Forty people, including a child, were killed on Friday when rockets fired by Syrian government forces hit a market in a rebel-held area outside Damascus, a monitor said. “There were 40 people killed and at least 100 wounded in the centre of Douma,” a town on the eastern edges of the capital, Rami Abdel Rahman, head of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, told AFP. “There is still heavy fire
Russia launched a campaign of air strikes in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad on September 30, providing air cover for government offensives in several provinces. Q: Where has Russia carried out raids? A: Russia has conducted air strikes in 10 of Syria’s 14 provinces, including the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group strongholds of Raqa and Deir Ezzor.
Russia launched a campaign of air strikes in Syria in support of President Bashar al-Assad on September 30, providing air cover for government offensives in several provinces. Q: Where has Russia carried out raids? A: Russia has conducted air strikes in 10 of Syria’s 14 provinces, including the Islamic State (IS) jihadist group strongholds of Raqa and Deir Ezzor.
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — The latest in the odyssey of hundreds of thousands of people crossing Europe in search of a new life. All times local.
LESBOS, Greece (AP) — The latest in the odyssey of hundreds of thousands of people crossing Europe in search of a new life. All times local.
By Matt Spetalnick and Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it hoped a new round of international talks on Syria’s civil war would clarify whether Tehran and Moscow could eventually accept a new leadership in Damascus, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. More than a dozen powers were headed to Vienna for a fresh effort on Thursday and Friday to end Syria’s four-year civil
By Matt Spetalnick and Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – The United States said on Thursday it hoped a new round of international talks on Syria’s civil war would clarify whether Tehran and Moscow could eventually accept a new leadership in Damascus, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday. More than a dozen powers were headed to Vienna for a fresh effort on Thursday and Friday to end Syria’s four-year civil
By Megha Rajagopalan and Koh Gui Qing BEIJING (Reuters) – China will ease family planning restrictions to allow all couples to have two children after decades of a strict one-child policy, the ruling Communist Party said on Thursday, a move aimed at alleviating demographic strains on the economy. The policy is a major liberalization of the country’s family planning restrictions, already eased in late 2013 when Beijing said it would
By Matt Spetalnick and Francois Murphy VIENNA (Reuters) – Success at multilateral talks on Syria, which bring regional rivals Iran and Saudia Arabia face-to-face, might be measured by just keeping participants at the conference table, diplomats said on Thursday, playing down expectations of any breakthrough. More than a dozen powers were heading to Vienna for a fresh effort on Thursday and Friday to end Syria’s four-year civil war in which
A U.S. Navy aircraft carrier scrambled four F-18 jets on Tuesday after two Russian anti-submarine aircraft flew within a nautical mile of the warship, a Navy official said on Thursday. A U.S. Navy official said two Russian TU-142 “Bear” aircraft flew within a nautical mile of the Reagan, prompting it to launch four F-18 fighter jets to escort the planes away from the ship. The Navy official, speaking on condition