BEIRUT / ap Syrian government forces pressed ahead with their offensive in the water-rich Barada Valley northwest of Damascus on Tuesday as 10 rebel groups said they were suspending talks about planned peace negotiations because of what they describe as ongoing government violations of a cease-fire deal. The cease-fire, brokered by Russia and Turkey, is meant to be followed …

  BERLIN / AP German prosecutors are accusing a man already convicted of membership in a terrorist organization of participating in the killing of six captives by the IS group. Federal prosecutors said on Tuesday they obtained a new warrant against the 28-year-old German, identified only as Harry S. in line with privacy laws, on suspicion of murder and committing …

JERUSALEM / AP Israel’s prime minister is denying wrongdoing a day after he was questioned by police for more than three hours over corruption allegations. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wrote on Twitter on Tuesday that “there won’t be anything because there is nothing,” and decried “years of daily persecution against me and my family.” Police investigators grilled Netanyahu on Monday …