Syria's Christians mark a decade since a horrific IS attack and worry about their future
Christians in northeast Syria this month will mark the 10th anniversary of an attack by the Islamic State group on more than 30 villages.
UN envoy says creating an inclusive Syrian government could help lift sanctions
U.N. special envoy for Syria Geir Pedersen has said that formation of a "new inclusive government" in Damascus by March 1 ...
Trump’s halt on refugees leaves Pa. families fearful for loved ones overseas: ‘There is no hope’
If the Taliban takes his parents and three sisters, he’ll return to Afghanistan and surrender. That way, at least, they will ...
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Moscow to sign new military deal
According to sources cited by Bloomberg, Moscow is close to reaching a deal with the new Syrian government that would allow it to keep some military personnel and equipment in the country. Russian ...
Ukraine balks at White House’s call to give up its rare earth minerals
Donald Trump apparently feels entitled to Ukrainian natural resources. Volodymyr Zelenskyy doesn't quite see it the same way.
Trump and his MAGA subordinates are ushering in a new world order
We are watching Trump disassemble the U.S.-led international order to the benefit of the global authoritarians he envies and ...
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Genocide Drove the Yazidi From Their Homeland. A Decade Later, Some Are Returning.
ISIS wrecked 80 percent of public infrastructure and 70 percent of civilian homes in Sinjar City and surrounding areas.
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US airstrike in Somalia kills 2 militants, AFRICOM says
STUTTGART, Germany— The United States carried out an airstrike Sunday against ISIS in Somalia, killing two militants, U.S ...
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Turkish opposition party delegation meets with Kurdish leader in Iraq as part of PKK peace efforts
A Turkish opposition party delegation has arrived in Iraq’s semiautonomous Kurdish region against the backdrop of peace ...
Video: Austrian Islamist attack leaves 14-year-old boy dead, five others wounded
Video: Austrian Islamist attack leaves 14-year-old boy dead, five others wounded. A 23-year-old Syrian asylum seeker was detained in the town of Villach. Read the full story ...
Austria knifeman ‘laughed’ during rampage that killed boy, 14, and wounded five others
A knifeman killed a boy, 14, and wounded at least five others in Villach, a city in southern Austria. The 23-year-old man ...
‘The Light’ Review: Tom Tykwer’s Sanctimonious Paean to White Guilt Is a Quasi-Musical Mess
Tom Tykwer's Berlin Film Festival opener 'The Light' is an unintended paean to white guilt about a Berlin family undoen by ...