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Rebels in Aleppo attack, Putin cautious on new Russian raids
Oct 29, 2016 (AFP)
Syrian rebels launched a major assault Friday aimed at breaking a months-long siege of opposition-held districts of Aleppo, as regime ally Russia held off on re...
4 Iranian arms shipments to Yemen stopped: US admiral
Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)
Warships from the US Navy and allied nations have intercepted four weapons shipments from Iran to war-ravaged Yemen since April 2015, a US admiral said Thursday...
Colombia in suspense over peace talks with ELN rebels
Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)
Peace talks between Colombia's government and leftist ELN rebels hung in suspense Thursday, hours before their scheduled launch, as leaders complained the insur...
Russia denies role in bloody strike on Syria school
Oct 27, 2016 (AFP)
Moscow on Thursday denied any involvement in bloody air strikes on a Syrian school as its relations with the West took another hit and the EU slapped more sanct...
Inside the US-led coalition war on IS
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
In a low, windowless building just outside America's sprawling embassy compound in Baghdad, senior military officials from 19 nations work side-by-side, quietly...
Schoolchildren among 35 dead in Syria raids: monitor
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
Air strikes on Syria's rebel-held Idlib province hit a school and the surrounding area on Wednesday, killing at least 35 civilians including many children, a mo...
US strike in Yemen kills five Qaeda members: officials
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
Five Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) members were killed in a US air strike in Yemen last week, officials said Wednesday. The October 21 strike occurre...
Colombia eyes new front in peace talks
Oct 26, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia's government hopes to open a new front Thursday in efforts to bury a half-century armed conflict, starting talks with the country's second-biggest rebe...
NATO flies first AWACS surveillance mission backing anti-IS coalition
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
Sophisticated NATO surveillance planes have flown their first mission in support of the US-led coalition battling the Islamic State group, alliance head Jens St...
US general visits Saudi amid Yemen bombing concerns
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
The head of US military operations in the Middle East wrapped up an unannounced visit to Saudi Arabia Tuesday, amid mounting friction over the kingdom's bombing...
Iraq paramilitaries to cut IS off from Syria: spokesman
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
Iraqi paramilitary forces have been ordered to retake the town of Tal Afar and prevent Islamic State group jihadists from fleeing west from Mosul towards Syria,...
Colombia 'torpedoing' peace talks, say ELN rebels
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
Historic peace talks between the Colombian government and ELN rebels have been thrown into doubt after the guerrillas were ordered to release their last hostage...
Russia says halt in Aleppo bombing will be extended
Oct 25, 2016 (AFP)
Moscow said Tuesday that Russian and Syrian warplanes have not conducted any air strikes on the city of Aleppo for the last seven days and are upholding a morat...
Colombia, rebels in talks to try to save peace process
Oct 23, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia's government and Marxist FARC rebels on Saturday started talks on how to retool a peace deal, rejected in a referendum last month, that would end Latin...
Yemen raids intensify as UN call to extend truce ignored
Oct 23, 2016 (AFP)
The pro-government Arab coalition Sunday stepped up air strikes on Iran-backed rebels in Yemen and clashes raged on the ground as warring parties ignored a UN c...
Fighting shakes Aleppo as ceasefire expires
Oct 23, 2016 (AFP)
Clashes and air strikes shook the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, leaving three civilians dead as heavy fighting resumed after the end of a three-day ceasefire...
Pentagon chief reviews Mosul offensive with Kurds
Oct 23, 2016 (AFP)
US Secretary of Defence Ashton Carter arrived in Iraq's autonomous region of Kurdistan on Sunday to review the ongoing military offensive to retake the jihadist...
NATO head 'concerned' Russian carrier group may join Aleppo attacks
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg expressed concern Thursday that a Russian aircraft carrier battlegroup could join attacks on Syria's besieged city of Aleppo. Warshi...
Deadly Turkish raids on US-backed Syrian Kurd fighters
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
Turkish warplanes carried out deadly strikes on US-backed militias in northern Syria, including Syrian Kurdish fighters, a monitor said Thursday, action that is...
Saudi-led coalition air strike hit Yemen funeral: UN report
Oct 20, 2016 (AFP)
The Saudi-led coalition carried out a deadly "double-tap" air strike on a funeral ceremony in Yemen this month in violation of its obligations under internation...
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