Yemen forces launch assault on rebel-held port city
Yemeni forces backed by a Saudi-led coalition launched a major offensive to retake the rebel-held port city of Hodeida.
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Militants control Syria’s Idlib after rebel pull-out: monitor
IDLIB: A former Al-Qaeda affiliate took control of the northern Syrian city of Idlib on Sunday two days after agreeing to end fighting with a rebel group, a monitor said.
"Ahrar al-Sham (the rebel group) withdrew from the city of Idlib…
The fall of Aleppo described through graphs
ALEPPO: Syria's most populous city before the war, has been split for years between a government-held western sector and the rebel-held east. Intense bombing has destroyed the landscape of the city and killed thousands of people and injured…
Syrian army advance in Aleppo as rebels face ‘death or surrender’
ALEPPO: The Syrian army and its allies advanced on Sunday in southeast Aleppo and a rebel official said insurgents face "death or surrender" in an ever smaller enclave, with large numbers of civilians under very fierce bombardment.…
Colombia signs revised peace deal with FARC
BOGOTA: Colombia's government and FARC rebels signed a controversial revised peace accord Thursday to end their half-century conflict, set to be ratified in Congress despite bitter criticism from opponents.
President Juan Manuel Santos…
Iran accuses Saudis of backing terrorism after senior prince attends rebel rally
TEHRAN: Iran on Sunday accused Saudi Arabia of backing terrorism after a senior Saudi prince, a former intelligence chief, addressed a Paris rally held by exiled Iranian rebels and told them he wanted the Iranian government to fall.
Syrian army seizes rebel-held town in Aleppo province: state TV
AMMAN: The Syrian army and allied forces captured the town of Al Hader in the northern province of Aleppo on Thursday, state television said quoting a military source, in their latest advance into a strategic rebel-held area.
Islamic State executes at least 90 in month: monitor
BEIRUT: The Islamic State jihadist group has executed more than 90 people, a third of them civilians, over the past month in areas of war-torn Syria under its control, a monitoring group said Sunday.
Rebels kill eight Iran soldiers on Pakistan border
TEHRAN: Eight Iranian border guards have been killed in a clash with Sunni rebels who had infiltrated from neighbouring Pakistan, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.
At least 185 dead in battle for Yemen’s Aden: medics
ADEN: Fierce fighting for control of Yemen's main southern city Aden has left at least 185 people dead and more than 1,200 wounded, including many civilians, a medical official said Saturday.