Truce over. Bombs on Aleppo, US-Russia clash
A fragile ceasefire has dissolved, tensions between Russia and US have returned to the maximum level with exchanges of accusations and the population of Aleppo…
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Jewish woman escapes being sold to IS
Baher Gahar-Fur fled her radical Muslim husband and left her four children behind to avoid being sold to ISIS after refusing to conform to her…
US military says air strike killed Islamic State propaganda chief
The Pentagon said on Friday that a US-led coalition air strike on Sept. 7 killed an Islamic State leader who oversaw the militant group’s propaganda….
USA No cooperation with Russia until Syria aid flows
The United States made clear on Friday it will not set up a planned joint U.S.-Russian military coordination cell in Syria until regime forces there…
Waiting rooms: abandoned Ottoman railway stations – in pictures
German artist Ursula Schulz-Dornburg headed to Saudi Arabia to photograph former railway stations, lost in the desert for decades. Dotting the landscape in Saudi Arabia…
The thirty-year war: still on track
In spring 2003, barely two weeks after the invasion of Iraq, one of the earlier columns in this series was perhaps rashly titled “A thirty-year…
Over 3.7 million school-age refugee children have no school to attend, UN report says
Food, water and shelter are obvious basic needs for people fleeing war. But with refugees now spending roughly 20 years in exile on average, the…
Poll shows most Europeans sympathize with Syrian refugees, ‘have not lost their hearts’
More than three quarters of Europeans sympathize with Syrian refugees coming to their countries, a poll found on Friday, challenging reports of growing anti-immigration sentiment…
Poor conduct by Indian passengers in Emirates flight: UAE report
A preliminary report released earlier this month regarding Emirates flight EK521 from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai talks about “passenger behaviour and carry-on baggage” and highlights poor conduct by…
Australian senator to immigrants: “Go back where you came from” – Video
Australian senator Pauline Hanson has called for a ban on immigration and told migrants to “go back where you came from”. Ms Hanson said Australia…