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U.S.-Taliban talks, without official Afghan representation, yield 'very possible signals'
A meeting between a senior U.S. diplomat and Taliban representatives in Doha last week to discuss a possible cease-fire ended with "very positive signals" and a decision to hold more meetings, people with knowledge of the talks said on Sunday. The meeting between a delegation ...
Taliban refuse to extend Afghanistan cease-fire as Islamic State suicide attack kills 18
The Taliban refused to extend a cease-fire beyond Sunday night, dampening hopes for peace after jubilant scenes over the Eid al-Fitr holiday in Afghanistan. The announcement came after a suicide attack in the restive eastern part of the country by the Islamic State group on ...
Pakistan says Indian shelling across cease-fire line in Kashmir killed four of its soldiers
Four Pakistani soldiers were killed on Sunday when their army vehicle was struck by Indian shelling from across the Line of Control (LoC) that separates parts of Kashmir held by both countries, the Pakistani military said. India's ministry of defense Lt. Col. Rajesh Kalia said ...
Thai government to resume peace talks with Muslim insurgents
Thailand's military government said on Thursday peace talks with Muslim separatists operating in the far south of the country would resume in Malaysia, but no agreement would be signed unless the insurgents observed a cease-fire. The separatists from the far-south Muslim-majority provinces of Yala, Pattani ...
Philippine president calls off truce after communist rebel attack
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte called off a weeklong cease-fire after communist guerrillas killed a government militiaman and failed to declare their own truce by a Saturday deadline he had imposed. It was the first irritant in what has been a blossoming relationship between Duterte, who ...
Airstrikes hit the only road into rebel-held areas of Aleppo city on Sunday in the heaviest bombing since February, a rebel official and monitors said, jeopardizing access where around 300,000 Syrians live. Russian warplanes carried out the attacks on the Castello road, which was still ...
In show of normalcy, Syria lets students leave besieged areas to take finals
The Syrian government allowed hundreds of students to leave two besieged areas near Damascus to take their year-end exams over the weekend, even as other suburbs of the capital came under fierce attack. The government is eager to show that it is still providing services, ...
Monitor says rebel rockets killed 19 in Aleppo, hit maternity hospital amid clashes with regime
Rebels bombarded government-held areas of Aleppo with rockets on Tuesday, killing 19 people and hitting a hospital, while also launching a ground assault on army-held positions of the divided city, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The Syrian army said insurgents had launched a ...
Rebel shelling kills 10 children in Aleppo as Syria situation turns desperate
Ten children have been killed by rebel shelling on Syria's largest city this weekend, as the U.N. warned of "desperate" conditions inside a war-ravaged Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus. The violence underscores the fragility of the cease-fire in Syria, which has unraveled in the ...
Truce in jeopardy as regime airstrikes east of Damascus kill 23, including civilians
Airstrikes hit near a school and a hospital east of Damascus on Wednesday, killing at least 23 people in one of the deadliest incidents involving civilians since a partial cease-fire came into effect in the war-torn country more than a month ago, pro-opposition activists ...
Syria cease-fire seen basically upheld but 'terrorist' shelling of Aleppo claims 13 civilians
A rocket and mortar barrage struck a government-controlled neighborhood in Syria's northern city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing 13 civilians and wounding 40, the government and an opposition group said. State-run news agency SANA said the attack by "terrorists" occurred in the predominantly Kurdish neighborhood ...
Assad regime, some rebels OK U.S.-Russia truce plan but terror fight won't end
Syria's government accepted Tuesday a proposed U.S.-Russian cease-fire that is to go into effect later this week, reserving the right to respond to any violations of the truce, while the main opposition and rebel umbrella group approved the deal but set its own conditions ...
