US-Backed Forces Reach Edge of IS-Held Syria Town
US-backed fighters have reached the outskirts of a key jihadist-held town in northern Syria as part of an offensive against ...
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Thousands of Syria Evacuees Stuck On Road As Deal Falters
Thousands of Syrians being evacuated from four besieged towns were still stuck on the road on Saturday a day after ...
Buses Evacuate Hundreds From Four Besieged Syria Towns
Hundreds of civilians and fighters who have been under crippling siege for more than two years left four Syrian towns ...
General Strike In Tunisia City Over Jobs
More than a thousand people demonstrated Tuesday in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine during a general strike to denounce ...
Zambian Opposition Leader Held Over ‘motorcade Standoff’
Armed police on Tuesday held Zambia's opposition leader Hakainde Hichilema after raiding his house overnight, an AFP correspondent witnessed. No ...
Clashes In Lebanon Palestinian Camp Kill Two
Palestinian factions battled an extremist group in a refugee camp in southern Lebanon on Saturday in a second day of ...
After ‘chemical’ Strike, Quick Thinking Saves Syrian Man’s Life
The feeling in his limbs began fading slowly, just moments after a suspected chemical attack in a northwest Syrian town. ...
Pressure Mounts For UN Action On Syria ‘chemical Attack’
Western powers pushed ahead Thursday with efforts to take action over the suspected chemical attack in Syria after US President ...
‘Suddenly, She Fell To the Ground’
They collapsed one after the other. In minutes, Mohammad watched his mother, father and nephew fall to the ground, convulsing ...
6.5-Magnitude Quake Shakes Southern Africa
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.5 struck the southern African nation of Botswana on Monday, US seismologists said, ...
Regime Strikes Kill 22 Civilians Near Damascus
Air strikes by Syrian warplanes on a rebel-held region near Damascus killed at least 22 civilians on Monday, the Syrian ...
Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed
Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by Sudan and Ethiopia, a ...
Engineers Set To To Enter IS-Held Parts of Syria Dam
Syrian engineers were expected to carry out urgent maintenance Wednesday on the country's largest dam, where US-backed fighters have been ...
IS Counter-Attacks To Defend North Syria Stronghold
Clashes raged around a key northern Syrian town on Tuesday after the Islamic State group launched a counter-attack to fend ...
Jihadist-Led Offensive In Syria’s Hama Advances
Jihadists and allied rebels claimed more ground against Syrian government forces in central Hama province on Thursday, the Syrian Observatory ...
Pentagon Launches Probe After Strike Near Syria Mosque
The US military is probing allegations that a strike targeting Al-Qaeda leaders near a mosque in northern Syria killed numerous ...
Hundreds Quit Last Rebel-Held District of Syria’s Homs
Hundreds of rebels and civilians left the last opposition-held district of Homs on Saturday under a controversial Russian-supervised deal to ...
US Claims Syria Strike, Denies Targeting Mosque Where 46 Killed
The US said it carried out an air strike in Syria against an Al-Qaeda meeting but denied deliberately targeting a ...
Suicide Bomb Attack In Damascus Court Kills 31 People
A suicide bomb attack in a Damascus court has left at least 31 people dead and 45 others wounded. Another ...
Suicide Bomber Kills 25 At Damascus Courthouse
A suicide bomber attacked a courthouse in the centre of the Syrian capital on Wednesday, killing at least 25 people ...