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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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‘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,...

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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...

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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...

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Oil Workers Seized By S.Sudan Rebels Freed

Three foreign petroleum engineers abducted by South Sudanese rebels have been released after negotiations brokered by...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 and...