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Colombia

The National Liberation Army fails to follow in the footsteps of FARC rebels and lay down arms

The National Liberation Army, known as the ELN is one of many 20th century Latin American guerrilla movements inspired by Marxist ideology and the success of the 1959 Cuban…

Colombia

Historic ceasefire deal brings peace closer to Colombia

Colombia’s civil war began as a 1960s peasant revolt but then exploded into a cocaine-fuelled conflict which killed at least 22,000 people and displaced…

Yemen

The plight of Yemen's children

The warring sides in Yemen have agreed to release all child prisoners they are holding during peace talks in Kuwait, but Human Rights Watch calls for a commitment to end the use of children in fightin

Syria

Fresh shelling in Syria kills 42 civilians, says monitoring group

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) monitoring group says forty-two civilians have been killed in aerial raids in the north of…

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Iraq

Iraqi forces find ISIL underground tunnels as Falluja battle rages

There has been no let-up in the Iraqi military offensive to drive ISIL out of Falluja.

Syria

Calls for action to stop the targeting of hospitals and clinics in war zones

To deliberately attack a hospital is considered a war crime but such strikes against them have become increasingly common.

Yemen

Houthis defending Yemen from US and Israel, leader tells euronews

America and Israel are the sworn enemies of the Ansar Allah Movement, the Houthis. The armed political-religious group is based in the city of Saada

Syria

Syrian army announces 48-hour 'regime of calm' in Aleppo

The Syrian army has announced it is implementing what it calls “a regime of calm” in the city of Aleppo for 48-hours. It follows intense discussions

Switzerland

Syrian peace talks in Geneva collapse in acrimony

It appears the protagonists in the Syria conflict may soon have any shackles removed with what looks like the imminent collapse of peace talks in

Syria

Fighting continues in Homs and Aleppo provinces on eve of Syria election

Fighting has continued in Syria, on the eve of the first parliamentary elections in four years. Opposition activists reported airstrikes by

Syria

Syria: ISIL alleged to have kidnapped 250 factory employees

Approximately 250 Syrians are feared kidnapped following an alleged ISIL attack east of Damascus. The cement factory employees have been unreachable

Syria

Syria: five years of crisis

An abridged timeline of the Syrian civil war.

World News

Objectives attained: Russia withdraws troops from Syria

Vladimir Putin says Russian forces helped prepare the ground for a ceasefire

Syria

Syria: Talbiseh under attack - reports

The town of Talbiseh in Syria’s Homs province was under attack on Wednesday, videos posted on social media websites purported to show. The video

Syria

US and Russia broker ceasefire for Syria

The United States and Russia say a ceasefire will come into force in Syria this coming weekend. Hostilities will end just after midnight on Saturday

Syria

Claim and counter claim over Syria 'war crime' hospital bombings

The latest slaughter in Syria is a war crime say France and Turkey. For the United Nations, Monday’s missile attacks on hospitals and schools in

Syria

Idlib hospital attack apparently deliberate, says MSF president

Humanitarian organisation, Médécins Sans Frontières, says deadly attacks on a hospital it supports in Idlib province appear to have been deliberate

Russia

Syria would be 'chaos' if Assad ousted, says Medvedev

US Secretary of State John Kerry said that if the Syrian peace plan fails, more foreign troops could enter the conflict. Countries such as Saudi

World News

Syria seizes village overlooking key rebel areas near Aleppo

The Syrian army has retaken the a village overlooking rebel-held towns around Aleppo, according to state television. It said the army entered the

Syria

'It's just not true' - Russia rejects claims that it's bombing civilians in Syria

Russia has rejected accusations that it’s been bombing civilians in Syria. The denial came at a security conference in Munich, as Moscow pressed on