Israel said Monday it is "interested" in striking peace agreements with neighboring Lebanon and Syria, a potentially historic ...

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Tice was working as a freelance journalist for Agence France-Presse, McClatchy News, The Washington Post, CBS and other media outlets when he was detained at a checkpoint in August 2012.

France to host Syria's new leader on first European visit. ... May 7, for the former Islamist rebel's first European visit, the French presidency told Agence France-Presse.

Syria: France claims strikes on IS positions. France, being part of the international coalition against the Islamic State group since 2014, ... The defense ministry told Agence France-Presse ...

The apostolic nuncio to Syria says he hopes the war-torn nation will "move toward reconciliation" and at least ... noting that "those who have taken power have promised to respect everyone and to ...