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Syria’s regime re-enters key Idlib town ahead of Russia-Turkey talks

Syrian pro-regime troops re-entered the Idlib province town of Saraqeb amid a blitz of Turkish strikes against Bashar al-Assad's forces

UN warns of ‘real bloodbath’ as northwest Syria fighting threatens displaced people

Fighting in northwest Syria is coming "dangerously close" to encampments with around a million displaced people, risking an imminent "bloodbath," the UN said

Syrian army pushes forward with Idlib offensive

Syrian regime forces pressed on with their offensive in Idlib province that has displaced half a million people, despite heightened tensions with Turkey

Fearing conscription into Assad’s army, Syrian Kurds flee to Iraq

Syrian Kurdish men in Iraq say they fled not only Turkey's military offensive but the possibility of conscription into Assad's army

After years helping others, aid workers are Syria’s latest refugees

Syrians who worked for international NGOs are fleeing to Iraq, fearing conscription into the army, or reprisals from the regime or Turkey-backed rebels

Details emerge of ISIS families taken by Turkey-backed Syrian rebels from Ain Issa camp

New details about the escape of women connected to ISIS from a camp in northeast Syria suggest they were taken by Turkey-backed rebels who may now be holding them for ransom

SDC calls for humanitarian corridor to evacuate Syrian civilians from Ras al-Ayn

The Syrian Democratic Council called for a humanitarian corridor to evacuate Ras al-Ayn (Sere Kaniye) as clashes with Turkey-backed rebels continue

US expects UN help with Turkey’s resettlement of Syrian refugees into border zone

The US expects the UN and NGOs to help “facilitate” a proposed resettlement of Syrian refugees living in Turkey into a planned buffer zone along Syria’s northeastern border

Clashes between Myanmar army and insurgents force thousands to flee in Shan state

Fighting in northeast Myanmar's Shan state escalated after rebel attacks on an army academy and police outposts

Khan Sheikhoun a ghost town as Syrian regime advances

As the Syrian government inches closer to rebel-held Khan Sheikhoun, scores of people have fled the once-vibrant town in Idlib province

Syria talks begin in Astana with government and opposition delegations present

Negotiators from Iran, Russia and Turkey met in Kazakhstan's capital Astana for two days of talks to preserve a fragile truce in northern Syria

Nigeria: Boko Haram attacks on Borno state villages and IDP camp kill at least 12

At least 12 civilians were killed after Boko Haram attacked Bulaburin and Kofa villages as well as an IDP camp in Dalori near Maiiduguri in northern Nigeria's Borno state

Gunmen storm refugee aid department in eastern Afghanistan

Gunmen stormed an Afghan government building after multiple explosions in a continuing attack in Jalalabad

Fighting in southern Syria displaces 270,000 people, UN says

The number of people who have fled their homes in Syria's Daraa over the last two weeks of fighting has climbed to 270,000, the UN said

Turkey is using refugees to justify attacks on Efrin, Syrian Kurds say

Syrian Kurdish officials, including those opposed to the PYD, say Turkey is using refugees to justify its attacks on the enclave of Afrin and wants to use Operation Olive Branch to change the demographics of the region

US denies hitting Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan drone strike

Pakistan's claim that the US hit an Afghan refugee camp in a drone strike is "false," a US embassy spokesman said

Rukban residents remain trapped in Syrian no-man’s land

Life has been devastating for thousands of displaced Syrians living in Rukban camp, a barren no man’s land on the Jordan-Syria border

Coalition: Russian allegations that ISIS uses At Tanf to launch Syria attacks are false

Russian claims that ISIS uses At Tanf deconfliction zone to launch attacks and that US uses refugees as human shields are false allegations, Coalition says