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GAZIANTEP, TURKEY — U.S.-backed allies in northern Syria appear set for a major clash even as they both race to liberate a strategic town from Islamic State (IS) terror group. Both Kurdish-dominated militias and Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels, who are backed by Turkey, are […]

PENTAGON — The coalition strike that Syria and Russia claim hit Syrian government troops may have struck a battalion of Syrian prisoners who were aligned with Syrian government forces but were in a separate location from the Syrian army, U.S. officials tell VOA. The investigation […]

Prime Minister Tammam Salam on Monday urged the United Nations to devise a plan for the “safe return” of Syrian refugees from Lebanon to their country. “This huge and sudden influx of refugees is posing dangerous risks to our stability, security, economy and public services,” […]

NNA – Prime Minister, Tammam Salam, chaired Lebanon’s delegation at the inaugural session of the United Nations Refugee Conference, at the invitation of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, at the UN headquarters in New York. The Lebanese delegation includes Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Jibran Bassil, and […]

UNITED NATIONS — The international community has pledged to improve its response to the global refugee and migration crisis, though some question whether the plan goes far enough. At a high-level summit Monday at the United Nations, member states agreed to protect the rights of […]

Damascus (AFP) – President Bashar al-Assad on Monday described the deadly US-led coalition raid on his forces in eastern Syria at the weekend as “flagrant American aggression”. Speaking to Iran’s deputy foreign minister Hossein Jaberi Ansari, Assad accused world powers of supporting “terrorist organisations” in […]

LONDON (Reuters) – Britain said on Monday it had taken part in a U.S-led air strikes in Syria over the weekend that Russia says killed Syrian soldiers. “We can confirm that the UK participated in the recent coalition air strike in Syria … on Saturday, […]

SYDNEY — Australia has expressed deep regret for its part in a botched airstrike in Syria that killed scores of Syrian government soldiers and endangered the fragile ceasefire in the region. The attack was led by the U.S. military that said the coalition believed it […]

GENEVA — U.N. war crimes investigators said on Monday it had become increasingly difficult to interview newly arrived Syrian refugees in European countries and urged them to improve access to help document fresh abuses. The panel says it has compiled a confidential list of suspects […]