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 ...
Two women who disappeared during a drive between Kansas and Oklahoma amid a contentious custody battle were found dead inside a freezer buried in a cattle pasture leased by one of the five suspects in their killings, according to newly released search warrants. Affidavits in the case say the ...
Russian physicist Maslov accused of state treason appears in court in St Petersburg/ LONDON (Reuters) -Russian physicist Anatoly Maslov was convicted of treason and sentenced to 14 years in a penal colony on Tuesday in the latest of several cases against experts working on the science ...
A former Boston Red Sox pitcher was recently arrested in an undercover child predator sting after authorities say he solicited an underage girl for sex and then traveled to meet her. Austin Maddox, 33, of Jacksonville, Florida, is charged with traveling to meet after using a computer to solicit ...
SYDNEY (AP) — The Australian and New Zealand governments announced Tuesday they were sending planes to evacuate their nationals from confirmed Australia had received clearance from French authorities for two flights to evacuate citizens and other tourists from New Caledonia amid violent unrest ...
Scottie Scheffler reacts to his chip to the green on the fourth hole during the third round of the PGA Championship golf tournament at the Valhalla Golf Club, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)/ LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A Kentucky court has postponed pro golfer ...
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Play video ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu And Hamas Leaders from BBC News/ ICC Seeks Arrest Warrants For Netanyahu And Hamas Leaders/ More international reaction to the ICC's announcement now, this time from the UK prime minister. A spokesperson for Rishi Sunak says the ICC prosecutor's ...
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Rescuers on Monday found a helicopter that was carrying , the country’s foreign minister and other officials that had apparently crashed in the mountainous northwest reaches of Iran the day before, though “no sign of life” was detected, state media reported. As ...
BEIRUT (AP) — The apparent crash of a helicopter carrying Iran's president and foreign minister on Sunday sent shock waves around the region. Details remained scant in the hours after the incident, and it was unclear if Iranian President/ WHO WAS ON BOARD THE HELICOPTER AND WHERE WERE THEY ...
Play video Iran’s President & Foreign Minister Dead from BBC News/ With updates from BBC Persian and Chief International Correspondent Lyse Doucet./ What do we know about the helicopter that crashed?/ A British Bell 212 being flown by the Army Air Corps in 2010 Image caption: A British Bell 212 ...