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Gulf may arm rebels now Syria truce is dead: US officials
Middle East
September 27, 2016
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
September 22, 2016
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
September 21, 2016
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
September 19, 2016
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
September 18, 2016
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
September 18, 2016
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
September 17, 2016
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
September 16, 2016
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
September 14, 2016
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
September 14, 2016
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…