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Opposition Seeks Russian Support At Syria Talks

Syria's opposition on Monday urged Russia, a key ally of President Bashar al-Assad, to put pressure on Damascus to help...

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Pentagon Readies New Anti-IS Plan For Trump

The Pentagon was due to present the White House on Monday with possible new battle plans to defeat the Islamic State...

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Migrant Rescues Off Libya Encourage Traffickers

The head of EU border agency Frontex on Monday criticised charities that rescue migrants off Libya, arguing that they...

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Germany Hate Crime: Nearly 10 Attacks A Day On Migrants In 2016

Nearly 10 attacks were made on migrants in Germany every day in 2016, the interior ministry says. A total of 560 people...

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Nearly 10 Attacks A Day On Migrants In 2016

Nearly 10 attacks were made on migrants in Germany every day in 2016, the interior ministry says. A total of 560 people...

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People of Al-Bab In Syria Tell of Last Days Under IS

In the days before the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion Al-Bab fell, Umm Abdo's family sheltered underground both...

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Morocco Looks To New Markets To Boost Stagnant Tourism

Morocco's key tourism sector barely grew last year amid security challenges, but operators are hoping Chinese and...

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Refugees Make Up Bulk of Crossings From US To Canada

Most of the hundreds of people streaming over the US border into Canada in recent weeks are asylum-seekers, coming from...

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Ankara Says Nearly 50,000 Syrians Have Returned Home

Tens of thousands of Syrians have returned home from Turkey since the start of Ankara's military operation inside the...

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Turkey Says Al-Bab Completely Captured From Jihadists

Turkish armed forces and allied Syrian rebels have completely taken the IS bastion of Al-Bab in northern Syria from...

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Turkey-Ghana Relations To Enhance Agriculture Production

THE Turkish Ambassador, Nesrin Bayazit, on Friday gave the assurance that the Turkish Government would partner Ghana to...

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Suicide Bomber Kills 42 Near Syria Town Taken From ISIS

A suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels just outside the Syrian town of Al-Bab Friday, killing 42 people in a...

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Suicide Bomber Kills 42 Near Syria Town Taken From IS

A suicide bomber attacked Turkish-backed rebels just outside the Syrian town of Al-Bab Friday, killing 42 people in a...

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In Gaza, Syrians Try To Rebuild Lives In Ruins

When his family's restaurant in Aleppo was crushed by bombs, Anas Qaterji had no choice but to flee war-torn Syria. He...

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Suicide Bomber Kills 29 Near Syria Town Taken From IS

A suicide bomber killed 29 people, most of them rebels, on Friday near the Syrian town of Al-Bab, which they had taken...

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Amnesty International Warns Against Politics of Dehumanisation

Politicians wielding a toxic and dehumanising rhetoric such as the use of “us versus them” is creating a more...

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Why Does the Capture of Syria’s Al-Bab Matter?

The Syrian town of Al-Bab was for three years a key jihadist stronghold in northern Syria, whose capture Ankara hopes...

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Turkey Says 2,000 Syrian Families Set For Citizenship

Istanbul authorities on Thursday said 2,000 Syrian families in the city could be set for Turkish citizenship but the...

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Syria Rebels Announce Capture of Al-Bab From IS

Turkish-backed Syrian rebels announced on Thursday that they had taken full control of the northern town of Al-Bab from...