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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…

Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty ImagesMourners attending the funerals of Syrian Democratic Forces fighters killed in battles against Turkish forces, Qamishli, Syria, October 14, 2019 Qamishli, SyriaWhen my mom called to ask me where I was, I lied to her. Somet…

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - After three days at sea trying to reach Europe, Demba Dembele was intercepted by Libya’s EU-backed coastguard and returned to Tripoli  where, like dozens of other migrants, he got in a taxi and set off into the city. For years, migrants …

ATHENS (Reuters) - Authorities in Greece moved more asylum-seekers to the mainland on Tuesday as part of a strategy to reduce the refugee population on outlying islands after an increase in arrivals in recent months. Some 697 migrants and refugees arrived i…

President Donald Trump's claims that he has "secured the oil" in Syria as it withdraws troops from the country are incorrect, and US forces are scrambling to figure out how to protect key oil fields in the country, both US and Kurdish officials said. US Defe…

Rioting migrants in Malta set at least five staff cars on fire and injured a policeman in their holding centre as they demanded their freedom. The violence broke out Sunday night at a former British army barrack in Hal Far, close to Malta's airport. The mig…

VALLETTA (Reuters) - Rioting migrants in Malta set at least five staff cars on fire and injured a policeman in their holding center as they demanded their freedom. The violence broke out Sunday night at a former British army barrack in Hal Far, close to Mal…

Despite the 120 hour truce, smoke was seen rising from the Syrian town of Ras al-Ain and sporadic ... clashes broke out, according to a monitor. October 18, 2019. Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images) AFP via Getty Images The European Union may have&…

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon is closer to a financial crisis than at any time since at least the war-torn 1980s as allies, investors and this week nationwide protests pile pressure on the government to tackle a corrupt system and enact long-promised reforms. …