Syria's army deployed in formerly Kurdish-led areas in the country's east and north on Monday after a ceasefire announced a day earlier, as Syria's president and the Kurds' leader were set to hold talks. The leader of the Syrian Kurdish forces said Sunday he agreed to the deal
Jan 19 (Reuters) - The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces said on Monday that an "armed group" was attacking Shaddadi prison in Hasaka in Syria's northeast where it said thousands of Islamic State militants were being held. The SDF had said earlier in the day it was clashing
US President Donald Trump's government has asked countries to pay $1.0 billion for a permanent spot on his "Board of Peace" aimed at resolving conflicts, according to its charter, seen Monday by AFP. The White House has asked various world leaders to sit on the board, chaired
By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - The U.N. warned on Monday that the humanitarian situation in Yemen is worsening and that gains made to tackle malnutrition and health would go into reverse due to funding cuts. "The context is very concerning... We are expecting
As maternal mortality surges in post-war Gaza, and newborns face cold, infection and malnutrition, pregnancy and childbirth are daily fights for survival. Women and their babies, universally noncombatants, are suffering disproportionately – and serve as a measure of our moral
JERUSALEM, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich urged Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday to shut a U.S.-led multinational coordinating centre that supports President Donald Trump’s plan to end the Gaza war. Washington established the Civil
By Karam al-Masri and Khalil Ashawi RAQQA/ Syria, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Syrian government troops tightened their grip on Monday across a swathe of northern and eastern territory abruptly abandoned the previous day by Kurdish forces, in a dramatic shift that consolidated President
ANKARA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Turkish security sources said on Monday that an integration deal between Syria's government and Kurdish forces marked an "historic turning point" ahead of which Turkey's intelligence agency played an intensive role to ensure restraint by parties on
Iran will decide on restoring internet in the coming days, with service resuming "as soon as security conditions are appropriate".
The hustle and bustle of buyers and sellers has returned to Khartoum's central market, but "it's nothing like before", fruit vendor Hashim Mohamed told AFP, streets away from where war first broke out nearly three years ago. On April 15, 2023, central Khartoum awoke to battles
Netanyahu has perfected his manipulations of U.S. presidents over decades, and he is using it on this president, too. If Trump seeks an Israeli partner aligned more closely with his positions on Gaza and the West Bank, then he should invest in Israel's opposition, not its
By Tamara Vaal ASTANA, Jan 19 (Reuters) - Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev will join the "Board of Peace" proposed by U.S. President Donald Trump after accepting an invitation to do so and wants to contribute to bringing about a stable Middle East peace, his spokesperson
As Oman and Saudi Arabia push for U.S.-Iran talks, and Steve Witkoff outlines terms for negotiation, the assumption that Trump is locked into a military path should be met with healthy skepticism
Thousands in the United States staged large demonstrations Sunday denouncing the Iranian government's deadly crackdown on anti-government protesters in the Islamic Republic. Several thousand people marched in Los Angeles, home to the world's largest Iranian diaspora, while
Pitched as a temporary solution to replace Hamas in Gaza, the members of Donald Trump's Board of Peace are being announced this week. But the Palestinians who would actually live under its governance in Gaza dismiss the initiative as a U.S.-led effort to control Gaza from outside
If neither Hamas nor Netanyahu want the Gaza cease-fire, why would grand announcements and vague plans, against the backdrop of the immense geopolitical chaos wrought by Trump, change anything on the ground?
BERLIN, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Syria's President Ahmed al-Sharaa has cancelled his visit to Berlin on Monday and Tuesday, a German government spokesperson told Reuters. Al-Sharaa had been scheduled to meet with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.
NEW DELHI, Jan 18 (Reuters) - India has received an invitation from U.S. President Donald Trump to join his "Board of Peace" initiative that is aimed at resolving global conflicts, beginning with Gaza, a senior Indian government official said on Sunday. It was not clear whether
CAIRO, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The Syrian government and the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have agreed on an immediate ceasefire on all fronts, Syrian state media reported on Sunday, after days of fighting as the army advanced into Kurdish-held territories in the
After several days of violent clashes between the Syrian army and the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, Syrian state media announced a comprehensive cease-fire agreement that included the takeover of oil fields by the Syrian government and the merging of SDF forces into
Syrian government forces rapidly retook Raqqa and key eastern territories from the US-backed SDF, prompting a ceasefire agreement that effectively restores Damascus’s control over much of Syria’s oil-rich northeast.
Despite the U.S. walking back this week from striking Iran, the Trump administration is still weighing military options – even as many countries, including Israel, doubt such a move could topple the Islamic regime ■ Trump's Board of Peace falls well short of Netanyahu's
By John Irish and Andreas Rinke Jan 18 (Reuters) - Governments reacted cautiously on Sunday to U.S. President Donald Trump's invitation to join his "Board of Peace" initiative aimed at resolving conflicts globally, a plan that diplomats said could harm the work of the United
By Mahmoud Hasano and Khalil Ashawi TABQA, Jan 18 (Reuters) - Syrian government troops are pushing towards Raqqa and Hasakah in the northeast of the country, the last strongholds of the U.S.-backed autonomous Kurdish-led administration, government officials and security sources
By Feras Dalatey DAMASCUS, Jan 18 (Reuters) - The U.S. should intervene more forcefully to end a Syrian offensive that has gained key territory from Kurdish fighters in recent days, the head of the main Kurdish forces told Reuters. Government troops launched an offensive on