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U.S. President Barack Obama (center R) tracks down Turkey’s President Tayyip Erdogan (center L, back to camera) for a brief private conversation after they gave remarks to reporters following their bilateral meeting alongside the G-20 Summit in Hangzhou, China, Sunday. (Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
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Iraqi security forces climb into trucks travelling to Mosul to fight against militants of Islamic State at an Iraqi army base in Camp Taji in Baghdad, February 21, 2016. REUTERS/Ahmed Saad – RTX27XVP
Barzani to Divide Mosul Post-ISIS into Three Provinces
Erbil-Kurdish politician Siru Qadir revealed on Tuesday that President of Kurdistan Regional Government Masoud Barzani has proposed a solution for Mosul’s post-ISIS stage. Barzani’s solution, according to the Kurdish politician, lies in dividing the province into...Caption:
Marwa al-Sabouni in Homs, Syria, in March. She and her family were largely confined to their apartment during two years of heavy fighting in the city. Credit Ghassan Jansiz/Marwa al-Sabouni
Trapped in Homs, Architect Imagines a New Future for Syrian Cities
Did Syria’s urban architecture help fuel the civil war that has shattered the country and claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people? This is the provocative theory proposed by Marwa al-Sabouni, a young architect from Homs who spent two years confined to her...Caption:
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland June 17, 2013. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque (NORTHERN IRELAND – Tags: POLITICS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY) – RTX10R8R
Washington Still not Convinced with Russia’s Vision on Syria
Paris – French Foreign Affairs Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault will participate in a Friends of Syria group meeting, which will be held on Wednesday in London. French official sources told Asharq al-Awsat newspaper that they were not surprised by the failure of the United...Caption:
This picture released by the Italian navy shows the shipwreck of an overcrowded boat of migrants off the Libyan coast. (Marina Militare/AFP/Getty Images)