One of corner of the city in Northern Syria.

Govt keeps on trying to evacuate 17 Indonesian from Syria

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, JAKARTA -- The Government of Indonesia has continued its efforts to evacuate 17 Indonesians fleeing from ISIS in Raqqa, Syria. Director of the Indonesian Citizens Protection of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Lalu Muhammad Iqbal stated here on Thursday that the Indonesian government still has its lines of communication open with several groups ruling regions in Syria, including the...

French police standing by near Champs Elysees, Paris.

Car rams police van on Champs Elysees, driver dead

REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, PARIS -- A man deliberately rammed a car carrying weapons and explosives into a police van as it drove in a convoy down Paris's Champs Elysees avenue on Monday, officials said. The man, who was known to French security services, died in the incident and the Paris prosecutor's counter-terrorism unit said it had opened an investigation. It was...