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Russian and Turkish combat planes have carried out their first joint...
Four Su-24Ms, four Su-25s and one Su-34 bomber of the Russian Air Force along with four F-16 and four F-4 jets belonging to the Turkish Air Force have carried out their first joint strike in Syria on...
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US kills more than 100 al Qaeda operatives in airstrike on Syrian training camp
Last evening, the US military killed more than 100 al Qaeda fighters in an airstrike on a training camp in Syria. The US has launched five attacks against al Qaeda’s network in Syria since the...
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Syrian rebels meet in Kazakhstan ahead of peace talks
ASTANA, Kazakhstan (AP) — Syrian rebel delegates are meeting in Kazakhstan ahead of talks with government representatives that are scheduled to begin Monday.The talks in the Kazakh capital, Astana, are...
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US Military: Claims that we’re on combat missions with Russia are ‘rubbish'
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian Defense Ministry says its warplanes have flown first combat mission in Syria with US-led coalition aircraft.In a statement, the Defense Ministry also claimed that the Russian...
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Failures in the fight against ISIS reveal some uncomfortable truths about the...
There are at least four separate coalitions that claim to be battling the extremist group Islamic State (IS). Three of those coalitions are reporting great success, and the failures of the fourth...
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The UN refugee agency is asking for nearly $8 billion to help displaced Syrians
HELSINKI (AP) — As talks between Syrian factions and the government concluded in Kazakhstan, U.N. agencies and non-governmental groups at an aid conference in Finland appealed Tuesday for more than $8...
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Turkey, Russia, and Iran just failed to make peace in Syria — now the US may...
Peace talks between the Syrian government and opposition in Kazakhstan were a coup for their international sponsors, but exposed the limits of what Russia, Turkey and Iran can achieve in their efforts...
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The 7-year-old Syrian girl whose tweets went viral has pleaded with Trump in...
Seven-year-old Aleppo girl whose Twitter posts on the war-ravaged Syria made headlines across the world has written a letter to the new US President, Donald Trump, seeking his help for the Syrian...
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A draft executive order to be signed by Trump promotes building civilian safe...
An executive order drafted for U.S. President Donald Trump to sign would direct the secretaries of state and defense to produce a plan for safe areas for civilian refugees inside of Syria and other...
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A high-profile Democratic congresswoman says she met with Assad on her secret...
A high-profile Democratic congresswoman from Hawaii said she met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad during a secret "fact-finding" trip she took to the country recently.Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, of...
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Russia: US should 'thoroughly calculate all possible consequences' of setting...
MOSCOW (AP) — The Kremlin said Thursday that a U.S. plan for safe zones in Syria should be thoroughly considered.Asked to comment on a draft executive order that President Donald Trump is expected to...
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Britain: We're 'open-minded' on the timeline for Assad relinquishing power
LONDON (Reuters) - Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson said on Thursday Britain was "open-minded" about the timescale for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad relinquishing power and did not rule out joining...
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ISIS is losing massive amounts of territory — here's what they've left behind
The big fight for the Iraqi city of Mosul is yet another case of ISIS losing the ground it seized in its blitz across Iraq and Syria in 2014.Just last week, Iraqi forces reclaimed the eastern half of...
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Trump says Syrian Christians will be given priority when applying for refugee...
WASHINGTON, Jan 27 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump said on Friday that Syrian Christians will be given priority when it comes to applying for refugee status in the United States."If you were a...
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Trump's refugee order dashes the hopes of Iraqis who helped the US
Iraqis who say their lives are in danger because they worked with the U.S. government in Iraq fear their chances of finding refuge in the United States may vanish under a new order signed on Friday by...
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Legal challenges are already being presented to Donald Trump's ban on Muslim...
Lawyers representing two Iraqi refugees have filed legal challenges to President Donald Trump's executive order barring citizens and refugees from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the US.The...
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Kellyanne Conway on Trump executive orders: 'Get used to it … he's just...
Top Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway took to Twitter on Saturday to praise the president's executive actions halting refugee admission to the United States. "Get used to it. @POTUS is a man of action and...
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'I am heartbroken': Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai condemns Trump's...
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai condemned President Donald Trump on Friday for his executive order barring refugees from seven Muslim-majority nations from entering the US."I am heartbroken...
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Trump's plan for safe zones in Syria risks dragging the US into war
President Donald Trump said this week that he would "absolutely do safe zones in Syria" to stem the flow of refugees into other countries.Trump is expected to ask the Pentagon and State Department to...
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32,000 Syrian refugees got regular cash payments for a year — and it led to...
In tandem with large-scale humanitarian efforts, researchers are experimenting with a simple way to help refugees escape poverty, improve their diets, boost attendance rates at school, cut down on...
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