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LONDON — A group of British lawmakers has strongly criticized the intervention by Britain and France in 2011 that led to the ouster of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. The report from the British Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Select Committee said a lack of planning for the […]

SANAA — Yemen’s Houthi rebels and allied troops have captured a Saudi military post in the border region of Jizan, according to military officials from the Shiite movement. They said the Houthi rebels and their allies attacked the post with artillery, rockets and light arms […]

When armed conflicts or political instability send people fleeing from countries across the world, children leave behind not only their homes but also in many cases their education. That is the focus of a new report Thursday from the U.N. refugee agency, which says 3.7 […]

WASHINGTON — For Pentagon officers who cut their teeth during the Cold War, the prospect of U.S. battlefield cooperation with Russia in Syria is not only uncomfortable. It’s also unprecedented. Against that background, the reactions of U.S. military officials range from caution to outright skepticism […]

GAZIANTEP, TURKEY — The fragile three-day-old Syrian cease-fire negotiated by the U.S. and Russia appeared increasingly troubled Thursday with Moscow accusing Washington of failing to rein in rebel militias, and insurgent commanders saying there’s little point to the truce while Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, continues […]

Russia said the Syrian army had begun to withdraw from a road into Aleppo on Thursday, a prerequisite for pressing ahead with international peacemaking efforts as the government and rebels accused each other of violating a truce. An organization that monitors the war also said […]

U.S. President Barack Obama will convene a meeting with world leaders to discuss the global refugee crisis at a United Nations gathering next week, the White House said on Thursday. “There are too few countries around the world that are bearing a significant burden in […]

The idea that there is no military solution to the Syrian crisis should be fixed in every final document of an international meeting on Syria otherwise the short-term truce can’t be regarded as achievement, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari told […]

A senior Iranian official says Saudi Arabia has politicized the Hajj rituals, advising officials in Riyadh against trying Tehran’s patience. “Unfortunately, Saudi rulers have turned the Hajj into a political leverage in order to mount pressure [on other countries] and use it in service of […]