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Moscow is serious about upping its ground game in Syria
The Russian intervention in Syria has been, by most accounts, a success. And Russian President Vladimir Putin is going to do everything he can to keep it that way.Beginning with an air campaign on...
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RUSSIA: Syria 'de-escalation zones' ban US and coalition planes
MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's representative at the Syria talks says the "de-escalation zones" will be closed to military aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition.Alexander Lavrentyev's comments Friday come a day...
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Syrian 'de-escalation' zones that exclude US warplanes to begin at midnight
The “de-escalation zones” to be established in Syria will be closed to military aircraft from the U.S.-led coalition, the Russian official who signed the new agreement said Friday.The Russian Defense...
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Report: Russia and Iran know Syria is still making chemical weapons
Syria is reportedly still making chemical weapons and Russia and Iran know about it, a western intelligence agency told the BBC,The intelligence document obtained by the BBC says that President Bashar...
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What life is like for a family that fled from Syria to a windowless closet in...
AMMAN: When 37-year-old Abu Jilal came to Jordan in 2013, he thought he’d stay for a month or so until things calmed down in Syria and he could return home.Born in Damascus, Abu Jilal moved around in...
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Russia and the US have agreed to resume a deal to avoid mid-air clashes over...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Russian and U.S. chiefs of general staff agreed on Saturday to fully resume the implementation of a joint memorandum on preventing mid-air incidents over Syria, Russian news...
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Defense Secretary Mattis: The 'Devil's in the details' on Syria...
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday the United States would closely examine proposed de-escalation zones aimed at easing Syria's civil war but warned "the devil's in...
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Syrian Kurds have been armed with high-tech US weaponry that the Pentagon...
Syrian Kurdish fighters are now armed with high-tech American weapons and equipment, but the Pentagon denies supplying it to them, Military Times reports.According to the Times, some Kurds are now...
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ISIS says it beheaded a Russian intelligence officer in Syria
DUBAI (Reuters) - Islamic State has issued a video showing the beheading of what it described as a Russian intelligence officer captured in Syria, the U.S.-based SITE monitoring website reported on...
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The Pentagon is going to arm Syrian Kurds with heavy weapons — and Turkey is...
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — The Trump administration will provide heavier weapons to Syria’s Kurds as they and their allies move closer to an attack on the key Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa, U.S....
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Russia’s plan to end the Syrian Civil War is falling apart
Russia’s plan to establish internationally patrolled safe zones in Syria appears to have lost some support from the Syrian government Monday.told reporters the Syrian government rejects any role for...
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If London were Aleppo — Buckingham Palace destroyed, 4.3 million dead or...
BERLIN (Reuters) - The bullet-riddled, bombed-out buildings of Aleppo may bear little resemblance to London's gleaming skyscrapers but the two cities once had much in common, something German artist...
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Russia's top diplomat is set to meet with Trump as Moscow's alleged meddling...
Washington (AFP) - US President Donald Trump will receive Russia's top diplomat Sergei Lavrov at the White House Wednesday even as a political firestorm has put Moscow's alleged meddling in the US...
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'Was he fired? You are kidding': Russia's foreign minister responds to...
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov appeared to mock reporters Wednesday morning after they asked about the news that FBI Director James Comey had been fired by President Donald Trump the previous...
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The US military's special ops has slowly fallen back to its roots — and it's...
The US military's special operations forces (SOF) are increasingly returning to their roots of advising foreign militaries to fight for them — and it seems to be paying dividends in Iraq and Syria.The...
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The UN is in talks with Iran, Russia and Turkey over who should control Syria...
Geneva (AFP) - The United Nations said Thursday it was in talks with Iran, Russia and Turkey over who should control proposed safe zones in Syria, a key question after Damascus rejected any...
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The US is facing a potential backlash for its growing role in Syrian conflict
With the Trump administration's decision to supply Syria's Kurdish fighters with heavier weapons, U.S. troops inside Syria are in the crossfire between Turkey, a powerful NATO ally, and the Kurdish...
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Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries are squeezing ISIS toward the border with Syria
ERBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraq's Shi'ite paramilitaries launched an offensive on Friday to drive Islamic State from a desert region near the border with Syria as security forces fought the militants in...
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US-backed forces just got ISIS to surrender a Syrian city, and it's not the...
US-backed forces got ISIS fighters to surrender a Syrian town near Raqqa, and, surprisingly, it's not the first time.The Syrian Arab Coalition and Syrian Democratic Forces "completed the liberation of...
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UN to push ahead with Syria peace talks while Assad says they're just for show
The U.N. envoy for Syria says a government delegation attending peace talks in Geneva is "here to work," sidestepping comments by President Bashar Assad that the U.N.-mediated peace talks are just for...
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