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Venezuelan candidate says 3 opposition activists are missing

The opposition has alleged political persecution of its leaders and supporters through arrests, judicial procedures and obstacles to competi

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Opportunism and Quietism Are the Watchwords

Opportunism and Quietism Are the Watchwords

There is the strange assumption that Russians would be hotly and much more numerously discussing the war on social media and in public were it not for censorship, surveillance, and the draconian new laws on “discrediting” the Russian armed forces, etc. But this assumption, when it is made by outsiders, is based on the belief that the Russian public’s engagement with important political matters…

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ISTANBUL | Turkey hosts summit to seek solutions to end war in Syria

ISTANBUL | Turkey hosts summit to seek solutions to end war in Syria

ISTANBUL — The leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany were gathering for a summit Saturday about Syria, hoping to lay the groundwork for eventual peace in a country devastated by years of war.

A key challenge is their divided opinions about Syrian President Bashar Assad, who is backed by Russia and Iran and whose government has retaken most of the territory that rebels seized during the…

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BEIRUT | Violence claims more lives in Syrian capital and suburbs

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BEIRUT | Violence claims more lives in Syrian capital and suburbs

BEIRUT |April 7, 2018 (AP)(STL.News)   Syrian state media and opposition activists say government forces are pressing their offensive toward the last rebel-held town in eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus under the cover of airstrikes as the violence claimed more lives.

The Army of Islam rebel group that controls the city of Douma said its fighters repelled all government attacks that began Friday, adding that 17 Syrian soldiers were killed.

State TV said Army of Islam fighters pelted several neighborhoods in Damascus with mortar shells killing six civilians and wounding more than 30.

Syrian government forces resumed their offensive on Douma on Friday afternoon after a 10-day truce collapsed over disagreement regarding evacuation of opposition fighters.

On Friday, opposition activists said 40 people were killed in Douma and four in government-held Damascus.

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Opposition activists: Syria airstrikes on rebel area kill 8

BEIRUT  /February 7, 2018 (AP)(STL.News) — New airstrikes launched by Russian and Syrian government forces on a besieged rebel-held region east of Damascus killed at least eight people on Wednesday, opposition activists said, part of an ongoing aerial campaign that has killed dozens of civilians in the past few days.

Around 60 civilians were killed Tuesday in airstrikes and shelling that overwhelmed rescue workers and prompted calls for an immediate cease-fire in order to deliver critical medical care.

The opposition’s civil defense workers, known as the White Helmets, on Wednesday said eight civilians were killed and many wounded after warplanes targeted the town of Hamouriyeh, causing a building to collapse over its residents’ heads.  The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights also reported the deaths, which it said raised the number of people killed in the area since Jan. 29 to 384, including 94 children.

The Ghouta region east of the capital Damascus, home to nearly 400,000 people trapped by the violence and tightening siege, has been under intense attack since the end of December as the government of President Bashar Assad struggles to bring it under control.

The punishing campaign by the Syrian government and its ally, Russia, has also battered the northwestern province of Idlib, the largest area under opposition control in Syria. The Idlib offensive hit hospitals and residential buildings and has intensified after militants shot down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet near the town of Saraqeb over the weekend.

The children’s organization Save the Children said in a statement Wednesday that the escalation in fighting in the opposition-held enclave of Idlib is placing thousands of children in extreme danger.

It said more than 30 schools supported by Save the Children and its partners in the area have had to close temporarily due to security fears. Hundreds of families, many of whom have already been displaced and left living in tents that provide no shelter from bombs or shells, have come under increasing fire and have been left with almost nowhere left to turn, it added.

“Children and their families are fleeing in the hope of finding safety and help, but now the bombs are following them even into the camps and hospitals. They are fast running out of places to go,” said Sonia Khush, the organization’s Syria response director.

Meanwhile, France’s foreign minister said Wednesday that Assad’s government is likely using chlorine gas in its latest attacks on rebel-held areas.

Jean-Yves Le Drian told BFM TV that “all indications show us today that the Syrian regime is using chlorine gas at the moment.”

A U.N.-mandated investigator said Tuesday his team was probing reports that bombs allegedly containing weaponized chlorine have been used on two recent occasions in Syria.

“An investigation has been opened on that matter by the United Nations,” Le Drian said. “The threat of using chemical weapons remains, this is a very serious situation.”

The global chemical weapons watchdog said Wednesday it is investigating recent allegations of chemical weapons use in Syria. In a statement, the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said its fact-finding mission is “investigating all credible allegations” and reporting its findings to the organization’s member states.

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By ZEINA KARAM,By Associated Press – published on STL.News by St. Louis Media, LLC (A.S)

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Seven Zimbabwean opposition activists arrested earlier this week for protesting against the government are to remain in custody after prosecutors appealed against their bail, an attorney told AFP on Saturday. Prosecutors invoked a controversial section of the penal code that allows the state to appeal a bail ruling even after it is granted by the court. "They were asked to pay US$300 bail each, but the state invoked section 121 of the criminal procedure and evidence act," said the lawyer, Obey Shava. Riot police in the capital Harare used batons to break up protests by activists from the opposition Movement for Democratic Change demanding President Robert Mugabe deliver on his pre-election promise to create two million jobs. Source: AFP

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MOSCOW (AP) — A Moscow court convicted two Russian opposition activists and sentenced them to 4 ½ years in prison Thursday for their role in organizing protests a day before President Vladimir Putin's inauguration in May 2012. Source: Associated Press

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MOSCOW (AP) — Russian news agencies say two opposition activists have been convicted of organizing riots at the May 2012 protest in Moscow, a day before the re-election of President Vladimir Putin. Source: Associated Press