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THIS IS HOME: How Child Refugees in Za'atari Learn to Cope With New LifeDrawings of families holding hands under lopsided suns adorn the walls of an informal learning center in Jordan’s Za’atari refugee camp. The figures, dressed in brightly colored hijabs, dance around the room as children craft more artwork for display. But these walls are more than just a colorful
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U.S. Blasts Russia for Calling Emergency U.N. Meeting Over Syria. Bombing
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Samantha Power tonight blasted Russia for calling an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council in response to a U.S.-led coalition airstrike that mistakenly killed over 60 Syrian regime troops, and wounded 100 more, according to numbers provided
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White House Meets on Syria Crisis, Fragile Cease-FireThe U.S. Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense are set to meet with President Obama in the White House situation room this afternoon to discuss the war in Syria and the fight against ISIS. This meeting of the national security team comes as the tenuous, U.S. and Russian brokered
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State Dept. Clarifies Kerry's Remark that US Would Consult With Syrian Regime Over AirstrikesSecretary of State John Kerry made a statement about the new cease-fire negotiated by the U.S. and Russia inside Syria that the State Department scrambled to clarify today. Speaking to reporters at the State Department, Kerry said the agreement mandates that any strikes conducted by the Bashar
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Images of Syrian Children Capture Horror of 5-Year Civil WarA week-long ceasefire is set to take effect in Syria at sundown on Monday. But there have been disturbing reports of new violence that has killed dozens, including children, hours before the fighting temporarily abates. According to one Syrian human rights group, more than 2,000 people have been
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US and Russia Agree on New Syria Cease-Fire PlanThe United States and Russia have agreed on the terms of another cease-fire in Syria and have called on warring parties across the nation to stop fighting at sundown on Sept. 12, the same day the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday begins, Secretary of State John Kerry announced from Switzerland tonight.
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White House Attempts to Broker Syria Cease-Fire as Time Runs OutSecretary of State John Kerry is leaving Washington, D.C., tonight for Geneva, where he's scheduled to meet Friday with his Russian counterpart, Sergey Lavrov, hoping to broker a cease-fire in Syria and expand humanitarian assistance, the State Department announced today. With about four months
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Kremlin Declines to Comment on Donald Trump's Latest Praise of Vladimir Putin
The Kremlin has declined to respond to Donald Trump’s latest compliments of Russian President Vladimir Putin , saying it will wait and see how the Republican candidate behaves in office if he wins. During a televised forum Wednesday night, Trump praised Putin again and said he believed him to be a
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Syria Ceasefire Deal Still Elusive, But US and Russian Talks to Resume MondayU.S. diplomatic negotiations with Russia toward a ceasefire in Syria that would ground Bashar Al-Assad's Air Force in order to allow humanitarian aid to reach suffering civilians have fallen short so far, but Secretary of State John Kerry and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov will meet again
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Obama Reaffirms Ties With UK, Encourages US-Russian Talks to Strike Syrian CeasefireEmerging from his first meeting with Theresa May since the British prime minister took power earlier this summer, President Barack Obama reaffirmed America's close bilateral relationship with the United Kingdom. "The prime minister continues to be a steadying influence during a time of transition,"