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Syrian government says aid, vaccinations will reach all

YoopyaNov 5, 2013March 10, 20240

(Reuters) – The Syrian government promised on Monday to ensure delivery of vaccinations and humanitarian aid across the country, after an outbreak of polio in

Russian PM sees Syria peace talks by end of year

YoopyaNov 1, 2013February 14, 20240

(Reuters) – Russia hopes an international peace conference on Syria will be held before the end of this year, Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said, despite reported differences with the

Syria destroyed chemical arms equipment

YoopyaOct 31, 2013March 4, 20240

BEIRUT (AP) — Syria has destroyed critical equipment for producing chemical weapons and poison gas munitions, the global chemical weapons watchdog said Thursday as fierce

Al Qaeda’s rise in northern Syria leaves Turkey with dilemma

YoopyaOct 17, 2013March 17, 20240

(Reuters) – The rise of al Qaeda in parts of Syria’s north has left Turkey facing a new security threat on its already vulnerable border and raised

Chemical arms inspectors gird for risky, dirty job

YoopyaSep 30, 2013March 31, 20240

AMSTERDAM (AP) — They left in secrecy on a private jet, bound for one of the world’s most dangerous places, to destroy substances so deadly

French budget tries to turn page but growth weak

YoopyaSep 25, 2013March 31, 20240

PARIS (AP) — The French government has declared the economic crisis over and is promising that its budget for next year will bring growth and

Obama pledges diplomacy with Iran, but he and Rouhani don’t meet

YoopyaSep 25, 2013March 31, 20240

(Reuters) – U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday cautiously embraced overtures from Iran’s new president as the basis for a possible nuclear deal, but a failed effort

Russia’s Putin says Syria violence could hit ex-Soviet bloc

YoopyaSep 23, 2013April 13, 20240

(Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin warned ex-Soviet allies on Monday that Islamist militancy fuelling the war in Syria could reach their countries, some of

Chemical weapons deal wins time for Syria’s Assad but at a cost

YoopyaSep 16, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – Bashar al-Assad’s chemical weapons bargain with Russia and the United States offers another political and military lifeline to the Syrian president, just two years after

Kerry, Lavrov meet U.N. envoy on Syria

YoopyaSep 13, 2013April 7, 20240

(Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met the United Nations special envoy on Syria in Geneva on Friday as