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Inside war-torn Yemen

Sophie Claudet: “Mohammed, Yemen is under siege today.

My Europe Series

Yemen, the forgotten war - Special Report

It is an all-but-forgotten war in which one of the world's poorest countries is being subjected to a three-way struggle with combatants using the most modern weaponry, including some banned munitions

Iraq

Civilians caught in the crossfire as fight for Falluja intensifies

The 50,000 civilians still trapped in ISIL controlled Falluja are the main victims of the city under siege.

Iraq

Iraq: Fears for 20,000 children trapped in war-torn Falluja

At least 20,000 children are trapped inside the besieged Iraqi city of Falluja as government forces battle to recapture it from ISIL.

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Syria

Many dead in Idlib as Russia and Turkey argue over blame

Russia has strongly denied its planes have carried out air strikes overnight in the rebel-held Syrian city.

Iraq

ISIL fight back in Falluja amid concern for civilians

ISIL launches a counter-assault against Iraqi Army soldiers at dawn as they advanced through the southern part of the city.

Syria

Syria: civilian casualties rise as air strikes hit Aleppo

Videos posted online reportedly show the aftermath of air strikes in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

Iraq

Iraqi army enters Falluja as assault approaches decisive phase

A police station has been captured inside the city boundary, launching a direct assault to retake one of the main strongholds of ISIL.

World News

ISIL militants come under attack on two fronts in Iraq

Iraqi government forces are keeping up the pressure on ISIL militants – pounding their positions in Falluja.

Iraq

Fleeing Fallujah: hundreds leave but tens of thousands are trapped

At least 50,000 civilians are thought to be still inside the city, which is around 65 kilometres west of Baghdad.

Ukraine

Leaders 'influenced Putin' over Savchenko release, say Ukraine pilot's lawyers

Lawyers for Ukrainian pilot Nadiya Savchenko, who was freed in Russia and brought home to Kyiv on Wednesday, have said they were not informed in advance about the prisoner exchange with two Russians w

Iraq

Iraq: Progress in fight to oust ISIL from Falluja but 'civilians face starvation'

Amid fierce fighting on the road to Falluja, Iraqi forces and allied militiamen closed in on the ISIL stronghold on Thursday.

Iraq

Iraqi forces say they will retake Falluja from ISIL 'soon'

Iraqi forces and allied militiamen are tightening the noose around the ISIL stronghold of Falluja.

Iraq

Iraqi units advance on ISIL-held Fallujah

Iraqi government units and Shia paramilitary allies are closing on Fallujah as the battle intensifies to retake the ISIL-held city.

Iraq

The strategic map of the the offensive against ISIL

On March 19 the Iraqi army said it retook the remote town of Rutba which had been captured by the so-called Islamic State in 2014, as with most of Iraq’s…

Syria

Kurdish-led militias launch offensive against ISIL-held Raqqa

A US-backed alliance of Kurdish-Arab militias has started to clear ISIL fighters from the area north of the Raqqa which is the extremists de facto capital in…

Turkey

UN chief Ban voices disappointment as World Humanitarian Summit closes

Turkey’s President Erdogan and UN chief Ban Ki-moon have closed the 1st World Humanitarian Summit, voicing disappointment so few high-profile leaders attended

Iraq

Iraqi forces storm ISIL stronghold of Fallujah

Iraqi forces have begun storming Fallujah, the first city to fall to ISIL, more than two years ago.

Yemen

[EXCLUSIVE] The village turned to rubble in Yemen's "forgotten war"

As part of the mission covering the war in Yemen, Euronews correspondent Mohammed Shaikhibrahim visited the historic village of Attan Fort. It was

World News

Clashes claim lives in Nagorno-Karabakh

Violence in and around the disputed region continues, despite agreement on the need for a ceasefire in Vienna.

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