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Turkey accused ISIS of killing 30 civilians in Syria
Istanbul (AFP) - The Turkish army on Monday accused Islamic State (IS) jihadists of killing at least 30 civilians seeking to flee the flashpoint Syrian town of Al-Bab which Ankara and its rebel allies...
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One of ISIS' top commanders in Syria has likely been killed in combat
BEIRUT (Reuters) - One of Islamic State's top commanders in Syria was probably killed in combat as the jihadists sought to stave off an advance by U.S.-backed Syrian forces towards a strategic dam in...
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Russia called the US effort to better arm Syrian rebels a 'hostile act'
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia said on Tuesday that a U.S. decision to ease restrictions on arming Syrian rebels had opened the way for deliveries of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, a move it said...
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US Air Force pilots donned Santa hats during Christmas Day airstrikes on ISIS...
The US-led coalition air campaign against ISIS militants in Iraq and Syria has dragged on for months, but the US airmen mounting the raids haven't lost track of time.During Christmas Day airstrikes...
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'It's quite clear, perfectly obvious': Erdogan accuses the West of backing...
Ankara (AFP) - Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday said the West was breaking promises in Syria, accusing Ankara's partners of backing "terror groups" including IS jihadists in the...
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Aleppo: The massive task of rebuilding a shattered city
Aleppo (Syria) (AFP) - Midnight means lights out in Syria's Aleppo: as the clock strikes 12, overworked power generators shut off across the city, plunging war-ravaged neighbourhoods and heritage sites...
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TURKEY: Peace in Syria can't involve Assad
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A transition towards peace in Syria that involves President Bashar al-Assad is "impossible" as the country's opposition will not accept him, Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut...
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The second black box from crashed Russian plane was found in the Black Sea
Moscow (AFP) - Russian rescuers trawling the Black Sea on Wednesday found the second black box from a Syria-bound military plane that crashed at the weekend with 92 people on board, authorities...
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'Stances have shifted': Russia, Turkey, Iran are discussing chopping Syria...
MOSCOW/ANKARA (Reuters) - Syria would be divided into informal zones of regional power influence and Bashar al-Assad would remain president for at least a few years under an outline deal between...
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This Syrian lawyer used WhatsApp to reach Greece — and is now helping...
"We ran out of gas. We need help."The Greek Coast Guard official wasn't buying it when Mahmoud Alkuder, a Syrian refugee from Aleppo, called him from a Jordanian cell phone number in October 2015...
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Watch a US-led coalition airstrike destroy part of ISIS' oil network near the...
While fighting in western Syria seems to have turned in favor of dictator Bashar Assad and his allies in Iran and Russia, US-led coalition strikes on ISIS continue in the eastern part of the...
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A record number of refugees voluntarily left Germany this year
Nearly 55,000 migrants who were not eligible for or were likely to be denied asylum left Germany voluntarily in 2016, up by 20,000 from the number who left of their own volition in 2015, according to...
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Residents of this Damascus suburb worry they could be the next Aleppo
Now that Aleppo has fallen to President Bashar Assad’s forces, people in Eastern Ghouta, a heavily populated, rebel-held Syrian suburb of regime-stronghold Damascus, are wondering if they will be...
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PUTIN: A cease-fire agreement has been reached in Syria
BEIRUT — Russian President Vladimir Putin says a Syrian cease-fire agreement has been reached with Turkey.Putin said Thursday that Russia and Turkey would guarantee the truce, which is set to begin at...
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Turkey says Hezbollah should leave Syria before the end of the year
ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — Turkey says Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group should withdraw from Syria and a nationwide cease-fire should come into effect before the end of the year.The Iran-backed Hezbollah...
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Shelling and air raids in Syria are tarnishing the new Russian- and...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Clashes, shelling and air raids in western Syria marred a Russian- and Turkish-backed ceasefire that aims to end nearly six years of war and lead to peace talks between rebels and a...
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Syria's current cease-fire could last into 2017 — a potential breakthrough...
A nationwide Syrian cease-fire brokered by Russia and Turkey that went into effect at midnight held Friday despite minor violations, marking a potential breakthrough in a conflict that has disregarded...
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UN Security Council welcomes Russo-Turkish brokered Syria truce, but rebels...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Saturday welcomed a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war, but rebel groups threatened to abandon the two-day-old truce if violations persisted.A...
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ISIS is planning a chemical attack on Britain
LONDON — Britain's Security Minister Ben Wallace has warned that ISIS could be planning a chemical attack on the UK.In an interview with The Sunday Times, Wallace said the terrorist group wants to...
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US Military: Our strikes in Syria have killed at least 188 civilians
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At least 188 civilians have been killed in U.S.-led strikes against Islamic State targets in Iraq and Syria since the operation began in 2014, the U.S. military said in a...
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