Bashar al-Assad

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Turkish Army Urges Syrians To Seek Safety As Rebels Push On Al-Bab

The Turkish army has dropped leaflets on the Islamic State-held city of al-Bab in Syria urging civilians to seek...

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IS Retakes Ancient Syrian City

The Islamic State (IS) group has retaken the Syrian city of Palmyra, hours after Russian air strikes appeared to have...

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Islamic State Fighters Re-Enter Ancient Palmyra In Syria

A look inside the ruins after they were recaptured from so-called Islamic State in March Islamic State group fighters...

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Russia Awards Medals To Dead and Wounded

The women were serving as medics at a field hospital in western Aleppo. A mortar struck the hospital on Monday. A...

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Army ‘suspends Aleppo Fighting’

The move is to allow for the evacuation of civilians trapped in the battle zone. Mr Lavrov said some 8,000 people would...

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Aleppo Battle: Victory In City Would Be ‘huge Step’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has said a victory for his army in Aleppo would be a "huge step" towards ending the...

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Syria Rebels ‘withdraw From Old City’

Syrian rebels have left the last areas they held in Aleppo's old city, while calling for a five-day truce to allow the...

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Russia, China Vote Against Aleppo Ceasefire

Russia and China on Monday vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire in the Syrian...

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7-Year-Old’s Twitter Goes Silent

Bana Alabed, a 7-year-old Syrian girl who captured the world's attention with heartbreaking Twitter posts about the...

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Vladimir Putin Reaches Out To Donald Trump

President Vladimir Putin says Russia wants to normalise ties with the United States and join efforts in the fight...

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Aleppo Defeat ‘not the End For Rebels’

The fall of rebel-held eastern Aleppo would not mean the end of the fight against President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian...

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Syrian Forces Capture Key Aleppo Area

Syrian government forces have captured a key part of eastern Aleppo, splitting rebel-held territory in two. State TV...

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Syria Army Makes Rapid Gains In Rebel-Held East Aleppo

Syrian government forces have been making rapid advances into eastern Aleppo, forcing thousands of civilians to flee....

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Syria Forces ‘retake’ Second Aleppo Area

Syrian government forces have retaken a second rebel-held district in eastern Aleppo, military sources say. They say...

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Syria Troops ‘retake’ Key Aleppo District

Syrian government forces have retaken the largest rebel-controlled district in eastern Aleppo, state media report. The...

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Syria’s White Helmets Apologize For Mannequin Challenge Video

It's a familiar scene: Syria Civil Defence, also known as the "White Helmets," rushing to rescue a man covered in...

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World Should Stop Turning A Blind Eye To Syria

France has accused Syria and its allies of using political uncertainty in the US to launch "total war" against...

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Trend of Election Violence In UK, USA and Ghana

Trend of election violence in UK, USA and Ghana “You got to punch him in the face, I tell you”. This rhetoric...

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Syria Conflict: Almost One Million Living Under Siege

The number of people living under siege in Syria has doubled this year to almost one million, the UN says. Emergency...