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Turkish artillery opened fire on ISIS in Syria
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish artillery hit as many as 10 Islamic State targets inside Syria on Sunday, a military official said on Monday.Up to 50 rounds were fired between 2 and 3 p.m. (1200-1300 GMT),...
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The US-led coalition against ISIS is reportedly weighing a ground incursion...
Defense ministers from the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State militant group discussed the possibility of a Syrian ground incursion two weeks ago but they have not made a decision, an aide to...
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Here are all the places Russia is accused of bombing since agreeing to 'cease...
A cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria, brokered by the US and Russia, officially came into effect last Saturday.Though violence has not stopped, it has "plummeted,"according to AFP's Beirut...
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NATO commander: Russia is using migrant crisis as a 'weapon’ against the west
NATO's top commander warned that Russia and Syria have turned the refugee crisis into a "weapon" against the West at a time when it lacks resources to counter a "resurgent, aggressive" Russia.US Air...
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Something very worrying happened when a Syrian journalist called the State...
A cessation of hostilities agreement in Syria, brokered by the US and Russia, officially came into effect last Saturday.In an attempt to monitor any breaches of the peace deal, the State Department set...
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NATO commander: Russia and Syria are using migration as a weapon
A top United States and North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) commander said Tuesday that Russia and Syria are using migration as a tool to destabilize their European neighbors, and warned of...
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Electricity supply is gradually returning to Syria after being cut across the...
Syria's electricity supply was gradually returning after it was cut across the whole country on Thursday and Internet connections were briefly disrupted, state media said.SANA news agency quoted the...
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Watch US-led coalition airstrikes destroy ISIS' IED and oil facilities
US-led coalition airstrikes against the Islamic State on February 24 and 25 destroyed an IED production/storage facility and an oil-processing facility near Al Qaim, Iraq, and Abu Kamal, Syria.These...
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NATO commander: Russia and Assad are 'weaponising migration' so they can...
Russia and Syria are indiscriminately bombing Syrian civilians to drive the refugee crisis and "weaponise migration," a Nato commander has claimed.General Phil Breedlove, Nato’s Supreme Allied...
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Russia and Syria may be deliberately targeting hospitals in Syria
Russian and Syrian government forces have been targeting hospitals as a strategy of war in Syria's conflict, according to an Amnesty International report.According to the report, there is "compelling...
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The ceasefire in Syria brings a rare glimpse of normality to the region
AMMAN (Reuters) - In the devastated Syrian city of Aleppo, children are outside playing and many people are going to the shops safely for the first time in months thanks to a partial halt to the war...
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Assessing the risk of an ISIS 'dirty bomb'
ISIS’ potential acquisition of radioactive material generates a potential scenario in which the Sunni extremist group may try to produce and use a “dirty bomb”.Over the past two weeks, radioactive...
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Turkey is eyeing closer business ties with Iran
ANKARA (Reuters) - The first visit by a Turkish prime minister to Iran in two years is unlikely to narrow deep divisions over Syria's war, but it could boost trade ties as the lifting of sanctions on...
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Iranian-backed Shiite militias show off US-made equipment in Iraq
Two Iranian-backed Iraqi Shia militias are shown above transporting US-made vehicles and equipment on the road to the central Iraqi city of Samarra, where battles against the Islamic State are...
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Syria’s drought has likely been the worst in 900 years
Syria's civil war has left 250,000 people dead, according to the latest UN count, and millions more are either displaced within the country's borders or have sought refuge abroad.And, while the...
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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.SEE ALSO: Photos take us inside ISIS' underground lairMigrants stand near a burning makeshift shelter set ablaze...
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Rebels in Syria fought with rare, expensive Nazi-made rifles
World War II history buffs are going to lose their minds. A Syrian rebel faction called the al-Tawhid Brigade stumbled on an arms cache of 5,000 German WWII-era Sturmgwehr 44 (STG-44) rifles.The STG-44...
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135 people were killed in the first week of a fragile truce in Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A total of 135 people were killed in the first week of a fragile truce in Syria in areas covered by the cessation of hostilities agreement, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights...
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US: ISIS is losing, fight against them 'going to accelerate'
Islamic State is losing a battle against forces arraigned against if from many sides in Iraq and Syria and the focus would turn to stabilizing cities seized back from them, the US envoy to a coalition...
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Greek prime minister Tsipras says its position in Europe is 'a blessing and a...
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has asked Europe to assist Greece in addressing the ongoing refugee crisis. "Greece will demand that all countries respect the European treaty and that there will be...
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