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Syrians in Germany face a tough fight to be reunited with their families
Berlin (AFP) - Germany, trying to staunch the flow of Syrian refugees, has placed high hurdles for them to be reunited with their families, creating a Kafkaesque nightmare in the courts.As the country...
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Russia's military is lashing out at the UN over aid delivery to Aleppo
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian military is criticizing the United Nations for dragging its feet on delivering humanitarian aid to the areas of Aleppo, which have been recently seized by Syrian government...
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Syrian rebels are mounting a fierce defense of a key Aleppo district
Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) - Rebels put up fierce resistance on Friday in a key district of Syria's battered Aleppo, where a regime offensive has left bodies in the streets and sparked a global outcry.The...
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Infighting among Syrian rebels has strengthened pro-Assad forces in Aleppo
BEIRUT/AMMAN (Reuters) - As the Syrian government and its allies prepared to ramp up their attack on Aleppo in November, one of the rebel groups defending the opposition-held part of the city took up...
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Russia says it will treat rebels who refuse to leave Aleppo as terrorists
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Monday he was confident Moscow and Washington can reach a deal in talks this week on the withdrawal of all rebels from the eastern part...
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A Russian fighter jet has crashed into the Mediterranean after returning from...
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Rebel shelling of the Syrian government-held part of Aleppo killed a Russian nurse in a makeshift Russian hospital in the city on Monday while the Defense Ministry in Moscow said a...
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Aleppo residents are returning to their recaptured neighborhoods, but finding...
Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) - Kafa Jawish hadn't slept in days, daydreaming of seeing her home in east Aleppo for the first time in four years, but when she arrived she found little more than rubble.The...
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KERRY: Not enforcing Obama's red line in Syria 'cost' the US considerably in...
The Obama administration's failure to enforce the "red line" it drew for intervention in Syria against President Bashar Assad in 2012 "cost" the US "significantly" in the Middle East, US Secretary of...
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Assad's forces push further into Aleppo as Russia and China block the UN's...
Syrian government forces gained more ground in the battle for Aleppo on Monday, as Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that sought a seven-day truce in the battered city.Three...
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Ransomed: How one man saved more than 200 Christians from the Islamic State
SAARLOUIS, Germany (AP) — The millions in ransom money came in dollar by dollar, euro by euro from around the world. The donations, raised from church offerings, a Christmas concert, and the diaspora...
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US officials: The fall of Aleppo would be a win for Russia and a defeat for...
U.S.-backed moderate rebels' loss of the eastern half of Syria's largest city Aleppo to Russian-backed government forces would be a defeat for President Barack Obama's efforts to promote democracy and...
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Syrian government forces look closer than ever to achieving their most...
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's army and allies closed in on areas near Aleppo's Old City on Tuesday, looking closer than ever to achieving their most important victory of the five year civil war by...
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Russia is having a bad couple of weeks in Syria
For the most part, Russia's incursion into Syria has met with wild success militarily.Russia's ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, seems stronger than ever and the US has been relegated to a role...
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Turkey is hosting a new round of peace talks between Russia and Syrian rebels...
The US was shut out of a new round of negotiations between Russia and Syrian rebel factions hosted by Turkish officials in Ankara, a source within the Syrian opposition told Business Insider on...
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Syrian army reportedly seizes Aleppo Old City from rebels
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A war monitor said on Wednesday the Syrian army had seized control of all parts of the Old City of Aleppo which had been held by rebels, part of an advance which has seen insurgents...
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Syria rebels call for Aleppo truce to evacuate civilians
Syrian rebels in Aleppo city called Wednesday for an immediate five-day truce and the evacuation of civilians to other opposition-held territory in the northern province, a statement said.The...
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The leaders of 6 major Western nations have called for an immediate ceasefire...
BERLIN (Reuters) - The leaders of six major Western nations called on Wednesday for an immediate ceasefire in the Syrian city of Aleppo and condemned Russia and Iran for supporting the Syrian...
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How Iran helped create a 'kill box' around ISIS' last stronghold in Iraq
BAGHDAD/ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) — In the early days of the assault on Islamic State in Mosul, Iran successfully pressed Iraq to change its battle plan and seal off the city, an intervention which has...
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UN: The US and Russia are "poles apart" in trying to agree on terms for...
GENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and Russia are "poles apart" in trying to agree the terms for evacuating people from besieged east Aleppo in Syria, U.N. Syria humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said...
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More than 150,000 people in Aleppo are 'threatened with extermination'
Tom Miles and Stephanie NebehayGENEVA (Reuters) - The United States and Russia must broker an evacuation from east Aleppo, U.N. Syria humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland said on Thursday, as a local...
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