French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian arrives at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France, January 5, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/ PARIS (Reuters) - France's foreign minister said on Wednesday that Turkey and Iran were among those violating international law by their actions in Syria and ...
Douma (Syria) (AFP) - Renewed government strikes killed 34 civilians on Wednesday in a rebel-held enclave near Damascus, where overwhelmed medics were still treating survivors of the Syrian conflict's bloodiest day in months. The district of Eastern Ghouta, controlled by rebel factions including ...
Saqba (Syria) (AFP) - Fresh regime strikes on a besieged rebel-held enclave near Damascus killed 78 civilians on Tuesday despite mounting Western pressure on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The bloodshed came a day after another 31 civilians were killed in Eastern Ghouta and as the United ...
A Syrian shows remnants of improvised ground-launched rockets with suspected chlorine-filled heads reportedly fired by regime forces on the rebel-held town of Douma in the Eastern Ghouta enclave on January 22, 2018 (AFP Photo/HASAN MOHAMED)/ Beirut (AFP) - The latest fighting in Syria has seen ...
France’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that Turkey and Iran were both violating international law through their actions in Syria, France’s toughest comments yet on Turkish involvement in the Syrian conflict. Speaking on BFM television, Jean-Yves Le Drian also said there were indications ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): Syrian activists and first responders say airstrikes on a besieged rebel-held area near Damascus have killed at least 55 people, updating an earlier toll. Syrian government and allied Russian forces have been pounding the ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The Latest on developments in Syria (all times local): Russia's military says a pilot who ejected after Syrian insurgents shot down his plane traded fire with militants on the ground and then blew himself up to avoid being captured. The Russian Defense Ministry said Maj. Roman ...
held enclave of Eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital has faced escalating bombardment in recent weeks, including on the town of Afrin where civilians fled their homes after an air strike on February 2, 2018 (AFP Photo/ABDULMONAM EASSA)/ Beirut (AFP) - At least 23 civilians were killed on ...
France’s foreign minister on Wednesday demanded that all Iranian-backed militia, including Lebanon’s Hezbollah, leave Syria and said that Turkey and Iran were violating international law through their actions in the country. Speaking on BFM television, Jean-Yves Le Drian also said there were ...
BEIRUT (AP) — Russian and Syrian government forces launched a new wave of airstrikes on Tuesday, killing at least 25 civilians in a besieged area just outside of Syria's capital, Damascus, according to activists and a war monitoring group. The onslaught came a day after a rash of airstrikes ...
Yves Le Drian said that all indications point to use of chlorine in Syria. (AFP)/ French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that all Iranian militia, including Hezbollah, must leave Syria, whose civil war has thrown the Middle East into turmoil. Asked in an interview on BFM TV ...
French foreign minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Wednesday that all Iranian militia, including Hezbollah, must leave Syria, whose civil war has thrown the Middle East into turmoil. Asked in an interview on BFM TV whether he wanted Turkish armed forces to withdraw from Syria, Le Drian replied ...
United Nations (United States) (AFP) - The United States and Russia clashed at the UN Security Council on Monday over a push by Washington to condemn reported chlorine gas attacks in Syria that have left many injured in recent days, including children. US Ambassador Nikki Haley told the council ...
held enclave of Eastern Ghouta outside the Syrian capital has faced escalating bombardment in recent weeks, including on the town of Afrin where civilians fled their homes after an air strike on February 2, 2018 (AFP Photo/ABDULMONAM EASSA)/ Arbin (Syria) (AFP) - Regime bombardment killed nearly ...
Lebanese Army troops, seen here at the site of an Israeli strike in central Beirut, will have a key role in the ceasefire deal/ The Israeli cabinet will meet to discuss approval of a ceasefire to temporarily end hostilities with the Lebanese militia Hezbollah. The proposed truce would reportedly ...
Food prices soared in Gaza after the looting of nearly 100 UN aid lorries this month/ Amid severe food shortages in Gaza, increasingly violent thefts by criminal gangs are now the main obstacle to distributing supplies in the south, aid workers and locals say. They allege that armed men operate ...
The Lebanese army would be expected to increase its presence in the ceasefire zone/ Israel and Lebanon appear to be close to a ceasefire deal, with the Israeli cabinet set to meet on Tuesday to discuss it, Israeli officials say. A 60-day truce is being proposed to end fighting between Israel and ...
Rabbi Zvi Kogan was an emissary for the Chabad Lubavitch organisation in Abu Dhabi/ Authorities in the United Arab Emirates say they have identified three Uzbek nationals as the suspects arrested over the murder of an Israeli-Moldovan rabbi and said they were working to determine a motive. The ...
The Sea Story reportedly departed a port near Marsa Alam on Saturday with 31 tourists and 14 others on board/ Egyptian authorities say rescuers have found survivors after a tourist boat with 45 people on board sank in the Red Sea. A distress signal was received at 05:30 local time (03:30 GMT) ...
Israel's military says around 250 rockets have been fired by Hezbollah across the border from Lebanon, marking one of the heaviest bombardments of Israel since fighting intensified in September. Several people were injured and buildings damaged in northern and central Israel, some of them near ...
Israel says it is investigating a claim by Hamas that a female hostage has been killed during Israeli operations in northern Gaza. The woman's identity was not revealed by Hamas, and it was unclear how or when she is said to have died. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said it was currently unable ...
Israel and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are investigating the disappearance of an Israeli-Moldovan dual national in the UAE. Zvi Kogan, an envoy of the Orthodox Jewish organisation Chabad, has been missing since Thursday, the Israeli prime minister's office said. Israel's intelligence agency ...
A massive Israeli strike has flattened a residential building in centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut. The eight-storey structure was completely destroyed without warning, as people were sleeping in the capital's densely-populated Basta district, the BBC's Hugo Bachega said. At least 11 people ...
A massive Israeli strike has flattened a residential building in centre of the Lebanese capital Beirut. At least 11 people have been killed and more than 60 injured, according to Lebanon's health ministry. The eight-storey building was completely destroyed without warning by five missiles in the ...