French fighter jets took off from the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle on Friday for an operation against the ISIL Takfiri group in its Iraqi stronghold of Mosul, an officer said. Eight jets took off from the carrier in the eastern Mediterranean, an AFP photographer on the flight deck reported. ...
US Secretary of State John Kerry warned Thursday that Moscow was on the brink of ending its talks with Russia on the Syrian conflict. “I think we are on the verge of suspending the discussion because, you know, it’s irrational in the context of the kind of bombing taking place, ...