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Turkey Warns Syria Talks at Risk over Truce Violations

5 January 2017

Turkey warned Wednesday that a new round of Syria peace talks was at risk, accusing President Bashar Assad’s government of violating a fragile truce it brokered with Russia last week. The nationwide ceasefire has brought quiet to large parts of Syria, but has been threatened […]

Cabinet Passes Oil and Gas Decrees, Replaces Abdul Menhem Youssef

5 January 2017

The Cabinet approved Wednesday the long-awaited oil and gas decrees and appointed two successors to Abdul Menhem Youssef — the controversial director general of the OGERO telecom authority who was also serving as director general of investment and maintenance at the telecom ministry. Foreign Minister […]

Opposition Says Hizbullah Prevented Russians from Entering Wadi Barada, Turkey Says Party behind Truce Violations

5 January 2017

The Syrian opposition accused Hizbullah on Wednesday of preventing Russian officials from entering the Wadi Barada area near Damascus to assess water infrastructure damaged by clashes. “A checkpoint belonging to the Hizbullah militia prevented the Russian officers from entering,” Ahmed Ramadan of the National Coalition […]

Family of Canadian killed in Syria seeks help repatriating body

5 January 2017

The family of a Canadian man killed fighting the so-called Islamic State in Syria is urging the federal government to help repatriate his remains. Kurdish forces, known as YPG confirmed that Nazzareno Tassone, 24, was killed alongside Briton Ryan Lock, 20, in December. In a […]

UN: Thousands Flee Mosul as Military Siege Intensifies

5 January 2017

Thousands of Iraqis have been forced to flee Mosul during the past five days, since U.S.-led military forces began a second phase in the operation to free the city from the grip of Islamic State militants, U.N. officials say. The severely outnumbered militants have taken […]

Turkey Identifies Istanbul Gunman, Makes New Arrests

5 January 2017

Turkey said Wednesday it had identified the gunman behind the New Year’s massacre on an elite Istanbul nightclub that killed 39, as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan warned the attack aimed to polarize Turkish society. The assailant stormed the glamorous Reina nightclub on the Bosphorus early […]

President Assad to Boroujerdi: Iran and all states that support Syrian people are partners in achievements against terrorists

5 January 2017

President Bashar al-Assad received on Wednesday Chairman of the Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security at the Iranian Shura Council, Alaeddin Boroujerdi, and the accompanying delegation. The meeting touched on the historical relations between the two countries and means to bolster and develop them […]

Presidential popularity, and how Trump stacks up

5 January 2017

After winning the election, President-elect Donald Trump’s favorability rating rose. (In Gallup polling, it jumped to 42 percent from 34 percent the week before Nov. 8). But on Monday, Gallup data indicates Mr. Trump may not be gaining ground yet when it comes to voter […]

Tillerson leaves Exxon with $180 million retirement package

5 January 2017

NEW YORK — Rex Tillerson, the nominee of President-elect Donald Trump for secretary of state, is severing ties with Exxon Mobil through a $180 million retirement package one week before his Senate confirmation hearing begins. RELATED LINKS Senate Democrats want more info from Trump’s Cabinet […]

IS Posts Drone Footage of Suicide Attacks as Group Struggles to Market Self

5 January 2017

Islamic State propagandists posted a 42-minute video online Wednesday that included the drowning in a fish tank of an alleged Iraqi spy and the beheading of another, as well as drone footage of more than a dozen suicide bombings in northern Iraq undertaken by teenage […]

Istanbul on alert as hunt for gunman reaches 4th da

5 January 2017

ISTANBUL (AP) — Police increased security around Istanbul on Wednesday and detained some 20 people with suspected links to the deadly New Year’s Eve night club attack as the hunt for the gunman stretched into a fourth day. Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said the […]

In Toledo, Syrian Refugees Are Welcomed Amid A Difficult Immigration Climate

5 January 2017

Last year, NPR’s Ari Shapiro visited Toledo, Ohio, to talk to refugees settling there from Syria’s civil war. Recently, he returned to Toledo to check in on the community. When we first met Omar Al-Awad and his family in the fall of 2015, they were […]

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