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Syria conflict: Aleppo rocked by fresh fighting
Deadly fighting has resumed in Syria's divided second city of Aleppo, after a brief lull overnight. State media say rebels shelled a mosque in the government-held district of Bab al-Faraj, killing eight people. Rescue workers report that a clinic in rebel-held Marja was targeted in an air strike, the second medical facility...
The truth behind Russia’s continuing war in Syria
All the signs are that as the partial truce in Syria fails and the peace talks falter, the Russian military and its Syrian allies are gearing up for a new offensive in and around Aleppo. Last week, the Pentagon said forces loyal to the Syrian government were beginning "to mass and concentrate combat power around...
What Will New US Forces Do in Syria?
The additional 250 U.S. special operations troops heading to Syria in the coming days will be a "force multiplier," meeting with local fighters and providing expertise to Syrians willing to take on Islamic State, according to the Pentagon. "This is as much about introductions and connections and seeing...
WAR ON ISIS: Obama marches extra troops into Syria in bid to WIPE OUT sick terror group
PRESIDENT Barack Obama is set to put more American boots on the ground in Syria in a bid to wipe out Islamic State. He is set to announce the decision to send 250 more troops into the war torn country to support local forces, a state official has revealed. The decision comes amid growing hopes that the so-called caliphate, also...
EU official ramps up pressure on US to take more Syrian asylum seekers
A top European Union official pressured the U.S. Thursday to accept more Syrian refugees feeling the civil war, saying that asylum seekers should not be likened to Muslim extremists. Stavros Lambrinidis, the agency’s special representative for human rights, said that taking more migrants would help ease the pressure on...
Syria conflict: Largest aid convoy reaches besieged Rastan
The largest aid convoy so far in Syria has reached a besieged rebel-held town in the centre of the country. Sixty-five lorries are delivering food and medicine to about 120,000 civilians in and around Rastan, in Homs province. The International Committee of the Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent convoy is the first to reach...
IS Leaves Deadly Trail of Mines in Syria, Iraq
More than a year after their liberation from the Islamic State (IS) group, residents in the Syrian town of Kobani are suffering from the deadly fallout of a four-month occupation. Since IS was expelled from Kobani in January 2015, at least 100 civilians have been killed and 200 wounded by landmines that IS planted throughout...
U.S. gaining momentum on Islamic State, Obama says
The United States and allied forces have the Islamic State on the defensive, President Obama said Wednesday, with the terrorist group failing to mount a single offensive operation in Syria or Iraq since last summer. "We have momentum, and we intend to keep that momentum," he said. "It’s harder than ever for...
Syrian Cease-fire Fraying; Aleppo in Regime Sights
Rebel commanders and opposition politicians who have been battling to unseat Syrian Presidential Bashar al-Assad for five years say the cessation of hostilities brokered by the U.S. and Russia in February is on the verge of collapse, and they are readying for a regime offensive on Aleppo. Anti-Assad activists say they have...
Why Syria Election Will Hand Assad Victory
There won’t be much need to stay up late to find out the results of the April 13 parliamentary elections in Syria as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, say opposition politicians and independent election experts, who dub next week’s wartime poll a PR stunt. The elections being held next week in Syria — or...
Life and Death in Mosul Under Islamic State
When 14 Islamic State militants stormed his home, 22-year-old Mohammed was hiding. His father and brother, both police officers under the Iraqi government, had already been killed. “They asked my mom, ‘Where is Mohammed?' " he tells me a year and a half later in Europe. “She said I was at the...
Nagorno-Karabakh: Azeri-Armenian ceasefire agreed
Azerbaijan and ethnic Armenian forces have agreed on an immediate ceasefire after nearly four days of fighting in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. The announcement came from the Armenian separatists and Azeri defence ministry. Ethnic Armenians have controlled the mountainous enclave in Azerbaijan and adjacent territory...
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