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Pro-Turkish rebels welcome US withdrawal from Syria
Middle East
December 24, 2018
Pro-Turkish rebels welcome US withdrawal from Syria
Residents and fighters in territory held by pro-Turkish rebels in northern Syria cautiously welcomed Washington’s decision to pull out troops,…
Chemical arms watchdog wants to probe alleged Aleppo gas attack
Middle East
November 27, 2018
Chemical arms watchdog wants to probe alleged Aleppo gas attack
The head of the OPCW says the watchdog agency is mulling a mission to Syria to probe an alleged…
50 injured in rebel poison gas attack: Syrian state TV
Middle East
November 25, 2018
50 injured in rebel poison gas attack: Syrian state TV
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — At least 50 civilians were being treated Saturday following a suspected poison gas attack by Syrian…
IS counter-attacks kill 47 US-backed fighters in east Syria: monitor
Middle East
November 25, 2018
IS counter-attacks kill 47 US-backed fighters in east Syria: monitor
Counter-attacks by the Islamic State group have killed at least 47 US-backed fighters over two days as the jihadists struck…
Syria’s national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus
Middle East
October 29, 2018
Syria’s national museum reopens doors in war-scarred Damascus
DAMASCUS (Reuters) – Syria’s National Museum of Damascus opened its rich trove of antiquities to visitors again on Sunday, seven…
Syria: At least 22 killed in Idlib and Aleppo airstrikes
Middle East
August 11, 2018
Syria: At least 22 killed in Idlib and Aleppo airstrikes
Government airstrikes on opposition-held territory in northwest Syria killed at least 22 people, a monitoring group said Friday, as…
Fresh violence mars first day of Syria enclave ‘truce’
Middle East
February 27, 2018
Fresh violence mars first day of Syria enclave ‘truce’
A humanitarian “pause” announced by Russia in Syria’s deadly bombardment of Eastern Ghouta struggled to take hold Tuesday, with fresh…
UN pleads for truce to avert ‘massacre’ as strikes hit Syria’s Ghouta for fifth day
Middle East
February 22, 2018
UN pleads for truce to avert ‘massacre’ as strikes hit Syria’s Ghouta for fifth day
Warplanes pounded the last rebel enclave near the Syrian capital for a fifth straight day on Thursday, as the United…
Still a trickle, but refugees sick of exile return to Syria
Middle East
February 2, 2018
Still a trickle, but refugees sick of exile return to Syria
Desperate to escape Syria’s terrors, Ammar Maarawi bolted. In early 2016, he paid smugglers and endured a dangerous sea crossing…
Assad regime promotes Syria as a ‘tourist’ destination
World
January 20, 2018
Assad regime promotes Syria as a ‘tourist’ destination
It is over a year since Bashar al-Assad’s regime, with the help of Russian air strikes and barrel bombs, pounded…