Syria peace talks stalled over who represents opposition
BEIRUT/VIENTIANE Syrian peace talks meant to begin this week were stalled on Monday partly over the question of who would represent the opponents of President Bashar al-Assad.
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Attack target Ahrar al-Sham group in Syria's Aleppo, 23 killed: monitor
BEIRUT A suicide bomber driving a fuel tank blew himself up on Monday at a checkpoint run by Islamist group Ahrar al-Sham in Syria's northern city of Aleppo killing at least 23 people, a monitoring group said.
Hero of Egypt's uprising still hopes for change despite return of repression
CAIRO In 2011, activist Esraa Abdel-Fattah helped ignite revolution on the streets of Egypt and was nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Five years after the fall of autocrat Hosni Mubarak, she is shunned or insulted by Egyptians on those same streets.
Five years after Egypt uprising, police -- not activists -- celebrated
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Rwandan police kill suspected Islamic State recruiter
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