French President Francois Hollande has declared in a statement that he will not seek a second term in office in the upcoming election in 2017, becoming the first head of state not to stand for reelection in modern French history. “I am aware today of the risk that going down ...
The US-led coalition “bombing the ISIL group” in Syria and Iraq said Thursday that 54 civilians had been “inadvertently killed” in seven air strikes between March and October. The announcement brings the official coalition tally of civilians killed to 173 since the “anti-ISIL” campaign began in the fall of 2014 ...