In Iraq, Syrian Kurds long to return home to fight Islamic State
BASHIQA, Iraq (Reuters) – Days after helping to capture the Iraqi town of Bashiqa northeast of Mosul, Syrian Kurdish fighters walk proudly past the corpses of Islamic State combatants still lying in the ruins.
Under Trump, Israel can ‘reset’ Middle East, right-wing leader says
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Donald Trump’s election as the next U.S. president presents Israel with a unique opportunity to recast its Middle East policies, a far-right Israeli cabinet member and staunch opponent of Palestinian statehood, said on Monday.
Yemen air strike kills 14 in attack on fuel trucks: medics, residents
SANAA/DUBAI (Reuters) – At least 14 people were killed in central Yemen on Monday in air strikes on fuel trucks by the Arab coalition fighting in the country, medics and witnesses said, with the coalition saying the vehicles were carrying rebel militar…
Colombia publishes new FARC peace accord in effort to end war
BOGOTA (Reuters) – Colombia’s government published a revised peace accord with Marxist FARC rebels on Monday in a bid to build support to end a 52-year war, after the original draft was rejected last month in a referendum amid objections it was too fav…
Syrian rebels battle each other north of Aleppo
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Syrian insurgents clashed in a town near the Turkish border on Monday as inter-rebel tensions spilled over, playing to President Bashar al-Assad’s advantage with the government tightening its grip on rebel-held eastern Aleppo.
Car bombs kill eight in former Islamic State stronghold west of Baghdad
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Eight people were killed and nearly 20 wounded on Monday in two separate car bomb blasts that hit police checkpoints in Falluja, a former stronghold of Islamic State west of Baghdad, police sources said.
Afghan president asks U.N. to add Taliban leader to sanctions list
KABUL (Reuters) – Afghanistan’s president asked the United Nations on Monday to add the Taliban’s new leader to its sanctions list, in a further blow to efforts to revive the stalled peace process.
Explosion in Istanbul suburb wounds ten: Turkey’s NTV
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A steam boiler explosion in a cosmetics manufacturing plant in an Istanbul suburb wounded ten people on Monday, Turkish broadcasters NTV and CNN Turk said.
Turkey could put EU talks to a referendum next year: Erdogan
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey could hold a referendum on whether to continue membership talks with the European Union next year, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Monday, and repeated his warning to Brussels that it needed to “make up its mind” on Turkish a…
Conservative cardinals challenge Pope over teachings on family
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Four conservative Roman Catholic cardinals on Monday made a rare public challenge to Pope Francis over some of his teachings in a major document on the family, accusing him of sowing confusion on important moral issues.
