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Thousands flee northwest Syria as Assad pushes closer to Idlib city
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Thousands flee northwest Syria as Assad pushes closer to Idlib city

AZAZ, Syria (Reuters) – A renewed drive by President Bashar al-Assad to recapture rebel-held territory in Syria’s northwest sparked a…
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 9, including whole family
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Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 9, including whole family

BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northern Syria on Tuesday killed at least nine people, including…
Airstrikes hit rebel-held Syrian town despite new cease-fire
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Airstrikes hit rebel-held Syrian town despite new cease-fire

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes bombed a major rebel stronghold in the country’s northwest on Friday, less than 24 hours…
Unidentified planes strike targets in eastern Syria: reports
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Unidentified planes strike targets in eastern Syria: reports

BEIRUT (AP) — Unidentified planes struck targets in Syria near the border with Israel on Friday, reports said, triggering “a…
Iran strikes back at US with missile attack at bases in Iraq
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Iran strikes back at US with missile attack at bases in Iraq

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran struck back at the United States early Wednesday for killing a top Revolutionary Guard commander,…
Iranian general transformed Syria’s war in Assad’s favor
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Iranian general transformed Syria’s war in Assad’s favor

BEIRUT (AP) — When Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to Tehran last year, the powerful Revolutionary Guard…
Shelling hit school killing 6 in rebel-held Syrian village
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Shelling hit school killing 6 in rebel-held Syrian village

BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian government forces shelled a rebel-held village in the country’s northwest on Wednesday, hitting a school and…
Relief group says 216,000 have fled homes in northwest Syria
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Relief group says 216,000 have fled homes in northwest Syria

BEIRUT (AP) — More than 200,000 men, women and children fled their homes in northwest Syria in buses, trucks and…
Thousands flee bombardment in northwest Syria, head to Turkish border
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Thousands flee bombardment in northwest Syria, head to Turkish border

BEIRUT (Reuters) — Thousands of people have fled to the Turkish border from the last big opposition stronghold in northwestern…
Russian forces enter former Islamic State stronghold in Syria after U.S. pullback
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Russian forces enter former Islamic State stronghold in Syria after U.S. pullback

MOSCOW (Reuters) — Russian forces have entered Raqqa, the former de facto capital of the Islamic State caliphate, in one…
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