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Syria launches air strikes as combat rages in Damascus
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Syria launches air strikes as combat rages in Damascus

Syrian war planes attacked towns in the country's north and east and killed at least five civilians in a strike…
Blasts in Damascus, brother of parliament speaker killed
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Blasts in Damascus, brother of parliament speaker killed

Deadly explosions struck a Damascus district housing members of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's Alawi sect live and gunmen killed the…
Opposition: Suicide bomber kills 50 Syrian security men
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Opposition: Suicide bomber kills 50 Syrian security men

An Islamist suicide car bomber killed at least 50 Syrian security men in Hama province on Monday, an opposition group…
Syria rebels clash with Palestinians as envoy due in China
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Syria rebels clash with Palestinians as envoy due in China

  Clashes erupted between Syrian rebels and troops backed by Palestinian fighters near Damascus Tuesday as the UN-Arab League peace…
Airstrikes in Damascus wreck last day of Syria ‘truce’
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Airstrikes in Damascus wreck last day of Syria ‘truce’

Syrian jets bombed parts of Damascus Monday in what residents said were the capital's fiercest air raids yet, underlining the…
Clashes, air strikes in Syria after truce bid fails
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Clashes, air strikes in Syria after truce bid fails

Syrian rebels launched a series of attacks on army positions on Sunday as regime air strikes hit opposition-held towns near…
Fighting erupts near Damascus ahead of truce deadline
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Fighting erupts near Damascus ahead of truce deadline

President Bashar al-Assad's forces fired heavy tank and rocket barrages at a Damascus suburb on Thursday, killing five people, opposition…
Syrian state TV: Car bomb in Damascus, several killed
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Syrian state TV: Car bomb in Damascus, several killed

A car bomb exploded near a police station in the central Bab Touma district of Damascus on Sunday, witnesses said,…
Damascus Embassy inquires about killing of three Egyptians in Syria
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Damascus Embassy inquires about killing of three Egyptians in Syria

Egypt’s acting Ambassador to Syria Alaa Abdel Aziz has submitted an urgent memo to Syrian authorities inquiring into the deaths…
NATO makes plans to back Turkey over Syria spillover
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NATO makes plans to back Turkey over Syria spillover

NATO said it had drawn up plans to defend Turkey if necessary should the war in Syria spill over their…
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