World powers meet to pressure Syria on chemical attacks
by Valérie Leroux Agence France-Presse PARIS, France (AFP) - Diplomats from 29 countries including US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson meet in…
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Turkey steps up assault on Kurdish militia in Syria
by Diyar Mustefa and Bulent Kilic in Hassa Agence France-Presse AFRIN, Syria - Turkey on Monday intensified its offensive against Kurdish militia targets…
8 years ago
Nearly 100,000 displaced by fighting in northwest Syria: UN
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Nearly 100,000 people have been displaced since early December by fighting in northwestern Syria, where the…
8 years ago
Surrender or be shot in the face, senior US soldier tells IS
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- US troops and their allies will shoot Islamic State jihadists in the face, beat them…
8 years ago
Turkey urges Russia, Iran to stop Syria offensive on Idlib
ISTANBUL, Turkey (AFP) - Turkey on Wednesday called on Russia and Iran, the two chief allies of President Bashar al-Assad's regime in…
8 years ago
Putin toughens terrorist recruitment sentences
MOSCOW, Russia (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law Friday a bill toughening sentences for terrorist recruitment as…
8 years ago
Medical evacuations begin from besieged Syria rebel bastion
DOUMA, Syria (AFP) - Aid workers have begun evacuating emergency medical cases from Syria's besieged rebel bastion of Eastern Ghouta, the Red…
9 years ago
Assad accuses France of backing ‘terrorism’
DAMASCUS, Syria (AFP) -- Syrian President Bashar al-Assad launched a scathing attack on France on Monday, accusing it of backing…
9 years ago
Islamic State: What happened to all the foreign fighters?
by Michel Moutot © Agence France-Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- An estimated 40,000 people traveled from around the world to take…
9 years ago
US-led air strikes kill 23 civilians in Syria: monitor
BEIRUT, Lebanon (AFP) -- Air strikes by a US-led coalition killed 23 civilians Wednesday in a village held by the…
9 years ago
On Mideast trip, Putin orders partial withdrawal from Syria
by Raziye Akkoc and Anna Smolchenko in Moscow Agence France Presse ANKARA, Turkey (AFP) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin held…
9 years ago
Air raids in Syria kill 25 civilians: monitor
HAMMURIYEH, Syria (AFP) -- A wave of Syrian air strikes on Sunday killed at least 25 civilians and wounded dozens…
9 years ago
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