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The US and Russia just held a passive-aggressive press conference announcing...
Major world powers taking part in a meeting of the International Syria Support Group (ISSG) agreed to implement a "cessation of hostilities" in Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced from...
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Western diplomat on Syria conflict: 'It'll be easy to get a ceasefire soon...
The Syrian Civil War has reached a turning point.Over the past two weeks, the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad seized several villages north of Aleppo, the country's largest city and one of...
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CIA director says ISIS has used and can make chemical weapons
Washington (AFP) - CIA director John Brennan has said that Islamic State fighters have used chemical weapons and have the capability to make small quantities of chlorine and mustard gas, CBS News...
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There's 'going to be a lot more fighting on the ground' before a serious...
World powers said on Thursday that a plan for a "cessation of hostilities" to be implemented next week in Syria had been agreed upon. The members of the International Syria Support Group also announced...
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Assad just made a promise that effectively turns John Kerry's new plan for...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told the AFP on Friday that he vows to regain control over the entire country, even if it takes "a long time.""It makes no sense for us to say that we will give up any...
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Financial power must be Obama’s weapon of choice to save Aleppo
The United States has an Aleppo dilemma.Russian forces, sensing an opportunity to rout the rebels, are bombarding Aleppo from the air and with artillery. The city is close to encirclement and a...
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The battle for Aleppo is at the center of the Syrian chessboard
With ample Russian and Iranian help, regime forces have cut the rebels' main lifeline in the north, and they will likely steer their relentless steamroller to the west unless outside powers take...
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A new peace deal for Syria effectively gives Russia and Assad 'a license to...
The announcement of a timeline for "cessations of hostilities" in Syria on Thursday might actually allow the Assad regime and its allies to continue the Syrian Civil War on their own brutal...
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Iranian foreign minister: 'Iran and Saudi Arabia can have shared interests in...
MUNICH (Reuters) - Iran and Saudi Arabia must overcome strained relations and work for stability in Syria and the Middle East, Iran's foreign minister said on Friday, a day after Syrian peace talks...
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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.Beyonce performs during halftime at Super Bowl 50 at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California on February 7,...
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Medvedev: Russia is not bombing civilians in Syria
MUNICH (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev rejected accusations on Saturday that his country's forces have bombed civilians in Syria, saying this was "just not true"."There is no...
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Obama to Putin: Stop bombing moderate Syrian opposition
President Barack Obama discussed the Syria crisis, including the importance of rushing humanitarian aid to that country and containing air strikes, with Russian leader Vladimir Putin by telephone, the...
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The head of a MSF-backed hospital in Syria claims it was ‘deliberately’...
PARIS (Reuters) - A hospital supported by medical charity Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) in the Idlib province of northern Syria was "deliberately" hit by air strikes on Monday and eight people are...
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Russian PM: 'Russia doesn’t intend to stay in Syria forever'
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said that Russia is not intending on staying in Syria indefinitely. In an interview with Time, Medvedev said that although the Russian military was in Syria...
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At least 7 dead after airstrike hits Doctors Without Borders hospital in...
PARIS (Reuters) - Seven people were killed in air strikes in Syria on a hospital supported by Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF), the charity's France president said on Monday, adding that he believed...
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One of the Obama administration's biggest gambles in Syria is completely...
Turkey's prime minister said on Monday that Ankara will not allow the strategic city of Azaz in northern Syria to fall to Kurdish YPG forces, promising the"harshest reaction" if the Kurds did not...
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Support in Russia for Syria strikes drops double digits to 59 percent
Public support in Russia for the country's air strikes in Syria has slipped since the Kremlin launched its air campaign more than four months ago, a poll showed on Monday, but a comfortable majority...
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EU's Mogherini: 'I have not seen the climate of Cold War' in Syria ceasefire...
The European Union's senior diplomat said on Monday there was no Cold War climate between Moscow and the West as they agreed to a pause in the fighting in Syria, although Russia's prime minister said...
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Close to 50 dead from suspected Russian airstrikes on hospitals and a school...
Close to 50 civilians were killed and more wounded when missiles hit three hospitals and a school in rebel-held Syrian towns on Monday, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, as Russian-backed Syrian...
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Activists in ISIS' self-declared capital are using a cunning ploy to counter...
Activists in Raqqa, the self-declared capital of ISIS, have established a clever system for countering the spread of Islamic State propaganda, a Sky News documentary uncovered.Members of the group...
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