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US-Backed Syria Fighters Near Old City of IS-Held Raqa

US-backed Syrian fighters battling the Islamic State group pushed closer to the Old City in the jihadist stronghold of...

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US-Backed Syria Force Advances In Raqa, Battles For Base

US-backed Syrian fighters said they had seized a second district of Raqa on Sunday and launched a renewed assault on a...

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US-Backed Syria Force Fights For IS-Held Base Near Raqa

US-backed fighters battled on Sunday to dislodge jihadists from a key military base north of Raqa city, the heart of...

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Syria Army Says It Holds Fifth of Key Desert Territory

Syrian pro-government forces now hold more than a fifth of the country's strategic desert, the army said Saturday,...

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When IS Group Reign Ends, Who Will Rule Syria’s Raqa?

The battle by US-backed forces to oust the Islamic State group from its Syrian bastion of Raqa will solve one problem...

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Syria Army Takes Aleppo Town From IS

Syria's army Sunday seized a key town from the Islamic State group in the east of Aleppo province, a military source...

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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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Syria Army Takes Control of Damascus-Palmyra Road

The Syrian army is in full control of the highway from Damascus to ancient Palmyra for the first time since 2014 after...

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Syria Army Retakes Villages After Deadly IS Attack

The Syrian army has regained full control of two central villages from the Islamic State group after an attack that...

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US-Led Coalition ‘strikes Pro-Assad Convoy’

US-led coalition aircraft have bombed a convoy of pro-Syrian government forces in a remote area near the border with...

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Evacuation of Rebel Damascus District Begins

Civilians and rebels began evacuating a third opposition-held district of Damascus on Sunday, bringing the government...

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As Fighting Ebbs In West Syria, Army Looks East

With hostilities subsiding on Syria's western battlefronts, President Bashar al-Assad's army is seeking to head off...

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Army Makes Gains In Rebel Area of Damascus

Syrian government forces have gained ground in a rebel-held district of Damascus as part of the regime's efforts to...

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Israeli Missiles Hit Near Damascus Airport

A huge blast which struck near Damascus airport early on Thursday was caused by Israeli missiles hitting a "military...

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Israel Blamed As Blast Sparks Huge Fires At Damascus Airport

A massive explosion struck near Damascus International Airport early today setting off large fires, a monitoring group...

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Huge Blast Near Damascus Airport, ‘probably’ Israeli Strike

A huge explosion hit near Damascus International Airport early Thursday setting off large fires, with Syrian regime...

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Mass Funeral For Dozens Killed In Attack On Evacuees

Hundreds gathered at a Shiite Muslim shrine south of Damascus on Wednesday to mourn the victims of a suicide bombing...

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US-Backed Forces Enter Major Jihadist-Held Syria Town

A US-backed alliance of Arab-Kurdish forces entered the key jihadist-held town of Tabqa on Monday as they pursued their...

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Government Forces Advance Against Rebels North of Hama

The Syrian army and allied forces have advanced against rebels in western Syria near Hama city, building on recent...