Unwelcome Refugees

ANKARA, Turkey — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that Turkey would “clear terrorists” on its border in northern Syria if Syrian Kurdish militia did not withdraw by the end of a deadline agreed with Russia. “If the terrorists are not c…

ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey will clear the Kurdish YPG militia from its border area with northeast Syria if Russia does not fulfill its obligations under a bilateral accord clinched this week, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday. Under the dea…

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By Stasa Salacanin | – Although the Turkish offensive in north-east Syria has ceased for five days, concerns are mounting over the humanitarian impact of the operation to push Kurdish-led forces, which Turkey regards as terrorists, out of the area. Ankaras …

Along the way, Egan sets a goal for himself: to get enough stamps in his pilgrim passport to earn a special seal from the Vatican at the end of the journey. Considerable energy builds around the lengths he goes to to get those stamps. When he finally lands th…

By Shelley Inglis | – Turkeys recent military incursion into northern Syria is aimed at weakening Syrian Kurdish forces along its border. Turkey believes those forces are linked to the insurgent Kurdish militia inside Turkey, whom Turkey and the U.S. have l…

GASHORA, RWANDA - African migrants evacuated from Libyan detention centers to Rwanda say they still want to make the dangerous journey to Europe, despite the abuse they encountered in Libya. The 189 migrants, mostly Eritreans but also Somalis, Ethiopians and…

Russian military police started to deploy on Syria’s northeast border on Wednesday under a deal with Turkey to drive out Kurdish fighters, marking Moscow’s deepening influence in the region two weeks after the United States pulled out forces. Turkey announce…

GASHORA, Rwanda (Reuters) - At the United Nations emergency transit center next to a serene lake south of Rwanda’s capital on Wednesday, the quiet mood was broken by the sobs of a group of female migrants from Ethiopia. “They were evacuated from Libya but t…