syria
Syria’s opposition, divided and varied, to get a new face
Middle East
November 23, 2017
Syria’s opposition, divided and varied, to get a new face
Syria’s notoriously fragmented opposition gathering Wednesday in the Saudi capital is trying to close ranks and come up with a…
Syria’s opposition to get a new face amid talks in Riyadh
Middle East
November 22, 2017
Syria’s opposition to get a new face amid talks in Riyadh
Syria’s notoriously fragmented opposition gathering Wednesday in the Saudi capital is trying to close ranks and come up with a…
Qatar’s foreign minister accuses Saudi Arabia of sparking humanitarian crisis
Middle East
November 22, 2017
Qatar’s foreign minister accuses Saudi Arabia of sparking humanitarian crisis
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani accused Saudi Arabia of undermining regional peace in an interview with…
Hezbollah denies sending arms to regional conflicts
Middle East
November 21, 2017
Hezbollah denies sending arms to regional conflicts
The head of Lebanon’s powerful Hezbollah on Monday flatly denied Arab accusations his group had sent weapons to conflict-ridden regional…
Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, another fighter, killed in Syria: Iranian media
Middle East
November 20, 2017
Iranian Revolutionary Guards commander, another fighter, killed in Syria: Iranian media
A commander in Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards and a lower-ranking Iranian fighter have been killed fighting Islamic State in Syria…
Missing Yazidi women and children hiding in plain sight
Middle East
November 20, 2017
Missing Yazidi women and children hiding in plain sight
Almost half of the over 6,000 Yazidis kidnapped three years ago by the IS group have still not been found.…
Russia blocks US chemical weapons probe on Syria
Middle East
November 17, 2017
Russia blocks US chemical weapons probe on Syria
Russia has blocked a US-drafted resolution to renew a mandate of the body investigating the use of chemical weapons in…
French military say coalition opposed IS withdrawal from Raqqa
Middle East
November 16, 2017
French military say coalition opposed IS withdrawal from Raqqa
France’s military said on Thursday the coalition battling Islamic State in Syria had opposed a deal allowing fighters of the…
UN to vote on rival resolutions on chemical weapons in Syria
Middle East
November 16, 2017
UN to vote on rival resolutions on chemical weapons in Syria
The United States is calling for a vote Thursday on a resolution to extend the mandate of experts trying to…
Terrorism spreads but fewer killed in 2016: report
World
November 15, 2017
Terrorism spreads but fewer killed in 2016: report
The number of people killed in extremist attacks declined for the second successive year in 2016 but more countries were…