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Kerry aims to extend truce to Syria’s Aleppo as ceasefire unravels

AMMAN/GENEVA: Washington and Moscow said on Monday they were working hard to extend a truce… Read More

Syria rebels say government mobilizes despite truce

BEIRUT/PARIS/LONDON: A major Syrian insurgent group said on Friday the government was mobilizing forces to… Read More

Syria truce offers glimpses of normality

AMMAN: In the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, children are outside playing and many people… Read More

Syrian opposition says government wrecking truce deal

BEIRUT/GENEVA: A senior official from Syria's main opposition group said on Monday that a fragile… Read More

Truce halts most Syria fighting; Russia stops flights

BEIRUT: Fighting mostly stopped across western and northern Syria on Saturday and Russia halted its… Read More

Syria’s Assad says he is ready for truce if ‘terrorists’ do not exploit it

DAMASCUS: Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Saturday he was ready for a ceasefire, on… Read More

Saudi-led air strikes hit Yemen after truce expires

ADEN/RIYADH: Saudi-led forces resumed military operations in Yemen after a five-day ceasefire ended late on… Read More

Fighting continues in Yemeni city despite truce, 10 killed

ADEN: At least 10 people were killed in heavy clashes in Yemen on Friday despite… Read More

Yemen aid starts to flow as truce mostly holds

RIYADH: Relief agencies on Thursday used a five-day humanitarian truce in Yemen to expand aid… Read More

Yemen truce broadly holds, but reports of violations

CAIRO/ADEN: A five-day truce in Yemen appeared to be broadly holding on Wednesday, despite reports… Read More

Air strikes hit Yemen capital, U.N. envoy arrives hours before truce

CAIRO: Saudi-led air strikes pounded the rebel-held Yemeni capital Sanaa on Tuesday and the new… Read More

Houthis accept five-day truce in Yemen proposed by Saudi Arabia

CAIRO: Iranian-allied Houthi fighters in Yemen accepted on Sunday a five-day humanitarian ceasefire proposed by… Read More

Saudi-led coalition vows to hit Yemen’s Houthis despite truce offer

RIYADH/CAIRO: Saudi-led forces said on Thursday they would respond harshly against Yemen's Houthi rebels following… Read More

Saudi Arabia says considering five-day Yemen truce

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia proposed a five-day humanitarian truce in Yemen on Thursday after weeks of… Read More

Ukraine military says rebels using truce to regroup

KIEV: Ukraine's military said on Sunday a ceasefire had been fully observed in eastern separatist… Read More

Ukraine rebels say they withdrawing weapons; Kiev doubtful

DONETSK/KIEV: Pro-Russia separatists said on Tuesday they had begun pulling heavy weapons from the front… Read More

Ukraine truce fades as fighting rages, arms pullback stalls

KIEV: Pro-Russian rebels bombarded government troops encircled in east Ukraine on Tuesday and a plan… Read More

Three Hamas commanders killed in Israeli airstrikes on Gaza

JERUSALEM: Israel killed three senior Hamas commanders in the Gaza Strip in an air strike… Read More

Renewed Israel, Palestinian truce off to shaky start

JERUSALEM: Israel and the Palestinians renewed a truce that had largely tempered a five-week-old war,… Read More

Israel approves Egyptian-proposed Gaza truce but Hamas suspicious

GAZA/JERUSALEM: Israel approved an Egyptian-proposed deal that would halt the week-old Gaza shelling war on… Read More