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UN war crimes team documents further Syrian government use of banned chlorine
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UN war crimes team documents further Syrian government use of banned chlorine

  GENEVA (Reuters) – Syrian government forces fired chlorine, a banned chemical weapon, on a rebel-held Damascus suburb and on…
Libya’s PM says conditions for elections not yet ripe: paper
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Libya’s PM says conditions for elections not yet ripe: paper

  ROME (Reuters) – Conditions in Libya are too unstable to hold elections, Prime Minister Fayez Seraj was cited as…
Humanitarian group says 100 migrants die off Libyan coast
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Humanitarian group says 100 migrants die off Libyan coast

  CAIRO (AP) — Doctors Without Borders says more than 100 people have died in a shipwreck off the Libyan…
UN to host first peace talks over war-torn Yemen since 2016
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UN to host first peace talks over war-torn Yemen since 2016

  GENEVA (AP) — The United Nations is set to host peace talks between Yemen’s Saudi-backed government and rebels including…
Turkey warns against Syrian govt offensive on Idlib
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Turkey warns against Syrian govt offensive on Idlib

MOSCOW (AP) — Turkey’s foreign minister on Friday warned against a possible Syrian government offensive on the last remaining stronghold…
Syria’s al-Qaida leader vows to fight on in rebel province
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Syria’s al-Qaida leader vows to fight on in rebel province

BEIRUT (AP) — The leader of Syria’s al-Qaida affiliate has vowed to fight on in Idlib province, the country’s last…
Libya court sentences 45 to death over killings in 2011
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Libya court sentences 45 to death over killings in 2011

BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) — A Libyan court has sentenced 45 people to death by firing squad over killings during the…
Yemen’s ancient architecture threatened by war
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Yemen’s ancient architecture threatened by war

SANAA (Reuters) – Yemen’s three-year war has taken a heavy toll on Sanaa’s historic Old City, a dense warren of…
Blast in northern Syria kills at least 36; cause unclear
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Blast in northern Syria kills at least 36; cause unclear

BEIRUT (AP) — An explosion in northern Syria killed at least 36 people Sunday and wounded many others, but the…
UN says 1 million children at risk in Syria’s Idlib province
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UN says 1 million children at risk in Syria’s Idlib province

BEIRUT (AP) — A battle between Syrian government forces and rebels for the northwestern Idlib province could affect the lives…
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