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Lebanon Army To Act Against Militants Near Border

Lebanese security forces will launch an operation against militants near informal refugee camps in the country's east...

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Scattered Violations of South Syria Ceasefire

Frontlines across three provinces in southern Syria remained mostly quiet on Monday almost 24 hours into an...

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Syria Sides Meet Again In Geneva, With Expectations Low

Syria's government and opposition meet Monday for a seventh round of UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva with little...

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Quiet As Southern Syria Ceasefire Begins Ahead of Talks

A ceasefire brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan brought quiet Sunday to frontlines in southern Syria ahead...

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Quiet As Ceasefire Begins In South Syria

A ceasefire in southern Syria brokered by the United States, Russia and Jordan began at noon local time on Sunday, with...

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Heavy Regime Bombardment Reported Near Damascus

Government forces carried out heavy bombardment Friday of a rebel-held district on the eastern edge of the Syrian...

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Israel Forces Hit Syria Army After New Stray Fire

Israel hit a Syrian regime position on Wednesday night after stray mortar fire from the war-torn country struck the...

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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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Assad Leads Prayers In Rare Appearance Outside Damascus

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad led Eid al-Fitr prayers in the central city of Hama on Sunday, appearing in public...

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Israel Launches Raid On Syria In Return For Projectile Fire

An Israeli aircraft carried out a strike on Syria after 10 projectiles fired from the war-torn country hit the occupied...

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US-Led Coalition Downs Iran-Made Drone In Syria

A US warplane shot down an Iranian-made drone operated by pro-regime forces in southern Syria early Tuesday, officials...

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We Retain the Right To Self Defense

The White House hit back at Russia on Monday after the Kremlin warned it would track US-led coalition aircraft in Syria...

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Russia ‘may Have Killed IS Head Baghdadi’

Russia's defence ministry is investigating whether one of its air strikes in Syria killed the leader of the Islamic...

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Syria Army Reaches Iraq Border After US Tensions

Syrian government troops and allied forces reached the Iraqi border for the first time since 2015 on Friday, a monitor...

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US-Backed Force Advances In Fight For IS Syria Bastion

US-backed Syrian fighters Friday seized part of a district on the western edge of the Islamic State group's Raqa...

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Heavy US-Led Strikes As Fighters Battle IS In Syria’s Raqa

US-led coalition forces launched heavy raids into Friday morning in support of Syrian fighters battling to oust the...

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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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Raqa Campaign Cements Rising Profile of Syria’s Kurds

Syria's Kurds were once a marginalised minority, but now they are leading the charge for the Islamic State group's Raqa...

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Final Evacuation From Rebel-Held Damascus District

More than 1,000 people quit a rebel-held district of Damascus Monday, its governor said, in the final phase of a deal...