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Five dead in Libya military helicopter crash
Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)
A military helicopter crashed in eastern Libya on Tuesday, killing five people including officers loyal to authorities that have refused to cede power to a unit...
Three questions on Syria's failed ceasefire
Sep 20, 2016 (AFP)
A ceasefire billed as the "last chance" to halt Syria's five-year war collapsed on Monday night as air strikes battered Aleppo and a UN aid convoy was hit near ...
FARC rebels fear paramilitary reprisals if they disarm
Sep 19, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia's FARC rebels fear reprisals by right-wing paramilitaries if they ratify a peace deal with the government, a commander said Monday, underscoring the tr...
Syria army bids to recover losses to IS after deadly US-led raid
Sep 18, 2016 (AFP)
Syrian troops counterattacked against the Islamic State group around a key eastern airbase Sunday after a US-led coalition air strike killed scores of soldiers ...
'Coalition raid' hits Syria army as truce wavers
Sep 18, 2016 (AFP)
The US-led coalition admitted it may have hit a Syrian army position Saturday as Russia called an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss the ai...
FARC victims' children say 'yes' to peace in Colombia
Sep 17, 2016 (AFP)
Sebastian Echeverry was four years old when the FARC rebels kidnapped his father in western Colombia. Five years later, they killed him. Today, the 19-year-old ...
Third of Saudi-led strikes on Yemen hit civilian sites: report
Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)
More than a third of Saudi-led air strikes on Yemen have struck civilian sites including schools, hospitals and mosques, according to a survey of the conflict p...
US special forces deploy to Syria to back Turkey
Sep 16, 2016 (AFP)
Dozens of US Special Operations commandos have been deployed to northern Syria to help Turkey and "vetted" Syrian rebels fight the Islamic State group, the Pent...
Colombia's FARC rebel leaders set to ratify peace deal
Sep 15, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia's FARC rebels are set to vote on a historic peace agreement with the government to end more than a half-century of conflict before giving up their arme...
Syria truce brings 'significant drop' in fighting
Sep 14, 2016 (AFP)
The UN's Syria envoy on Tuesday applauded a "significant drop" in violence through the first 24 hours of a fragile ceasefire but said security concerns meant ai...
US signs deal to give Israel $38 billion in military aid
Sep 14, 2016 (AFP)
The United States made its biggest pledge of military aid in history on Wednesday, promising Israel $38 billion over ten years to buy advanced planes and weapon...
UN Syria envoy hails 'significant drop in violence'
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
The UN's Syria envoy on Tuesday applauded a fall in violence through the first 24 hours of a fragile ceasefire but said security concerns meant aid convoys had ...
US concludes $38 bn Israel military aid deal
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
The United States on Tuesday announced it had reached a record $38 billion 10-year military aid deal with Israel, despite increased disagreement over the Middle...
Syrian army says it shot down Israeli warplane, drone
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
Syria's military said it shot down an Israeli warplane and a drone early Tuesday in response to an attack on Syrian army positions -- a claim denied by Israel. ...
UN council approves Colombia mission
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
The UN Security Council on Tuesday gave the formal go-ahead for a new mission to help the historic peace deal reached between Colombia's government and FARC reb...
Coalition planes destroy IS chemical factory near Mosul
Sep 13, 2016 (AFP)
US-led coalition warplanes destroyed a factory in Iraq used by the Islamic State group to make chemical weapons, the Pentagon said Tuesday. The production cente...
Syria ceasefire takes effect under US-Russia deal
Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)
A ceasefire brokered by Russia and the United States took effect in Syria at sundown Monday, despite scepticism over how long the truce in the five-year conflic...
Colombia 'on alert' after new activist killing
Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)
Colombia is on alert after the killing of five human rights activists in recent days, the government said Monday, warning of potential attempts to destabilize a...
Haftar, the strongman who seems himself as Libya's saviour
Sep 12, 2016 (AFP)
General Khalifa Haftar, whose forces have seized three vital Libyan oil terminals, is a controversial military strongman who has refused to bow to a UN-backed u...
Airstrikes kill scores in Syria after new truce deal
Sep 11, 2016 (AFP)
A barrage of airstrikes on rebel-held areas in Syria have killed scores of people, just hours after the government in Damascus approved a US-Russian plan to hal...
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