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Protesters pelt Turkish embassy in Moscow, call it the "Islamic State Embassy"

Itar-Tass reported some 900 people turned up outside the Turkish embassy on Wednesday to pelt it with eggs, tomatoes and stones in protests. The

Turkey

Turkey insists it seeks no fight with Russia on its Syrian border as Russia boosts air base defences

Tuesday’s shooting down by Turkey of a Russian jet on its Syrian border is the worst incident between a NATO member and Moscow in half a century

Russia

Russia says second SU-24 crew member safe and back at base in Syria

Russia’s Defence Minister confirmed on Wednesday morning that the second crew member from the SU-24 that was shot down by Turkish F16s on Tuesday is

Canada

Canada reduces refugee intake to 10,000 by the year's end

Canada is to reduce the number of Syrian refugees allowed into the country to 10,000 by the year’s end. Originally Ottawa planned to accept 25,000

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USA

France and US urge Russia to change tactics in fight against ISIL

Barack Obama and Francois Hollande have repeated their call for a renewed international effort to degrade and destroy Islamic State militants. The

Syria

French bombers target so-called Islamic State facilities in Raqqa

French jets taking off from the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier along with six bombers from an air base in Jordan have hit targets occupied by the

Malaysia

UN tells world leaders to cooperate over ISIL

Meeting at the annual East Asian summit in Malaysia, world leaders have been urged to cooperate in rooting out terrorism. Days after the Security

Syria

Russia says intensified air campaign is pounding ISIL targets in Syria

Russia says its air strikes in Syria are destroying ISIL’s oil infrastructure. It comes as Moscow reveals that it has stepped up its military

France

Refugees and the Paris attacks: what you need to know

In the aftermath of the Paris attacks as the police and security services all over Europe are seeking out masterminds and assailants of the mass

USA

US: House votes to slow admission of Syrian refugees

The US House of Representatives has voted through legislation to slow the admission of Syrian refugees. President Barack Obama has said that he will

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

Belgium

Belgium promises security crackdown to fight Islamist militants

Belgian authorities have arrested nine people following a series of raids in connection with the Paris attacks. Police say seven of those being held

Syria

Five questions on Russia's air strikes in Syria

What is Russia doing in Syria? I was allowed to visit the Khmeimim airbase at the Bassel al-Assad International Airport, named after the deceased

USA

Row over Syrian refugees divides America

A row over resettling Syrian refugees in the United States is raging nationwide. Some Republicans like billionaire businessman and presidential

France

Officials confirm Abdelhamid Abaaoud killed in Wednesday's raids

Officials have confirmed Abdelhamid Abaaoud, the suspected mastermind of last Friday’s attacks was killed in the dawn raids in St. Denis on

World

NATO: Paris attacks must be a 'spur' for greater intelligence sharing

In this episode of The Global Conversation, Euronews’ Isabelle Kumar is joined by Dr. Jamie Shea, NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary General for

Syria

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

Syria

A new, uneasy alliance takes shape to fight Daesh in Syria

France is intensifying its air raids against Daesh targets in their headquarters of Raqqa in Syria. Since October Paris has been taking part as a

Syria

France and Russia increase air strikes on ISIL targets

Russia has carried out new air strikes against Islamic State militant targets in Syria. Moscow says its SU-34 bombers have started hitting ISIL’s oil

France

Hollande calls for international coalition to defeat 'Daesh'

Speaking just after the end of a police operation he described as “risky” and “heavy”, President Hollande told a conference of French mayors that the