Syrian state television broadcasted a video statement from the rebels, saying President Bashar Assad had been ... The Kremlin says air defence systems were firing near Grozny -- where the plane was ...

Three years after launching his “special military operation” in Ukraine, Russian President Vladimir Putin faces a looming choice. In public, he exudes optimism. He has pulled his country back from the ...

Syrian state television broadcasted a video statement from the rebels, saying President Bashar ... The Kremlin says air defence systems were firing near Grozny -- where the plane was supposed ...

M23 rebels, backed by Congo’s neighbor Rwanda, were attacking. Goma was under siege. But bombs were falling to the north and west. People had nowhere to go but the city. They were caught in a trap.

The M23 militia, funded and directed by Rwanda, said it had seized the city of Goma, terrifying its people, many of whom sought shelter there after fleeing the rebel advance. By Caleb Kabanda and ...

They are battered from days of non-stop fighting and surrendering to the Rwandan-backed M23 rebels taking control ... As the hours of battle drag on, some are sleeping on couches in the lobby.

The advance into Goma is the culmination of a prolonged battle between the rebels and the Congolese security forces that saw several towns along the Rwandan border falling to the insurgents.

At least 13 soldiers serving with peacekeeping forces in the DRC have been killed in clashes with M23 rebels, United Nations officials said. The leader of a rebel alliance that includes the M23 ...

GOMA, Congo — Rwanda-backed rebels claimed they captured eastern Congo’s largest city, Goma, early Monday, as the United Nations described a “mass panic” among its 2 million people and ...

Panic spread in Goma on Thursday, with M23 rebels moving toward the city in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) as they battle the Congolese military. Congolese helicopter gunships swooped ...