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French hostages kidnapped in Niger by al Qaeda appear in video

August 22, 2019 at 5:39 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Four French men kidnapped by al Qaeda militants in northern Niger almost two years ago appeared in a video on Saturday appealing to French President Francois Hollande...

Jihadists join Aleppo fight, eye Islamic state, surgeon says

August 22, 2019 at 5:39 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Foreign Islamists intent on turning Syria into an autocratic theocracy have swollen the ranks of rebels fighting to topple President Bashar al-Assad and think they are waging...

France gives Syria “liberated zones” aid, mulls weapons: source

August 23, 2021 at 1:36 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - France has started helping rebel-held parts of Syria so these "liberated zones" can run themselves and is considering the possibility of supplying heavy artillery to protect them...

France gives Syria “liberated zones” aid, mulls weapons: source

August 22, 2019 at 5:35 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - France has started helping rebel-held parts of Syria so these "liberated zones" can run themselves and is considering the possibility of supplying heavy artillery to protect them...

Turkey to keep pushing for UN-backed Syria safe zones

November 3, 2021 at 3:52 p.m.

ISTANBUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turkey will continue to seek international backing for a foreign-protected safe zone inside Syria after a U.N. Security Council meeting this week failed to deliver much...

Turkey to keep pushing for UN-backed Syria safe zones

August 22, 2019 at 5:30 a.m.

ISTANBUL/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Turkey will continue to seek international backing for a foreign-protected safe zone inside Syria after a U.N. Security Council meeting this week failed to deliver much...

Deadlocked U.N. Security Council ministers to discuss Syria aid

August 22, 2019 at 5:30 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A meeting of U.N. Security Council foreign ministers on Thursday will focus on easing Syria's humanitarian crisis, but the absence of the top U.S., Russian and...

U.N. all talk on Syria aid as West mulls military action

August 22, 2019 at 5:30 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - A U.N. Security Council meeting on Syria's aid crisis achieved nothing new on Thursday except to highlight global paralysis on the 17-month conflict as western powers...

French youths jostle minister visiting riot scene

August 23, 2021 at 12:19 p.m.

AMIENS, France (Reuters) - Youths jeered and jostled France's interior minister on Tuesday in the northern city of Amiens when he promised to restore law and order at the scene...

French youths jostle minister visiting riot scene

December 24, 2018 at 12:28 p.m.

AMIENS, France (Reuters) - Youths jeered and jostled France's interior minister on Tuesday in the northern city of Amiens when he promised to restore law and order at the scene...

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