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Number of people displaced from Mosul exceeds 300,000

More than 300,000 people have fled Mosul since the start of the U.S.-backed campaign to dislodge ISIS from the northern Iraqi city in October, the United Nations said Tuesday. The United Nations' International Organisation for Migration estimates the number of people currently displaced to...

UN warns Syria refugee aid funds 'desperate'

The U.N. warned Tuesday the plight of millions of Syrian refugees was becoming "desperate," with aid funds running low as donors and humanitarian groups met in Brussels to discuss the next steps. The EU and the U.N. are co-chairing a two-day conference to follow up on a London meeting last...

6 Iranian migrants pulled from sinking boat in Channel

 French maritime authorities have rescued six Iranian migrants whose fishing boat was sinking in the English Channel as they sought to reach Britain. The overnight rescue effort took more than two hours because extremely thick fog complicated efforts to find the boat, the CROSS maritime...

Did the US, Turkey reach understanding on Assad?

(Al-Monitor)- Is it a coincidence that the Trump administration’s flurry of statements that it no longer actively seeks the departure of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad came during US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s visit to Turkey last week? In a press availability with Turkish...