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Gulf may arm rebels now Syria truce is dead: US officials
Middle East

Gulf may arm rebels now Syria truce is dead: US officials

The collapse of the latest Syria ceasefire has heightened the possibility that Gulf states might arm Syrian rebels with shoulder-fired…
Putin wants US to protect aid convoys in Syria: Germany’s Gabriel
Middle East

Putin wants US to protect aid convoys in Syria: Germany’s Gabriel

Russian President Vladimir Putin wants the United States to protect aid convoys in Syria, German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel said…
Moscow says Russian and Syrian planes did not strike Aleppo aid convoy
Middle East

Moscow says Russian and Syrian planes did not strike Aleppo aid convoy

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that neither Russian nor Syrian war planes had struck a humanitarian convoy near…
EU condemns asset freeze on NGOs, activists in foreign-funding case
Egypt

EU condemns asset freeze on NGOs, activists in foreign-funding case

The European Union said on Monday that the Egyptian government's decision to freeze the assets of rights activists in Egypt…
Cairo court freezes assets of 3 NGO’s and 5 human rights defenders
Egypt

Cairo court freezes assets of 3 NGO’s and 5 human rights defenders

The North Cairo Criminal Court has decided to freeze the assets of five human rights activists along with three prominent…
US-led airstrikes kill Syrian troops, prompting emergency UN meeting
Middle East

US-led airstrikes kill Syrian troops, prompting emergency UN meeting

U.S.-led coalition air strikes reportedly killed dozens of Syrian-government soldiers on Saturday, endangering a U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an…
Turkey-backed rebels in Syria threaten to massacre US troops, calling them infidels
Middle East

Turkey-backed rebels in Syria threaten to massacre US troops, calling them infidels

On Friday, 25 US Special Forces operating in Syria were expelled from the town of al-Rai by Turkey-backed Syrian rebels…
UN commission lists rights concerns in conflict-riven South Sudan
Middle East

UN commission lists rights concerns in conflict-riven South Sudan

A U.N. human rights commission said on Thursday it was concerned by intimidation of civil society activists, harassment of journalists,…
Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants
Middle East

Clash with Boko Haram in Niger kills five soldiers, 30 militants

Thirty members of Boko Haram and five Nigerien soldiers have been killed in fighting in the southeastern Diffa region of…
Britain’s Libya intervention flawed, ex-PM Cameron to blame: lawmakers
World

Britain’s Libya intervention flawed, ex-PM Cameron to blame: lawmakers

Britain's 2011 military intervention in Libya, ordered by former prime minister David Cameron, relied on flawed intelligence and hastened the…
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