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The war-torn city of Aleppo has been recaptured, the Syrian army said Thursday, marking its biggest victory in the country’s long civil war. “The restoration of security and stability to Aleppo is a victory which forms a strategic juncture and important turning point in the […]

BERLIN (AP) — German officials presented mounting evidence Thursday that Anis Amri was behind the wheel of a truck that smashed into a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12, as authorities across Europe pressed ahead with their feverish manhunt for the 24-year-old Tunisian, who has […]

US Secretary of State John Kerry “would be the first one” to speak about his frustration over the outcomes of US policies in Syria, State Department spokesman John Kirby said on Thursday. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — Kerry would acknowledge that his diplomatic efforts to achieve a […]

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday abruptly called for the United States to “greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability” until the rest of the world “comes to its senses” regarding nuclear weapons. His comments on Twitter came hours after Russian President Vladimir […]

Islamic State in Syria released a video Thursday that purportedly shows two captured Turkish soldiers being burned to death, a U.S.-based monitoring group and media sources said. The SITE Intelligence Group, which monitors militant groups online, said the Aleppo Province of the Islamic State in […]

Egypt has suddenly delayed a vote on its UN resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the West Bank as Donald Trump made his opposition clear. A US official told the BBC that it had been considering an abstention, which would have allowed the motion to pass. […]

A year ago, it would have been unthinkable that Russia and Turkey could hold cordial talks a day after the gunning down of a Russian diplomat in Ankara. But Tuesday, there were no public recriminations over the slaying of ambassador Andrei Karlov as Russian and […]

The Obama administration said Thursday it is officially scrapping a post-9/11 requirement for immigrant men from predominantly Muslim countries to register with the federal government. The decision to end the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System, or NSEERs, comes amid growing international terror fears and suggestions […]

Durant les cinq années d’insurrection, la Syrie en a connu de toutes les couleurs, avec les horreurs perpétrées par les rebelles. L’une d’entre elles a eu lieu la semaine passée, lorsqu’une petite fille était entrée dans un commissariat de police à Damas, avant de se […]