Politics of Syria

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Israeli Plane Hits Syrian Army In Latest Golan Exchange

An Israeli warplane struck a Syrian army post on Friday, the Israeli military said, hours after stray fire from Syria's...

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Israeli Plane Targets Syrian Army In Latest Golan Exchange

An Israeli warplane struck a Syrian army post on Friday, hours after stray fire from Syria's civil war hit the...

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IS Withdraws From Syria’s Aleppo Province

The Islamic State group no longer has a presence in Syria's Aleppo province after withdrawing from a series of villages...

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‘Alarming’ Number of Threats Over Suspected IS-Links In Iraq’s…

The UN voiced alarm Friday at rising threats against civilians in Mosul suspected of ties to the Islamic State group as...

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US-Backed Forces Cut Off Last IS Escape Route From Raqa

US-backed forces cut off the last escape route for the Islamic State group from Raqa on Thursday, a monitor said,...

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Women, Children Returning From IS Warzones

Women and children involved with groups like Islamic State are increasingly returning to their home countries in...

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Syria Christians Take On IS In Raqa

An ivory-coloured rosary swings from the rearview mirror of Abboud Seryan's pickup truck as he speeds through Syria's...

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UN Envoy Optimistic Over Syria Talks In July

The UN envoy for Syria said Tuesday he hoped that talks set to begin next week in Astana would help create favorable...

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Macron, Trump Vow ‘joint Response’ If Chemical Attack In Syria

US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed during a telephone call Tuesday on the need...

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US Suspects Chem Weapons ‘activity’ At Syria Base Used In Attack

The US warning that Syria may be preparing another chemical weapons attack was based on suspect activity at the launch...

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Syria’s Assad Visits Russian Airbase

President Bashar al-Assad toured a Russian airbase in western Syria on Tuesday in his first official visit to Moscow's...

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Dozens Dead In US-Led Strikes On Jihadist-Run Syrian Prison

US-led coalition air strikes killed nearly 60 people at a Syrian prison run by the Islamic State group, a monitor said...

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US Wants To Steer Clear of Syrian Civil War

The United States will not be drawn into Syria's civil war, US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has said, despite an...

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US Warns Syria Over ‘potential’ Plan For Chemical Attack

The US says it has identified “potential preparations” for another chemical attack in Syria, and issued a stark...

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US Says Assad May Be Preparing Chemical Attack, Warns ‘heavy Price’

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad may be preparing a chemical weapons attack that would result in the "mass murder" of...

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Israel Targets Syria After Fresh Stray Fire

Israeli forces fired on Syrian regime positions after projectiles from the war-torn country hit the occupied Golan...

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Multinational Forces Could Patrol Syria ‘de-Escalation Zones’

Turkey on Thursday said multinational forces from differing sides in the Syria conflict could be deployed to ensure...

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Macron Unveils France’s New Realpolitik For Syria

Recalibrating France's long-held policy of insisting that Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad must step down, President...

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Removing Assad No Longer Priority In Syria

France no longer sees the departure of President Bashar al-Assad as a priority in the Syrian conflict, President...