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REPORT: Child refugees as young as 15 are working in Turkish factories making...
LONDON (Reuters) - Syrian refugee children have been working in factories in Turkey making clothes for British high street retailer Marks & Spencer and online store ASOS, an investigation by BBC...
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Iran just pulled off a 'soft coup' in Lebanon
The 1990s were a simpler time for Lebanese presidential elections. The headache of the past two-and-a-half years of vacuum, with its byzantine shuffling and reshuffling of alliances; deal-making and...
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Trump cites 'secret tape' as evidence Clinton 'wants to take in as many...
Donald Trump on Monday accused Hillary Clinton of wanting "to take in as many Syrians as possible," referring to a "secret tape" as evidence."Wow, just came out on secret tape that Crooked Hillary...
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Russia is preparing for nuclear war
Across Russia, forty million civilians and military personnel just finished up emergency drills aimed at preparing the general population for nuclear or chemical weapons attacks, the Wall Street...
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US Defense Secretary: Anti-ISIS campaigns in Mosul and Raqqa 'will overlap'
The United States expects the campaigns against Islamic State in Mosul and Raqqa to overlap, U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter said on Tuesday, signaling that a push to start isolating the group's de...
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Trump: Hillary Clinton's Syria policy would 'lead to World War Three'
US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Tuesday that Democrat Hillary Clinton's plan for Syria would "lead to World War Three," because of the potential for conflict with military...
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Turkey says its military operations in Syria won't stretch to Aleppo
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Turkey's military operations in Syria aim to secure control of the towns of al-Bab and Manbij but are not intended to stretch to the city of Aleppo, President Tayyip Erdogan said...
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At least 7 children killed after airstrikes on an elemenatry and middle...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said air strikes killed at least 22 people in a village in Syria's rebel-held Idlib province on Wednesday, seven of them children.The...
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The UK thinks Spain is allowing Russian warships to refuel on their way to Syria
LONDON, Oct 26 (Reuters) - Britain has raised concerns with Spain over the possible refueling of Russian warships on their way to Syria, a spokeswoman for Prime Minister Theresa May said on Wednesday,...
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The Syrian government is arming a Kurdish group to fight against the Turkish...
BEIRUT – A recently-formed group with ties to ruling Kurdish authorities in northern Syria has touted that it will soon launch attacks against Turkish forces backing Free Syrian Army factions.“The...
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UK defense minister hopes for Raqa offensive against ISIS in next few weeks
Brussels (AFP) - British Defense Minister Michael Fallon on Wednesday said he hoped operations will begin shortly against the Islamic State stronghold of Raqa in eastern Syria as anti-ISIS forces close...
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Jihadists 'shave beards' as pressure builds on Mosul
Khazir (Iraq) (AFP) - Islamic State group fighters were shaving their beards and changing hideouts in Mosul, residents said, as Iraqi forces moved ever closer to the city Wednesday and civilians fled...
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One third of Germans fear a war is brewing with Russia over Ukraine, Syria
One in three Germans worry that tensions between the West and Russia over Crimea, Ukraine and Syria could lead to a military confrontation, according to an opinion poll by the respected Forsa institute...
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UNICEF: 22 children killed in air strikes that hit a Syria school
Beirut (AFP) - Air strikes that hit a school in rebel-held Idlib province in northwest Syria killed 22 children and six teachers, the UN children's agency UNICEF said Wednesday."This is a tragedy. It...
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Russia says no warplanes have flown over Aleppo for 9 days
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian and Syrian warplanes have not flown closer than 10 kilometres (6.21 miles) of Syria's Aleppo for nine days, the Russian defence ministry said on Thursday.Rescue workers and a...
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Russia denies responsibility for an air strike on a Syria school that killed...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's foreign ministry said on Thursday Moscow is not responsible for an air strike on a school in Syria's province that led to deaths of 26 civilians, most of them...
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The EU just sanctioned 10 more high-ranking officials linked to Bashar Assad
BRUSSELS, Oct 27 (Reuters) - EU governments put 10 more people under sanctions over the crisis in Syria, targeting high-ranking military officials and senior figures linked to President Bashar...
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Syrian rebels launch major assault to break months-long siege of Aleppo
Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) - Syrian opposition fighters on Friday launched a major assault on government forces to break a months-long siege of rebel-held neighbourhoods of the battered city of Aleppo.Rebel...
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A Russian jet had a close encounter with an American plane over Syria
A Russian fighter jet unintentionally came close to a U.S.-led coalition aircraft over Syria earlier this month, a U.S. defense official said on Friday.The defense official, speaking on the condition...
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In the last 4 years, Brazil has had more murders than Syria
Sao Paulo (AFP) - More people have been murdered over the past four years in Brazil than have been killed in more than five years of war in Syria, a Brazilian group said Friday.Brazil has been...
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