UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is encouraged by the agreement signed Thursday by Turkey, Russia and Iran to set up de-escalation zones in Syria, his spokesman said. “It will be crucial to see this agreement actually improve the lives of Syrians,” UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in a statement. Russia, Iran ...
The Pentagon will ask the White House next week to send thousands more troops to Afghanistan, a senior official said Thursday. After a steady downsizing of US troop numbers since 2011, US military commanders say they need to strengthen the numbers on the ground allegedly to better support Afghan forces ...
