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More than 235,000 flee intense bombing in north-west Syria
BEIRUT (AFP) – Civilians on Friday (Dec 27) packed a road leading out of north-west Syria, where two weeks of heightened regime and Russian bombardment…
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Syria regime advances in Idlib, nine civilians killed
MAARET AL-NUMAN, Syria (AFP) – Regime forces have seized dozens of towns and villages in north-west Syria from militants following days of violent clashes, fuelling…
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7 dead, more than a dozen wounded in airstrikes on rebel-held Syrian town
Airstrikes on a rebel-held town killed seven people and wounded more than a dozen Saturday in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, the last remaining rebel…
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Tens of thousands of civilians flee renewed Syria violence
BEIRUT (AFP) – Tens of thousands of civilians are fleeing bombardment in Syria’s Idlib region, the UN said, as fighting flares in the militant bastion…
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Bosnia postpones repatriation of ex-IS fighters from Syria
SARAJEVO (Reuters) – Bosnia said on Friday that the repatriation of nine ex-Islamic State fighters, along with wives and children, from Syria that had been…
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Airstrike on market in Syrian rebel-held town kills 10
BEIRUT (AP) – Syrian opposition activists say an airstrike on a market in a rebel-held town in the country’s northwest has killed at least 10…
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American Kurds take up Syria fight
The visit of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan to the White House this week reignited the controversy over his country’s actions against Syria’s Kurds. And…
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Coalition fighting Islamic State had 'difference of opinion' on repatriation of detainees
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Members of a coalition fighting Islamic State had a “difference of opinion” at a meeting in Washington on Thursday on whether jihadi…
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Congress and White House at odds as Erdogan and Trump set to meet
US Congress prepares possible economic sanctions as White House seeks to manage friction with a NATO ally. Washington, DC – When Turkish President Recep Tayyip…
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Turkish forces in patrol shoot at protesters in Syria's Kobani: witness, Observatory
BEIRUT (Reuters) – Turkish forces conducting a joint patrol in northern Syria under a Russian-Turkish deal fired live rounds on Tuesday at protesters near the…
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Damascus attack hit Islamic Jihad official's home, group says
GAZA (Reuters) – The Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad said an attack was carried out against the home of one of its officials in Damascus…
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Turkey starts repatriating Islamic State detainees
ANKARA (Reuters) – Turkey said on Monday it had deported two captives from Islamic State — a German and an American — beginning a programme…
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Erdogan says U.S. not fulfilling Syria promises, ahead of Trump talks
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused the United States and Russia on Thursday of failing to fulfill their part of a deal for…
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