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Will new Colombia deal save the peace?
Nov 16, 2016 (AFP)
Six weeks after Colombians shocked the world by rejecting a historic peace accord with the FARC rebels, negotiators have come back with a new deal. Will it work...
12 Haftar soldiers killed in Libya's Benghazi
Nov 16, 2016 (AFP)
Twelve soldiers of armed forces led by Marshal Khalifa Haftar have been killed in two days of fighting with jihadists in Libya's second city of Benghazi, milita...
Syria regime raids hit east Aleppo for first time in month: monitor
Nov 15, 2016 (AFP)
Syrian government air strikes and barrel bomb attacks hit residential neighbourhoods of rebel-held east Aleppo on Tuesday for the first time in nearly a month, ...
As FARC, government step toward peace, ELN under fire for pipeline attack
Nov 13, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia's top negotiator questioned Sunday the ELN's intentions to launch peace talks after an attack on a southern oil pipeline, criticism that came one day a...
FARC, Colombian govt strike new peace deal after referendum rejection
Nov 13, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels on Saturday announced a revised peace deal to end 52 years of armed conflict, after voters rejected a prior peace ...
Russian warship flotilla now off Syrian coast: military
Nov 12, 2016 (AFP)
A flotilla of Russian warships is now in the eastern Mediterranean off the Syrian coast after being sent to reinforce Russia's military in the area, a naval com...
Coalition strike 'kills 20 civilians' near IS-held Raqa
Nov 10, 2016 (AFP)
US-backed forces pressed offensives on the Islamic State group's strongholds in Syria and Iraq, as an air strike by the American-led coalition reportedly killed...
Yemen army says operation kills 30 Qaeda suspects
Nov 09, 2016 (AFP)
An elite Yemeni force backed by Saudi-led coalition air strikes killed 30 suspected Al-Qaeda fighters in the southeast of the country in a 24-hour operation tha...
Yemen troops kill six Qaeda suspects outside port city
Nov 08, 2016 (AFP)
Yemeni troops backed by a Saudi-led coalition air strike killed six suspected Al-Qaeda fighters outside the southeastern port city of Mukalla on Tuesday, a secu...
Raid kills 7 children in Syria rebel bastion: monitor
Nov 08, 2016 (AFP)
At least seven children and two pregnant women were killed in an air strike on Syria's rebel stronghold province of Idlib on Tuesday, a monitor said. The strike...
US-backed forces push closer to IS 'capital' Raqa
Nov 07, 2016 (AFP)
A US-backed Kurdish-Arab alliance pushed closer to Raqa in Syria while Iraqi forces seized a key town near Mosul as offensives advanced Monday against the two I...
US-backed forces launch assault on Syrian IS 'capital'
Nov 06, 2016 (AFP)
US-backed Kurdish-Arab forces launched an offensive Sunday on the Islamic State group's de facto Syrian capital Raqa, upping pressure on the jihadists who are a...
Raqa assault to likely take longer than Pentagon chief predicts
Nov 05, 2016 (AFP)
After Iraqi security forces eventually recapture Mosul, the Islamic State group will be left with only Raqa in neighboring Syria as a bastion, and the jihadists...
Colombia's ELN rebels hopes to free hostage next week
Nov 04, 2016 (AFP)
Colombian rebel group ELN said Friday it hopes to free hostage ex-congressman Odin Sanchez next week, clearing the way to begin peace talks with the government....
US strike kills Qaeda 'attack planner' in Syria: Pentagon
Nov 02, 2016 (AFP)
A US drone strike in Syria last month killed an Al-Qaeda member with ties to the organization's senior leadership, the Pentagon said Wednesday. The October 17 s...
Sri Lanka removes spy chief after Jaffna unrest
Nov 02, 2016 (AFP)
Sri Lanka's army Wednesday replaced its intelligence chief as the government accused the military of involvement in a wave of unrest in the ethnic minority Tami...
No operation to free ex-lawmaker held by Colombia rebels: Red Cross
Oct 31, 2016 (AFP)
The Red Cross said Monday there was no operation underway to free an ex-lawmaker whose captivity by the Colombian rebel group ELN is holding up peace talks with...
Yemen's Hadi rejects UN peace plan amid deadly raids
Oct 30, 2016 (AFP)
Saudi-led coalition air strikes on rebel-held security buildings in western Yemen have killed at least 60 people, many of them inmates buried under the rubble o...
Israel wasn't ready for 2014 Gaza war: army official
Oct 30, 2016 (AFP)
Israel should have better prepared for Hamas's use of tunnels in the 2014 Gaza war, a senior army official said Sunday, ahead of the release of a key report on ...
Colombia grapples with setbacks in peace efforts
Oct 29, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia's government claimed progress Friday toward saving a peace deal with FARC rebels, but efforts to open talks with another guerrilla group, the ELN, rema...
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