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Kurds open front against Assad’s forces: monitor

(Reuters)- Syrian Kurds battled on Saturday with forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad, Kurdish sources and a monitoring group said, breaking a longstanding tacit agreement between the two sides to focus on other enemies in a complex civil war. In...

Algeria rejects Kouachi brothers bodies: Report

The Algerian authorities turned down a French request to allow for the burial of Cherif and Said Kouachi – who are suspected of carrying out a deadly attack on satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo – on Algerian soil, a local newspaper reported Saturday. "The French government...

Syrian state news agency attacks U.S. plan to train rebels

(Reuters) - The Syrian state news agency on Friday attacked U.S. military plans to train and equip Syrian rebels, saying they amounted to support for terrorists. The plan is part of the U.S. strategy to roll back the Islamic State group that has seized much of eastern and...