U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other top diplomats are in Paris in a fresh attempt to find solutions for Syria’s nearly six-year-old war that has claimed the lives of more than 300,000 people. French Foreign Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault hosted the meeting in the […]
In the battle for Mosul, Islamic State fighters who aren’t killed are usually taken away for questioning by Iraqi or Kurdish intelligence. But there are also local Iraqis accused of helping ISIS — and they’re put through a judicial process of sorts. One such case […]
Syria’s military and Russian warplanes bombarded rebel-held districts of Aleppo on Saturday as Damascus’s allies said victory was near, but insurgents fought back and army advances halted after rapid gains during the week. The United States said it was meeting a Russian team in Geneva […]
Sarah Giles of Doctors Without Borders spent four months on a search and rescue boat in the Mediterranean. She tells NPR’s Scott Simon that women refugees are commonly the targets of sexual assault. Editor’s note: this conversation discusses the issue of rape. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: […]
The Lebanese Army staged wide security raids at dawn on Saturday in the northeastern region of Masharih al-Qaa and arrested tens of suspects, the National News Agency reported Saturday. The Airborne Regiment, a Land Border Regiment unit and the Army Intelligence staged the raids in […]
The Iraqi army said it took full control of two more districts of east Mosul on Saturday, pushing back Islamic State militants in a slow and hard-fought advance into the city whose 1 million residents face growing shortages of fuel, water and food. A military […]
A total of 90 Iraqi servicemen were killed and 100 were wounded as a result of a mistake strike by the US Air Force in Mosul, a local news portal reported Saturday. A source in the Iraqi army confirmed the information to Sputnik Arabic. MOSCOW […]
US Central Command representative said that he cannot confirm reports of its alleged accidental airstrike on Iraqi forces in Mosul. WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The US-led coalition in Iraq cannot confirm reports of its alleged accidental airstrike on Iraqi forces in Mosul, a coalition source told […]
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that Russia and Syrian government forces would continue their bombing raids in Aleppo until rebels vacated the city. “After a humanitarian pause, [the strikes] have resumed and will continue for as long as the bandits are still in […]
LONDON — Turkish troops and Ankara-backed Free Syrian Army rebel fighters launched an assault Friday on al-Bab, a strategic Syrian town northeast of Aleppo which rival Kurdish militias aligned with the U.S. also want to seize from the Islamic State terror group. Syrian opposition sources […]
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