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Libya

Rival Libyan parliaments set sights on Dec 16 for unity deal

Libya’s rival factions have given themselves just five more days to reach a UN-backed national unity government agreement designed to end their

Syria

Syrian opposition groups begin talks in Riyadh

As one of the largest meetings of Syrian opposition groups and fighters met in Riyadh for three days of talks as part of efforts to unite anti.Assad

Yemen

Yemen: ISIL claims car bomb killing of Aden governor

The governor of Yemen’s southern port city of Aden was killed in a car bomb attack on Sunday. ISIL says it was responsible. Targeted as he headed to

Cinema

'Eyes that Burn' an intimate look at the impact of war and death

‘Eyes that Burn’ opens in 1986 as a young woman arrives at Roissy Airport to collect a military trunk that is being returned to her. The trunk

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Iraq

Sinjar: first images show total devastation

The first images from Sinjar show the Iraqi town show scenes of total devastation. An estimated 200,000 people lived in Sinjar before it was overrun

France

France vows to 'destroy' ISIL after deadly Paris attacks

France is vowing to “destroy” the ISIL militant group after last Friday’s attacks in Paris, which left 129 people dead and hundreds injured. In a

Syria

Live Q&A: What is life like on a Russian military base in Syria?

Iraq

Kurds and Yazidi fighters drive ISIL out of Sinjar

Kurdish and Yazidi fighters have regained control of Sinjar driving the ISIL occupiers out. “Sinjar Is Liberated, But How Can We Come Back?”

Syria

US airstrike targets Mohamed 'Jihadi John' Emwazi

The Pentagon says a US airstrike has targeted the man known as “Jihadi John” who appeared in several beheading videos carried out by the group

Iraq

Kurdish fighters set to oust ISIL from Sinjar in northern Iraq

Kurdish fighters claim they are close to driving out ISIL forces from Sinjar in northern Iraq. #US, #Kurds Attack ISIS Stronghold in #Sinjar

Syria

Euronews visits Syrian government stronghold after recent attack

“Latakia mourns the victims of the shelling which killed and wounded dozens of citizens in the city centre. The authorities of this coastal province

Syria

Syrian troops break two-year ISIL siege of northern airbase

Syrian government forces claim to have broken a two-year siege by ISIL militants on an airbase in the north of the country. A military source said

Syria

Syria rebels capture strategic town of Morek - reports from activists

The strategically important western Syrian town of Morek has been captured by rebels, according to activists and a monitoring group. The town

Syria

First US special forces to de deployed in Syria

The US is putting boots on the ground in Syria. America says the deployment will be an initial group of around 50 special forces for training and

My Europe Series

From ballot to battle: the resurgence of violence in Turkey's Kurdish region

Turkey’s Kurdish population is likely to be hugely influential in the outcome of the country’s general election, but its potential electoral success

Syria

Syrian 'government missiles' kill dozens in Syrian market town

More than 40 people have been killed in a missile attack near the Syrian capital, Damascus. Around 100 were wounded. The Syrian Observatory for Human

Iraq

Floods in Baghdad threaten Iraq's internally displaced

The Iraqi capital’s internally displaced have been swamped following heavy rains. Flood waters are said to have carried away a three-year-old girl

Israel

Bloodshed continues in occupied West Bank

Israeli police shot dead a Palestinian who had stabbed an IDF soldier at a military checkpoint on Thursday (October 29) as a month-long spate of

Yemen

MSF hospital in north Yemen destroyed in airstrike three weeks after Kunduz

First, Kunduz in northern Afghanistan, and now three weeks later it is Heedan in Houthi-controlled north Yemen, another Medicins sans Frontieres

Republic of the Congo

Violence breaks out in Congo's capital Brazzaville ahead of controversial referendum

Violence and unrest in the Congo’s capital Brazzaville today, where differing reports speak of several dead or wounded, but which have not been

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