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Bassem Mroue - Associated Press
Pope Francis will visit Lebanon in June, the president’s office said Tuesday, in an apparent show of support for the country experiencing an unprecedented economic meltdown.
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Dale Gavlak - Catholic News ServiceBassem Mroue - Associated Press
At least 50 people were killed and 2,700 injured. Catholic and other humanitarian agencies warn it could push the country into an even bigger catastrophe.
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Bassem Mroue - Associated PressVladimir Isachenkov - Associated Press
The truce does not include the Islamic State group or al-Qaida's branch in Syria. Several previous ceasefires all collapsed, some of them in a matter of days.
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Bassem Mroue - Associated Press
The move raises questions whether the evacuation will be over before the observers arrive.
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Bassem Mroue - Associated PressJamey Keaten - Associated Press
The U.N. human rights office in Geneva said that multiple sources reported that tens of civilians were shot dead on Monday.
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Bassem Mroue - Associated Press
The second attempt at peace this year is holding, despite fighting in Israel.
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Bassem Mroue - Associated Press
His life and death underscored the suffering of Aleppans, whose city was once the commercial center of Syria with a thriving, unique culture but has now been torn to pieces by fighting.
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Bassem Mroue - Associated PressZeina Karam - Associated Press
The cease-fire aims to bring representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition back to the negotiating table in Geneva for talks on a political transition.
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Bassem Mroue - Associated PressPhilip Issa - Associated Press
Turkey hopes for the involvement of the U.S. and other allies against IS.
Camera tripods sit in front the United Nations building before the planned beginning of negotiations between the Syrian government and the opposition in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP)
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Bassem Mroue - Associated Press
The meetings are part of a process outlined in a U.N. resolution last month that envisages an 18-month timetable for a political transition in Syria, including the drafting of a new constitution and elections. The opposition boycott is a blow to the U.N.'s attempt to bring representatives of President Bashar Assad's government and his opponents together for the first time in two years.