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Staffan de Mistura, U.N. Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Syria, speaks during a news conference at the European headquarters of the United Nations, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, March 3, 2016. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)

Geneva 4: Preliminary Discussions to Pave Way for Deeper Negotiations

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 27, 2017 | Middle East

Geneva – U.N. Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura has set out three key discussion areas as the basis for the ongoing intra-Syrian negotiations, within the framework of a working paper that he handed over to the two warring sides last week. AFP quoted de...

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ISIS militant. Reuters

U.S. Accuses ISIS of Forcing Disabled Children to Carry Out Attacks in Iraq

by Waleed Abdul Rahman | Feb 25, 2017 | Middle East

Cairo-ISIS militants are forcing children and disabled people into explosives-laden trucks and making them drive at Iraqi security forces in Mosul, a general from the U.S.-led coalition has said. The barbaric tactic, coupled with other increasingly desperate...

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Police officers gather outside the morgue at Kuala Lumpur General Hospital where Kim Jong Nam’s body was held for autopsy in Malaysia February 16, 2017. REUTERS/Edgar Su

North Korea’s Kim Jong Nam Killed with Globally Banned VX

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 25, 2017 | World

Kuala Lumpur- VX nerve agent, a chemical the United Nations classifies as a weapon of mass destruction, was used to kill the estranged half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a bizarre murder in Malaysia last week, police said on Friday. Kim Jong Nam was...

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International Call to Face Famine in Africa

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Feb 24, 2017 | World

New York – United Nations aid agencies and donor countries gathered in Oslo Thursday for a two-day meeting to raise emergency aid for millions of people threatened by famine in several countries in Africa. The U.N. aims to collect up to $1.5 billion in commitments...

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A rebel fighter stands with his weapon near a military vehicle on the outskirts of the northern Syrian town of al-Bab, Syria February 8, 2017. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi

Syria Rebels Announce Capture of Al-Bab from ISIS

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Feb 23, 2017 | Middle East

Turkey-backed Syrian rebels announced on Thursday that they had taken full control of the northern town of al-Bab from ISIS after weeks of deadly fighting. Turkey launched its Syrian operation, dubbed “Operation Euphrates Shield”, in August, in effort to...