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Syrian Kurds are planning a big attack on an ISIS-controlled portion of...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The powerful Syrian Kurdish YPG militia and its local allies have drawn up plans for a major attack to seize the final stretch of the Syrian-Turkish border held by Islamic State...
View ArticleRefugee kids who fled Syria are thrilled with their first Canadian winter
In 2014, Amal Alkhalaf and her three kids fled Syria, finding a new home in Canada after a group from Ontario raised $20,000 to help them transition. Recently, they went on a sledding adventure, which...
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Russia's 'ideal' situation in Syria is closer than ever to becoming a reality
Syria's main opposition delegation, the Saudi-backed High Negotiating Council (HNC), has said it will not be attending peace talks over the country's future on Friday in Geneva, Switzerland, Reuters...
View ArticleWatch this heartbreaking eyewitness account of the Syrian refugee crisis in...
Each day, in the summer of 2015, 10-15 boats packed with men, women and children fleeing Syria floated ashore on the Greek island of Lesbos. For the locals, this became so routine that a rescue system...
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The biggest diplomatic push yet to resolve the Syria conflict may be derailed...
Geneva (AFP) - UN-mediated peace talks aimed at ending Syria's conflict are scheduled to kick off Friday, but the absence of key opposition members threatens to derail the biggest diplomatic push yet...
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Syria’s first peace talks in 2 years are already ‘a complete failure'
The first Syria peace talks for two years were a "complete failure" before they started on Friday, a Western diplomat said, after the United Nations announced it would press ahead with them despite an...
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Another country just agreed to start bombing ISIS targets in Syria
The Dutch government on Friday agreed to extend its role in the U.S.-led coalition against Islamic State to include the bombing of targets in Syria, it said in a statement.A Dutch squadron of six F-16...
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The world in photos this week
A selection of photos from some of this week's biggest news that you might have missed.People sled down the snow on the hill below the U.S. Capitol in Washington January 24, 2016.Health workers walk...
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19 photos of the life of Free Syrian Army fighters
As Syria's bloody civil war enters into its fifth year, the conflict shows no signs of abating.The FSA, led by Colonel Riad al-Asaad, was founded in 2011 and is composed of former military defectors,...
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Experts warn that the US is underestimating a greater jihadist threat than ISIS
A joint report between two Washington, D.C.-based think tanks concludes that the US is dangerously underestimating a jihadist group that could become even more of a threat to the long-term security of...
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Al-Qaeda in Syria tried to merge with a major rival faction — but it...
BEIRUT - The leader of al Qaeda's Syrian wing tried unsuccessfully at a recent meeting to convince rival Islamist factions to merge into one unit, several insurgency sources have told Reuters.Abu...
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At least 60 people killed in ISIS-linked suicide bombing near one of Syria's...
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - At least 60 people were killed, including 25 Shi'ite fighters, and dozens wounded on Sunday by a car bomb and two suicide bombers in a district of Damascus where Syria's...
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Here's how Iraqi and Kurdish forces are training to destroy ISIS
Earlier this month, a spokesman from the Combined Joint Task Force's Operation Inherent Resolve said that ISIS lost 40% of their territory in Iraq and 20% in Syria. In December, Iraq's armed forces...
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Malala seeks to raise $1.4 billion to educate Syrian refugees
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai will seek to inspire world leaders at a conference in London on Thursday to commit $1.4 billion this year to give Syrian refugee children access to education, she told...
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Amid shaky start to Syria talks, ISIS-claimed blast kills 45
A triple bombing claimed by the extremist Islamic State group killed at least 45 people near the Syrian capital of Damascus on Sunday, overshadowing an already shaky start to what are meant to be...
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The death toll from an Islamic State suicide bombing in Syria has risen to...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The death toll from a suicide attack in Damascus on Sunday that was claimed by the Islamic State militant group has risen to more than 70, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
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A top US official just made a rare visit to Syria
GENEVA — A top U.S. official has made a rare visit to Syria, crossing into the Kurdish-held north of the country over the weekend to meet with Kurdish officials and fighters who are battling the...
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More than 3,000 Syrians have fled to Turkey in the past 3 days alone
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - More than 3,000 Turkmens and Arabs fleeing advances by pro-government Syrian forces in the north of Latakia province have crossed into Turkey over the past three days, Turkish...
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Millions of people are being starved to death as food is used as a weapon...
In a Middle East torn apart by war and conflict, fighters are increasingly using food as a weapon.Millions of people across countries like Syria, Yemen and Iraq are gripped by hunger, struggling to...
View ArticleRussia's military is more advanced than people thought
Experts are saying that Russia's military is more advanced than everyone thought, and that Syria has allowed it to showcase its progress to the world.Story by Allan Smith and editing by Chelsea...
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