Aleppo neighbourhood was recaptured by Syria's army, he crossed into the well-stocked government-held west for groceries. On the way back,...
Pentagon updates war manual to better protect civilians
Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)
The US Defense Department on Tuesday released an updated version of its military war rules that now includes extra language aimed at reducing civilian casualtie...
IS fighters may have seized air-defense weapons in Palmyra
Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)
Islamic State fighters possibly seized air-defense weapons when they recaptured the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra, a US general said Wednesday, adding a potent...
Colombia pardons 110 FARC rebels
Dec 14, 2016 (AFP)
The Colombian government has pardoned at least 110 FARC rebels as part of a peace deal to end a 52-year conflict, the justice minister said Wednesday. "I believ...
Colombia court approves fast-track peace reforms
Dec 13, 2016 (AFP)
Colombian judges Tuesday approved special fast-track procedures to implement the government's contested peace accord with leftist FARC rebels which aims to end ...
Kremlin blames lack of US cooperation for Palmyra blow
Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)
The Kremlin on Monday deplored the lack of cooperation with the United States in Palmyra after Islamic State jihadists re-entered the ancient Syrian city over t...
Raids kill 53 civilians in IS-held Syria villages: monitor
Dec 12, 2016 (AFP)
A barrage of air strikes on Monday killed 53 civilians, including 16 children, in a string of villages held by the Islamic State group in central Syria, a monit...
US defence chief in Iraq to review Mosul op
Dec 11, 2016 (AFP)
US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter held talks in Baghdad on Sunday to discuss the coming stages of the offensive to retake the city of Mosul from the Islamic St...
Colombian suggests rebels declare Christmas truce
Dec 11, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia's government suggested Sunday to a leftist rebel group that it declare a Christmas and New Year's truce as a way to free up stalled peace talks. The Na...
Pentagon chief announces 200 more US troops for Syria
Dec 10, 2016 (AFP)
Washington will send another 200 troops to Syria to help an alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters seize the Islamic State group bastion of Raqa, Defence Secreta...
US-led coalition strike kills IS leader in Syria: Pentagon
Dec 10, 2016 (AFP)
The US-led military coalition has killed a leader of the Islamic State jihadist group in Syria, the Pentagon said on Saturday. "Coalition warplanes targeted and...
Air raids pound Aleppo as US decries 'war crimes'
Dec 10, 2016 (AFP)
Air strikes pummelled the shrinking rebel enclave in Aleppo on Saturday as US Secretary of State John Kerry said the Syrian regime's "indiscriminate bombing" am...
Colombia's Santos receives Nobel Peace Prize
Dec 10, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia's peace deal between the government and the Marxist FARC rebels is a model for war-torn countries like Syria, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos sa...
Dylan snubs Nobel, Santos to accept Peace Prize in Oslo
Dec 08, 2016 (AFP)
One sings of peace, the other makes peace: Bob Dylan will not travel to Stockholm on Saturday to accept his Nobel prize, but Colombian President Juan Manuel San...
WWII sacrifice of 'Free French' defending Hong Kong
Dec 08, 2016 (AFP)
Seventy-five years ago, a handful of idealistic "Free French" took up arms to defend the British colony of Hong Kong in a futile battle against Japanese invader...
Israel set for vote to advance settler homes bill
Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)
Israeli lawmakers could vote Wednesday to advance a bill legalising some 4,000 settler homes in the occupied West Bank despite international criticism and warni...
Turkish soldier killed in bomb attack in Syria: army
Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)
A Turkish soldier was killed Wednesday in a car bomb attack in northern Syria where troops are helping Syrian rebels capture a key town from Islamic State jihad...
Israeli missiles hit near airbase outside Damascus
Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)
Several Israeli missiles struck near the Mazzeh airbase outside Damascus overnight without causing any casualties, Syrian state media reported on Wednesday. "At...
Obama praises Japan ties on Pearl Harbor anniversary
Dec 07, 2016 (AFP)
President Barack Obama on Wednesday praised the alliance between Japan and the United States exactly 75 years after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor that led...
Japanese navy veteran recalls Pearl Harbor 75 years on
Dec 05, 2016 (AFP)
Navy aircraft mechanic Kuniyoshi Takimoto watched as Japanese planes roared off the aircraft carrier Hiryu to attack Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. The shock...
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