Bomb in Syria’s Afrin kills three
A bomb in the northwest Syrian town of Afrin killed three civilians and wounded nine on a public bus, several witnesses told Reuters on Sunday....
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Bomb explodes on southern edge of Damascus (Updated)
A bomb exploded near a highway at the southern edge of Syria’s capital Damascus on Sunday morning, state media reported. An attacker was arrested and...
Israeli museum to drop ‘McJesus’ sculpture after protests
An Israeli museum plans to withdraw a sculpture depicting the McDonald’s mascot as the crucified Jesus following protests which briefly united the country’s Christian minority,...
Pence says Islamic State defeated as US troops killed in Syria
Islamic State has been defeated in Syria, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Wednesday, hours after American soldiers were killed in a northern Syria...
UN says water desalination plants harm environment
Almost 16,000 desalination plants worldwide produce bigger-than-expected flows of highly salty waste water and toxic chemicals that are damaging the envi ronment, a UN-backed study...
Finns rush to back withdrawing asylum from sex offenders
A Finnish citizens’ initiative to withdraw asylum from people convicted of sex crimes received tens of thousands of signatures over the weekend and has become...
Military cargo plane crashes in Iran, 15 killed
A Boeing 707 military cargo plane crashed in bad weather on Monday west of the Iranian capital, killing 15 out of the 16 people on...
White House asked for options to strike Iran -WSJ
The White House’s national security team last fall asked the Pentagon to provide it with options for striking Iran after a group of militants aligned...
Damascus seeks “intensified” talks with Kurds -official
The Syrian government hopes dialogue with Syrian Kurdish groups will intensify, a minister said on Sunday, signalling support for talks the Kurds hope will lead...
U.S.-backed Syrian force: Islamic State in “its final moments”
Islamic State militants are “living their final moments” in the last enclave they hold in Syria, near the Iraqi border, where the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic...
