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Syrian civilians trapped between shifting battle fronts and air strikes

Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, heart of a province that was once an economic capital, risks being crushed in the crossfire between forces

Russia

Sinai plane crash: the impact of social media

Russia is reeling from the worst air disaster in its history. Of the 224 people on board the Kogalymavia plane from Sharm el-Sheikh, 219 were Russian

Russia

Sinai plane crash: first bodies arrive back in Russia

A plane arrives on the tarmac at Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg. But this is no ordinary flight. On board are the first 144 bodies recovered from a

Egypt

The Russian remains of Sinai crash victims are flown home

The first of the 224 victims from the Sinai plane crash have been flown home to St Petersburg. The remains of around 144 passengers are said to have

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Egypt

Egypt President: air crash investigation 'might take months'

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has said that it is far too early to hypothesize about the cause of Saturday’s air crash in the Sinai

Russia

Russia mourns the victims of Sinai plane crash

Russia is observing a day of mourning for the victims of Saturday’s plane crash in which 224 people died. Pulkovo Airport in St Petersburg, the

Egypt

Air crash investigators probe Russian air disaster

Egyptian and Russian air crash investigators are at work trying to established what caused the Kogalymavia A-321 to crash in the Sinal Peninsula

Egypt

Russia mourns victims of airliner accident in Egypt's Sinai

Relatives of those on the Russian passenger plane that came down in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula on Saturday morning have been gathering at a hotel near

Egypt

Sinai plane crash: black boxes found

The two black boxes from the Russian passenger jet that crashed in Sinai, killing 224 people, have been found. The aircraft was carrying mainly

Egypt

Grief and shock in Saint Petersburg as Russian plane crashes in Sinai

Russian President Vladimir Putin has declared 1 November a national day of mourning after a Russian airliner crashed in the Egypt’s Sinai peninsula

Egypt

Russian passenger jet crash in Sinai - 224 people killed

A Russian passenger jet, carrying 224 people, has crashed in the Sinai peninsula killing everybody on board. The early Saturday morning flight

Egypt

Russian plane crashes in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula with no survivors

A Russian passenger plane has crashed in Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. The Kogalymavia Airbus A-321 was travelling from the Red Sea resort of Sharm

Egypt

Russian passenger plane crashes in Egypt's Sinai desert

A Russian passenger plane has crashed in the Sinai desert. The Kogalymavia Airbus A-321 was travelling from the Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh to

Egypt

Russian passenger plane reported crashed in Egypt's Sinai desert

A Russian passenger plane has crashed over central Sinai, according to the Egyptian prime ministers office. The Kogalymavia A321 was traveling from

Austria

US calls Syria talks 'beginning of a new diplomatic process'

World leaders, working to come up with a plan to achieve peace in Syria, remain sharply divided over the future role of Syrian president Bashar

Syria

Fate of Assad crucial to ending Syrian war

Perhaps evidence of a coming compromise: the first known departure from Syria of President Bashar al-Assad during the more than four-year-long civil

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Russian military exercise in Crimea

The Russian military carried out a large exercise on the Crimean peninsula, territory annexed by Moscow in March 2014. Both naval and ground forces

Syria

Air strikes pound areas of northwest and south Syria

Syrian families were seen emerging from the rubble of destroyed houses and fleeing through the streets as strikes continued to pound northwestern and

Russia

Russian police raid Ukrainian library in Moscow

Armed and masked police confiscated books they said contained "anti-Russian propaganda"

Syria

Violence rages in Syria as crisis talks begin

As talks aimed at finding a solution to the conflict in Syria get underway in Vienna, violence has raged in the country’s Hama province for another