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Yemen government and Houthi rebels establish joint observation posts in Hodeidah

Yemen's government and the Houthi rebels established joint observation posts in the key port city of Hodeidah as part of…

Staff Writer With AFP

China offers to host Afghanistan peace talks

China has invited the Taliban to an "intra-Afghan" conference after a prospective deal between the US and the insurgents collapsed…

Staff Writer With AFP

Russian military police convoy heads for Syria-Turkey border

Russian forces crossed the Euphrates river in Syria and headed for the border with Turkey under a deal for the…

Staff Writer With AFP

Several killed in clashes between Burundi security forces and RED-Tabara rebels

Several people died during clashes between Burundi security forces and the RED-Tabara rebel group which is based in the Democratic…

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US official warned Syrian Kurdish leader not to talk to Assad or Russia in heated meeting

A US State Department official warned Syrian Kurdish leader Ilham Ahmed not to engage with Bashar al-Assad's government or with…

Jared Szuba

FULL TEXT: Memorandum of Understanding between Turkey and Russia on northern Syria

Memorandum of Understanding Between Turkey and the Russian Federation (Sochi, October 22, 2019)

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Russia and Turkey announce joint patrols in 10-km Syrian border security zone

Russia and Turkey have agreed to a plan for northeast Syria that will see Russian patrols of a buffer zone…

Joanne Stocker

SDF forces have left Syria-Turkey border buffer zone, spokesperson says

SDF fighters have left the area of operations in northern Syria in accordance with an agreement between Turkey and the…

Fergus Kelly

Assad says Idlib is key to ending Syrian war in rare visit

Defeating terrorists in Idlib is the key to ending Syria's civil war, President Bashar al-Assad said in a visit to…

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German coalition government divided over call for international Syria border security mission

Germany's coalition government was divided after defense minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer's surprise call for international troops to secure northeast Syria

Staff Writer With AFP