A U.S. envoy says that Syria’s central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging their forces after the ...

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A US envoy says Syria's central government and the Kurds remain at odds over plans on merging forces after latest talks.

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Russia has become the first country to recognise the Taliban as Afghanistan’s government. Andrew Mueller explains why.

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