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Malian refugees drift back to Gao
Tue, Mar 12, 2013
AFP 0:37 | 2 views
Two months after the beginning of the French-led intervention in Mali, refugees are starting to return to Gao. Duration: 00:36
Saddam nostalgia lives on
Tue, Mar 12, 2013
AFP 2:13 | 4 views
A decade after the US-led invasion of Iraq, years of violence and disdain for the country's current political class fuel nostalgia for Saddam Hussein -- the man the foreign troops fought to oust. Duration: 02:13
Mortar strikes rock Damascus
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 0:26 | 0 views
A mortar shell slammed into the Bab Sharqi district of Damascus causing some casualties, while four people were wounded in an attack on the Tishrin sports stadium in the city centre during a football match, a sports manager there told AFP.Duration: 00:26
Top Syria opposition official meets Russia's Lavrov
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 0:41 | 0 views
A top Syrian opposition official met Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday in a bid to reverse Moscow's refusal to back calls on President Bashar al-Assad to step down. Duration: 00:40
French soldiers reach out to Mali civilians
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 1:19 | 2 views
Two months after the start of the French offensive in Mali, a French outreach team is raising awareness about the dangers of ammunition left behind by Islamist militants flushed out of villages in the Gao region. Duration: 01:19
War-battered Syria faces food, fuel shortages
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 1:05 | 0 views
Syrians are facing a shortage of oil and gas while Assad's regime has hiked prices of essential commodities. In recent months the price of flour has risen by 140 percent, gasoline by 62 percent and oil by 106 percent. Duration:01:05
Assad will fight to the end despite setbacks
Mon, Mar 11, 2013
AFP 2:46 | 1 view
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad took power more than 12 years ago pledging reforms but has become one of the region's most ruthless leaders as he wages an increasingly brutal war to crush a rebellion.Duration:02:46
UN peacekeepers seized in Syria arrive in Amman
Sun, Mar 10, 2013
AFP 0:56 | 0 views
The United Nations welcomed the release of 21 Filipino peacekeepers, who had been seized by Syrian rebels on the Golan Heights, as they crossed to freedom in Jordan after a three-day ordeal. Duration: 00:56