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France has called for a United Nations Security Council meeting over “humanitarian risks” as fighting escalates in Syria, its foreign minister said on Sunday in Algiers. Syrian children look at a building that was damaged in a missile attack on the rebel-held besieged town of Arbin on Thursday. PHOTO: ABDULMONAM EASSA / AFP “France is […]

Thousands have taken part in women’s marches across the US on the one-year anniversary of Donald Trump‘s inauguration, in a bid to generate more female candidates running for office as well as to protest against the US president’s policies. Under the name Power to the Polls, the rallies on Saturday were hailed as the beginning of a new […]

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has turned on Ankara’s allies, insinuating that the US in particular has been providing massive military support to Kurdish YPG in Syria. Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan addresses his supporters next to his wife Emine Erdogan during a rally in Bursa, Turkey, January 21, 2018 © Kayhan Ozer / Reuters In […]

The Assad regime opened up roads for the PKK and the PYD in order to transport weapons and reinforcements. (Reuters) Following the Syrian regime condemning Turkish military operations and “Operation Olive Branch” in Afrin on Saturday, the Assad regime opened up roads for the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) and the Democratic Union Party (PYD) in […]

Afghan special forces have ended a 12-hour siege at Kabul’s Intercontinental Hotel, leaving at least five civilians killed in an attack claimed by the Taliban armed group, a government official has told Al Jazeera. Six people were wounded in the attack, while 153 others, including 41 foreigners, were evacuated, Interior Ministry spokesman Najib Danish told Al […]

Damascus, SANA – Syria strongly condemns the Turkish aggression on the city of Afrin, calling on the international community to take steps to stop it immediately. An official source at the Foreign and Expatriates Ministry said on Saturday that the Syrian Arab Republic strongly condemns the flagrant Turkish aggression on the city of Afrin, which […]

The Turkish army on Saturday confirmed it had started a major new ground and air cross border operation against the People’s Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria, which Turkey deems to be a terror organization. A Turkish convoy arrives at a military base in Rihanli, near the Turkish-Syrian border, Hatay province, Turkey on January 17, […]

The US is working to create alternative government systems on Syrian territory which goes against its promises to respect the country’s territorial integrity, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has said. Responding to a question posed by RT’s Caleb Maupin at Friday’s briefing at UN Headquarters in New York, Lavrov commented on America’s role in the […]

The United States federal government began partial shutdown at midnight Friday after Senate Democrats voted to block a bill over immigration and spending. A measure to fund the government until the middle of February was passed in the House of Representatives on Thursday. But the Republican-led Senate was unable to sway enough Democrats to vote for the […]

The bodies of nine Syrian refugees who crossed into Lebanon have been found frozen in a mountainous area near the border with Syria, according to the Lebanese army. The Lebanese army said it is continuing to search for other displaced people trapped in the snow [Jamal Saidi/Reuters] The military said in a statement that the […]