Politics of Syria

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Dozens Flee Islamist Gunmen In War-Torn Philippine City

Dozens of people ran to freedom through a terrifying gauntlet of military air strikes and Islamist gunmen Saturday,...

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Coalition Forces Reinforce At Key Tanf Garrison In Syria

US-led coalition forces in Syria are reinforcing their garrison near the crucial Al-Tanf border crossing amid a buildup...

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US-Led Strike Kills Founder of IS Propaganda Agency

A US-led coalition air strike on eastern Syria has killed a founder of the Islamic State group's notorious Amaq...

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Russian Warship, Sub Fire Cruise Missiles At IS In Syria

A Russian warship and submarine have fired cruise missiles at Islamic State group targets around Palmyra in Syria from...

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US-Backed Arab Fighters Advance Outside Syria’s Raqa

A US-backed battalion of Syrian Arab fighters edged closer to the outskirts of the Islamic State group stronghold of...

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Putin ‘convinced’ Damascus Not Behind April Chemical Attack

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in an interview published Tuesday, said he was "convinced" the Syrian government was...

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Syrian Hospital Saves Lives By Going Solar

Neo-natal wards and emergency rooms in a northern Syrian hospital will from Tuesday have uninterrupted electricity for...

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Lowest Monthly Civilian Toll In Russia Syria Strikes

Russian air strikes over the past month have killed 27 Syrian civilians, a monitor said Tuesday, the lowest monthly...

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US-Led Syria Strike Kills Scores of Relatives of IS Fighters

Dozens of relatives of Islamic State fighters were killed on Friday in new US-led strikes on Syria, just hours after...

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New US-Led Syria Strike Kills 80 Relatives of IS Fighters

A US-led coalition air strike on the eastern Syrian town of Mayadeen early Friday killed at least 80 relatives of...

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UN Urges Anti-IS Coalition To Protect Civilians

The UN on Friday urged all nations bombing jihadist targets in Syria to better distinguish between civilian and...

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US-Led Strikes Kill 35 Civilians In East Syria

US-led coalition air strikes on Thursday killed at least 35 civilians in an eastern Syrian town held by the Islamic...

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Iraq Probes Report of Rights Abuses In Mosul Operation

Iraq is investigating a report that members of a special forces unit carried out torture, summary killings and rapes...

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No Increase In Civilian Deaths Under Trump

A top US Air Force official on Wednesday denied claims that civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria are soaring under...

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Anti-IS Coalition Trains Policemen In Syria’s Raqa

Dozens of young men gathered Tuesday in a school yard in northern Syria to take the oath at a police graduation...

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Deadliest Month For Syria Civilians In US-Led Strikes

US-led air strikes on Syria killed a total of 225 civilians over the past month, a monitor said on Tuesday, the highest...

International

Government Regains Full Control of Homs

The Syrian government says its forces have regained total control of the central city of Homs after rebels left the...

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Trump Tells Pentagon To ‘annihilate’ IS Fighters

President Donald Trump has told the Pentagon to 'annihilate' the Islamic State group in Syria to prevent the escaped...

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Assad Vows To Continue Working With Iran After Rouhani Win

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad lauded his Iranian counterpart Hassan Rouhani Saturday on his election victory and...