US-backed Syria force to redeploy 1,700 from IS fight to Afrin
Middle East
March 6, 2018
US-backed Syria force to redeploy 1,700 from IS fight to Afrin
A US-backed alliance of Syrian forces announced on Tuesday it would redeploy around 1,700 fighters from front lines against the…
Aid convoy quits Syria enclave as regime presses onslaught
Middle East
March 6, 2018
Aid convoy quits Syria enclave as regime presses onslaught
An international convoy has cut short its mission to Syria’s rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta after delivering desperately needed aid…
UN rights body orders probe of Eastern Ghouta siege in Syria
Middle East
March 5, 2018
UN rights body orders probe of Eastern Ghouta siege in Syria
The UN Human Rights Council on Monday ordered an immediate probe into the situation in Syria’s besieged rebel enclave of…
Turkey detains 12 in anti-IS raids after US embassy closure
Middle East
March 5, 2018
Turkey detains 12 in anti-IS raids after US embassy closure
Turkey on Monday launched a crackdown on the Islamic State extremist group and boosted security in Ankara after the US…
Syria’s Assad says Ghouta campaign must go on
Middle East
March 5, 2018
Syria’s Assad says Ghouta campaign must go on
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said Sunday his forces must push on with their campaign to retake the besieged enclave of…
Regime forces advance in Syria’s battered Ghouta
Middle East
March 4, 2018
Regime forces advance in Syria’s battered Ghouta
Government forces seized territory inside Syria’s rebel enclave Eastern Ghouta Saturday, intensifying fighting as tens of thousands of civilians in…
Dozens dead in attacks on Burkina military HQ, French embassy
World
March 3, 2018
Dozens dead in attacks on Burkina military HQ, French embassy
Dozens of people were killed Friday in twin attacks on the French embassy in Burkina Faso and the country’s military…
British PM to back EU free trade deal after Brexit
World
March 2, 2018
British PM to back EU free trade deal after Brexit
Prime Minister Theresa May will call Friday for an unprecedented free trade deal with the EU after Brexit in a…
Saudi crown prince to visit Washington on March 19
Middle East
March 1, 2018
Saudi crown prince to visit Washington on March 19
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is to visit the United States from March 19-22, for the first time as…
Senators to force vote in bid to end US involvement in Yemen war
Middle East
March 1, 2018
Senators to force vote in bid to end US involvement in Yemen war
US lawmakers on Wednesday launched a bipartisan effort to end American involvement in Saudi Arabia’s conflict with Yemen, an extraordinary…