GENEVA (BLOOMBERG) – The United Nations Security Council approved a resolution authorising the renewal of one checkpoint for aid delivery to Syria after attempts this…
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U.S. envoy says U.N. vote on Russia bid to cut Syria aid access is 'good versus evil'
NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Kelly Craft urged her Security Council counterparts on Wednesday to oppose a Russian bid to…
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Iran news agency reports visit of new Quds chief to Syria
DUBAI (REUTERS) – An Iranian news agency on Saturday (June 27) reported a visit by the chief of the elite Quds Force to eastern Syria,…
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Syrian government orders seizure of assets of president's tycoon cousin Rami Makhlouf
BEIRUT (REUTERS) – The Syrian government ordered the seizure of assets belonging to President Bashar al-Assad’s cousin Rami Makhlouf, one of Syria’s richest men, as…
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Syria confirms first coronavirus case
AMMAN (Reuters) – Syria on Sunday confirmed its first case of coronavirus, in a person who had come from abroad. Health Minister Nizar al-Yaziji told…
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Syria's brutal war enters 10th year, with Assad consolidating control
BEIRUT (AFP) – Syria’s brutal conflict enters its 10th year on Sunday (March 15) with President Bashar al-Assad’s regime consolidating its hold over a war-wracked…
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Berlin to take up to 100 children from Greek refugee camps
BERLIN (Reuters) – Berlin will take in 80 to 100 children from Greek refugee camps, an official in the German capital said on Tuesday, as…
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Turkey shoots down Syrian fighter jets, destroys tanks as tensions rise
AMMAN • The Syrian army confirmed yesterday two of its warplanes were downed by Turkish jets after being intercepted during a combat mission in Idlib…
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Turkey shoots down two Syrian war planes and destroys 100 tanks
Turkey has shot down two Syrian war planes and destroyed more than 100 tanks as tensions between the two countries escalate. President Recep Erdogan's forces…
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Israeli strike in Damascus killed 2 Islamic Jihad members: Group
GAZA (REUTERS) – An Israeli air strike in Damascus overnight killed two members of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the militant group said on Monday (Feb…
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Syrian bomb kills 16th Turkish troop in Idlib this month
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – A Turkish soldier was killed in Syria’s Idlib region in a bomb attack by Russian-backed government forces, the defense ministry said on…
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Flare-up in fighting in northwest Syria pulls in Russian, Turkish forces
AZAZ, Syria/ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkish forces and Syrian rebels fought government troops in northwest Syria on Thursday and Russian warplanes struck back in a sharp…
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Turkey, Russia discussing joint-patrols option in Syria's Idlib: Turkish official
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey and Russia are discussing possible joint patrols around Syria’s northwestern Idlib region as one option to ensure security there, a Turkish…
View More Turkey, Russia discussing joint-patrols option in Syria's Idlib: Turkish official Air strikes hit hospitals, camps in northwest Syria, relief effort overwhelmed: U.N.
BEIRUT/GENEVA (Reuters) – Government air strikes have hit hospitals and displaced persons camps in northwest Syria and killed about 300 civilians as President Bashar al-Assad’s…
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