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U.N. Syria envoy to go to Damascus to seek ceasefire

August 23, 2021 at 3:31 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will visit Syria soon to try to persuade Bashar al-Assad's government to call an immediate ceasefire in an 18-month-old conflict with rebels,...

U.N. Syria envoy to go to Damascus to seek ceasefire

August 22, 2019 at 6:14 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - U.N. special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi will visit Syria soon to try to persuade Bashar al-Assad's government to call an immediate ceasefire in an 18-month-old conflict with rebels,...

Nations seeking Assad’s exit struggle to produce a plan

August 22, 2019 at 6:02 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Western and Arab states demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's exit are under pressure to produce a plan to make that happen, but their unwillingness to act...

Nations seeking Assad’s exit struggle to produce a plan

August 22, 2019 at 6:01 a.m.

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Western and Arab states demanding Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's exit are under pressure to produce a plan to make that happen, but their unwillingness to act...

Syrian defector Tlas opposes foreign intervention

August 23, 2021 at 1:52 p.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Brigadier General Manaf Tlas, one of the most senior defectors from President Bashar al-Assad's rule, said on Monday he was against any foreign intervention in Syria as...

UK police evacuate area around Alps shooting victims’ home

August 23, 2021 at 1:49 p.m.

UK police evacuated the area surrounding the Surrey home owned by the victims of last week's mass shooting in the French Alps on Monday (September 10) because of "concerns" about...

Syrian defector Tlas opposes foreign intervention

August 22, 2019 at 5:40 a.m.

PARIS (Reuters) - Brigadier General Manaf Tlas, one of the most senior defectors from President Bashar al-Assad's rule, said on Monday he was against any foreign intervention in Syria as...

UK police evacuate area around Alps shooting victims’ home

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

UK police evacuated the area surrounding the Surrey home owned by the victims of last week's mass shooting in the French Alps on Monday (September 10) because of "concerns" about...

Jihadists join Aleppo fight, eye Islamic state, surgeon says

August 23, 2021 at 1:48 p.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...

French hostages kidnapped in Niger by al Qaeda appear in video

August 23, 2021 at 1:49 p.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...

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