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Now playing Next Switzerland A fresh round of Syrian peace talks gets underway in Geneva The conflict began five years ago this week 14/03/2016
Now playing Next France Assad regime accused of trying to disrupt new Syria peace talks On the eve of a new round of peace talks, the US has warned the Assad regime and its allies against testing the boundaries of Syria’s fragile truce 13/03/2016
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Now playing Next Syria United Nations sets March 14 date for Syrian peace talks Russia’s Defence Ministry claims there had been seven ceasefire violations in Syria in the space of 24 hours. The news follows the posting of a video 08/03/2016
Now playing Next Turkey Turkey: Young boy and woman killed by cross-border rocket fire from Syria Two civilians, including a young child, were killed in southern Turkey on Tuesday after rockets were fired over the border from Syria. Reports from 08/03/2016
Now playing Next Greece EU leaders are using us as pawns in a Game of Migrants, say refugees While EU leaders and Turkey continue to thrash out a deal on the migration crisis, refugees on the ground on the Greek-Macedonian border say they are 08/03/2016
Now playing Next Belgium UN and rights groups criticise EU-Turkey 'one in, one out' migrant deal EU leaders and Turkey have agreed in principle to a plan to confront the current migration crisis, but they need more time to work out the details 08/03/2016
Now playing Next World News EU leaders claim 'breakthrough' at migration summit but details need more work EU leaders claim deal in principle at migration summit Turkish PM offers to take back migrants for more aid Details of deal still to be agreed 08/03/2016
Now playing Next Syria Building a future for widows and orphans from Syria Mahira Abdayun came to Turkey from Syria after she lost her husband in a bombing attack by the regime forces. “It all began when the regime entered 04/03/2016
Now playing Next World The living nightmare of migrants arriving in Greece In this week’s Perspectives, we follow reports from around Europe on the plight of migrants arriving in Europe. Greece is only a transit point for 04/03/2016
Now playing Next Lebanon Gulf Arab states label Hezbollah a terrorist group The Shi’ite militant group Hezbollah is facing further sanctions after a decision by the six-member Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) to class it as a 02/03/2016