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Obama plans to send 250 more U.S. troops to Syria

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 04:33 PM PDT

U.S. President Obama gestures as he makes a speach during the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe in HanoverBy Roberta Rampton and Arshad Mohammed HANOVER, Germany/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to send as many as 250 more U.S. troops to Syria, bringing the total American presence on the ground to 300 to help fight Islamic State militants, U.S. officials said on Sunday. The decision, which a U.S. official said would be announced in Hanover, Germany, on Monday, was first reported by the Wall Street Journal and confirmed an April 1 Reuters report that the Obama administration was considering a significant increase in U.S. forces.


Administration: Up to 250 military personnel headed to Syria

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 04:11 PM PDT

President Barack Obama speaks during the opening ceremony of the Hannover Messe Trade Fair in Hannover, Germany, Sunday, April 24, 2016. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)AERZEN, Germany (AP) — President Barack Obama will send an additional 250 military personnel to Syria to help local forces fighting the Islamic State group, increasing to 300 the number of U.S. forces battling extremists in the war-torn country, administration officials confirmed Sunday.


Obama to send up to 250 more troops to Syria: senior official

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 03:52 PM PDT

Syrian soldiers patrol in the town of al-Qaryatain, in the province of Homs in central Syria, on April 4, 2016 after Syrian troops regained control of the town from jihadists of the Islamic State (IS) group the previous dayUS President Barack Obama will on Monday announce plans to send up to 250 more military personnel to Syria, according to a senior administration official, intensifying US assistance to rebels as a ceasefire falters. Obama "tomorrow will announce that he has authorized up to 250 additional forces deploying to Syria," the source said, adding that the president would confirm the deployment in a speech in the northern city of Hanover. US troops in Syria are mandated to advise and assist Syrian rebel and anti-Islamic State forces.


Police charge Australian teenager with planning ANZAC terror attack

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 02:33 PM PDT

Australian police have arrested and charged a teenager with a terrorism offense related to planning an attack at Monday's commemorations of the ANZAC landings at Gallipoli during World War One. ANZAC Day, April 25, is a major annual holiday in Australia and New Zealand marking the date of the first Gallipoli landings in 1915, in which large numbers of Australian and New Zealand troops fought and died. "We have taken swift action to ensure community safety on the eve of a sacred day on the Australian calendar," New South Wales state Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione said in a statement.

Hadid's oyster-shaped terminal to open in Italy, after her death

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 12:22 PM PDT

A general view of the port of Salerno, Italy shows the new maritime terminal designed by Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid on April 21, 2016One of the final works of Zaha Hadid, the acclaimed Iraqi-British architect who died suddenly last month, will be posthumously inaugurated in Italy on Monday. Inspired by an oyster, the new maritime terminal at the southern port of Salerno features a hard shell above a soft, fluid interior and the wavy lines that were Hadid's signature. The new terminal is part of a broader redevelopment of Salerno's port area and is designed to smooth the movement of the throngs of ferry and cruise ship passengers passing through it.


More deaths in Aleppo as Obama calls for 'reinstated' Syria truce

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 11:34 AM PDT

A reported air strike by governement forces hit the rebel-held neighbourhood of Sakhur in Aleppo on April 24, 2016 on a third day of renewed deadly violence in the battered cityRegime and rebel bombardment killed 26 civilians on Sunday in Syria's second city Aleppo as US President Barack Obama urged the conflict's warring parties to "reinstate" a troubled ceasefire. Eight weeks into the declared truce between President Bashar al-Assad's regime and non-jihadist rebels, violence has escalated around Aleppo, with dozens killed by government air strikes and rebel rockets.


Italian PM likes Clinton, says Trump has a policy of fear

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 10:57 AM PDT

Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi delivers his remarks during the signing ceremony on climate change held at the United Nations Headquarters in New YorkBy Diane Bartz WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Italy's Prime Minister Matteo Renzi criticized U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday for his "policy of fear," and said he was firmly in Democrat Hillary Clinton's camp. "I support very strongly Hillary Clinton because I think she is a woman able to give security to every partner, to give a message of cooperation with other parties, to continue the good policy of President (Barack) Obama" Renzi said on CNN's "Fareed Zakaria GPS" show. Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul, and former U.S. Secretary of State Clinton are the front-runners to be their parties' candidates in the November presidential election.


Obama urges reinstatement of Syria ceasefire

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 10:24 AM PDT

Smoke rises on a main road in the Salaheddin neighbourhood of Aleppo following a reported air strike on April 24, 2016US President Barack Obama made a plea Sunday for warring parties in Syria to return to peace talks and "reinstate" a ceasefire, as he defended a refusal to establish a safe zone in the country. "I spoke to (Russian) President Vladimir Putin early last week to try to make sure that we could reinstate the cessation of hostilities," he told a news conference in Germany. The White House has argued that the ceasefire, while imperfect, is worth pursuing and is the only way out of the brutal five-year conflict.


Ceasefire in northern Iraq after Kurd-Shi'ite clashes kill 12

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 09:08 AM PDT

By Isabel Coles and Ghazwan Hassan TUZ KHURMATU, Iraq (Reuters) - Clashes between Kurdish and Shi'ite Turkmen paramilitary forces in northern Iraq killed at least 12 fighters and cut off a key road between Baghdad and the oil city of Kirkuk for most of Sunday before community leaders reached a ceasefire agreement. Violence in Tuz Khurmatu, 175 km (110 miles) north of the capital, has become a near monthly occurrence between the armed groups - uncomfortable allies against Islamic State since driving the jihadist militants out of towns and villages in the area in 2014. A small explosion just before midnight near the local headquarters of two rival political parties sparked armed exchanges between the communities that spread to most neighborhoods and continued into Sunday afternoon, according to security sources.

Kurdish forces to keep areas taken from Syrian government forces truce

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 08:45 AM PDT

Kurdish fighters from the People's Protection Units (YPG) walk along a street in the southeast of Qamishli cityKurdish security forces will keep territory taken from pro-government forces during a rare three-day outbreak of violence in a city in northeastern Syria, a truce announced by Kurdish authorities on Sunday indicated. The fighting in Qamishli, near the Turkish border, disturbed a largely peaceful coexistence there between the Kurds' Asayish internal security forces that control most of the city and pro-government forces holding the airport and part of its centre. The truce, which seemed to be holding on Sunday, headed off possibly wider fighting between the pro-government forces and the Kurds, whose YPG militia is an important ally in the U.S.-led campaign against Islamic State on other fronts in Syria.


Iraqi military freezes civilians' return to Ramadi over mine deaths

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 08:30 AM PDT

Graffiti warning on a wall saying that the street is mined is seen in the city of RamadiIraq's military called for civilians displaced from Ramadi to stop returning home after dozens of them were killed by Islamic State mines planted in the western city's streets and buildings, officials said on Sunday. A shortage of experts trained in dismantling explosives has slowed efforts to restore security in Ramadi, but that has not stopped people from responding to calls from local religious and government leaders to go back home. A spokesman for the Anbar governor's office, which is overseeing much of the effort to restore Ramadi, confirmed the military had issued the directive because "they felt the need to stop the return to ensure that the areas are safe".


Clashes between Iraqi Kurds, Turkmen kill nine

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 08:03 AM PDT

Iraqi soldiers and Peshmerga forces pictured north of Baghdad on March 26, 2016Clashes between Kurdish peshmerga forces and Turkmen Shiite paramilitaries killed nine people in a flashpoint northern town and closed the road to Baghdad before a ceasefire was announced on Sunday. Tuz Khurmatu, part of a swathe of territory claimed by both Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region and Baghdad, has been divided between Turkmen and Kurds since fighting erupted between the two sides last year. A peshmerga brigadier general and another fighter and two members of Turkmen forces were among the nine people killed, said Shallal Abdul Baban, the Kurdish official responsible for the area.


Migrants seek new routes into Balkans after formal borders sealed

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 07:18 AM PDT

A refugee hugs a boy next to a border fence at a makeshift camp for migrants and refugees at the Greek-Macedonian border near the village of IdomeniBy Fedja Grulovic IDOMENI, Greece (Reuters) - After weeks stranded at a closed border in northern Greece, migrants and refugees are seeking out new, irregular routes to get into Macedonia, clambering through forests and over hills under the cover of darkness. As dusk fell on Saturday evening, a Reuters witness saw a group of up to 70 people crossing into Macedonia from Greece, at a point where there is no razor wire fence between the two countries. It was roughly a 20 km (12 mile), or four hour walk from Idomeni, a sprawling tent city hosting thousands of refugees and migrants stranded by a cascade of border shutdowns throughout the Balkans in February.


Clashes erupt between Kurdish, Shiite fighters in Iraqi town

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 07:11 AM PDT

People gather at the scene of a suicide attack, seen through the broken glass of a damaged shop, after a suicide car bomb struck a checkpoint in the eastern suburb of Hussainiyah, Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, April 24, 2016. Suicide attacks targeting security forces in two Baghdad suburbs have killed and wounded dozens of people on late Saturday officials said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)BAGHDAD (AP) — Heavy clashes erupted Sunday between Kurdish peshmerga forces and Shiite paramilitary troops inside a contested town north of Baghdad, a spokesman said.


U.S., allies stage 28 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq, Syria: U.S. military

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 06:16 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies conducted 28 strikes against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria on Saturday, the coalition leading the operations said. In a statement released on Sunday, the Combined Joint Task Force said four strikes near two cities in Syria hit three tactical units and destroyed two fighting positions, an anti-air artillery system and a vehicle borne improvised explosive device. ...

Obama says post-Brexit UK-U.S. trade deal could take a decade

Posted: 24 Apr 2016 03:32 AM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama boards Marine One as he departs Winfield House in LondonBy William James LONDON (Reuters) - Britain could have to wait a decade for a free trade deal with the United States if it votes to leave the European Union, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Sunday in his final salvo of a disputed foray into British domestic politics. Obama has spent the last three days in London urging Britons to stay in the EU as the British public prepares to vote on whether to remain a member of the bloc on June 23. "It could be five years from now, 10 years from now before we're actually able to get something done," Obama told the BBC when asked about the prospect of a post-Brexit trade deal.


Trump's GOP Senate critics fact check him on foreign policy

Posted: 23 Apr 2016 06:50 AM PDT

FILE - In this Feb. 24, 2016, file photo, Republican members of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., center, and committee chairman John McCain, R-Ariz., speak at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Graham and McCain are assembling a harsh critique of Donald Trump's worldview by soliciting rebuttals from U.S. military leaders that challenge the accuracy and legality of his most provocative foreign policy positions. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate's leading Republican voices on national security are assembling an indictment of Donald Trump's worldview by soliciting rebuttals from U.S. military leaders that challenge the accuracy and legality of the GOP presidential front-runner's most provocative foreign policy positions.


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