Kurds say they have withdrawn from Syrian border region
Turkey had threatened to relaunch its offensive if the withdrawal was not carried out.
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Fighting abates in northern Syria, but political and humanitarian crises endure
The battleground in northeastern Syria appears to be quieting, after a cease-fire between Turkish forces and Kurdish fighters got off to a rocky start. But will Turkey keep its word -- and was the U.S. pullout from the region appropriate?…
Calm takes hold amid Hamas-Israel cease-fire
The cease-fire aims to end the deadliest fighting between the two sides since a 2014 war.
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A Syrian cease-fire aimed to stop the violence. Instead, more bombed buildings and body bags
The 3 million people who live in Syria's Idlib province were supposed to be protected under a cease-fire agreement struck this fall by Turkey and Russia. But today many are living without the most basic services and still facing attacks.
Houthi rebels control the critical Yemeni port of Hodeidah, but they are now encircled by fighters loyal to the country’s internationally recognized government. In the ravaged city, fighting between the two sides continued up until a UN-brokered cease-fire took effect…
Shia teenagers were killed by a suicide bomber at an education center in Kabul on Wednesday. Meanwhile, residents of the city of Ghazni began to pick up the pieces after a five-day siege between the Taliban and the Afghan Army.
The civil war that erupted in late 2013, just two years after South Sudan won independence from Sudan, has killed tens of thousands and created Africa's largest refugee crisis since the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
The Syrian regime reached a ceasefire agreement with rebel forces on Thursday.
Tired of waiting for the international community to help refugees rebuild their lives, Mohammed Badran decided to take action for Syrian refugees who were "stateless and stuck," just like himself.
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