Middle East

Trump: Syria attack could be ‘very soon’ or ‘not soon at all’

WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump insists he "never said when an attack on Syria would take place" in response to an alleged chemical weapons attack, tweeting that "it could be...

Taliban kills Afghan district governor, 7 police guards

ISLAMABAD — A predawn Taliban attack has killed a district governor and seven police personnel in Afghanistan’s southeastern province of Ghazni. Scores of heavily armed insurgents participated in Thursday’s coordinated assault on...

Afghan officials: Pakistani cross-border fire kills civilian

ISLAMABAD — Officials in Afghanistan say cross-border shelling by Pakistan has killed at least one civilian in the eastern province of Kunar. A provincial government spokesman told VOA Pakistani forces in the...

Yazidis still suffering years after IS genocide

Thousands of displaced Yazidis in the Sinjar mountains in Northern Iraq are still suffering and afraid, almost four years after Islamic State attacked Yazidi villages. "The situation of the Yazidis in Iraq...

Explosion in Western Afghanistan kills 8

A motorcycle bomb explosion killed eight civilians and wounded seven others in Afghanistan’s western Herat province. The explosion took place Monday afternoon in a local market in Shindand district close to a...

US military denies responsibility for Syria missile strikes

Syrian state media reported a missile attack early Monday on an airbase in Homs province, saying there were a number of casualties. The reports said the attack targeted the T4 base and...

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