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Assad: Syrian troops advancing thanks to Russian airstrikes
Syria’s president says his forces are advancing on “almost” all fronts thanks to Russian airstrikes that began nearly two months ago and have tipped the balance in his favor in some parts of the country.
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Despite Russian strikes, Syrian rebels hold ground
REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — Despite a month of heavy battering by Russian airstrikes, Syria’s rebels have so far been able to fend off offensives by government forces trying to retake territory from the rebel’s heartland.
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Senior al-Qaida commander killed in an airstrike in Syria
BEIRUT — An airstrike has killed a top al-Qaida commander and two other fighters in Syria, activists said Saturday, but it was not immediately clear whether it was carried out by the U.S.-led coalition or Russian warplanes.
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Syrian troops launch offensive in central Homs province
Syrian troops and their allies launched an offensive in the central province of Homs on Thursday and Russia’s government said its warplanes carried out a rare airstrike near Damascus targeting an Islamic State group position so
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Russia: Military planes carry materials for Syrian tent camp
BEIRUT (AP) — Russian military cargo planes have taken supplies to Syria to set up a tent camp for more than 1,000 refugees, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Saturday as the main Syrian opposition group blasted Moscow over its military presence in the
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Al-Qaida, other groups take last army base in Syria’s Idlib
Al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria and other insurgents on Wednesday captured the last remaining Syrian army air base in Idlib province, following a two-year siege on the facility and expelling all of President Bashar Assad’s military from the northwestern province, state media and activists reported.
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IS beheads leading Syrian antiquities scholar
Islamic State militants beheaded one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra, then hung his body from one of the town’s Roman columns.
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Syrian hard-line faction backs U.S.-Turkey plans for safe zone
A hard-line Islamic faction in Syria expressed support Tuesday for a U.S.-Turkish plan to set up a safe zone free of the Islamic State group in northern Syria.
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Activists: Hundreds of Syrian Christians flee Islamic State group
BEIRUT — Hundreds of Christian families have fled a central Syrian town as Islamic State fighters advance toward it, activists said Saturday, the anniversary of the U.S. beginning airstrikes against the extremists in Iraq.
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Syrian rebel group leaves their HQ after clash with al-Qaida
BEIRUT — Clashes between members of al-Qaida’s branch in Syria and a rebel faction in the country’s north believed to have been trained by the U.S. government have stopped after the rebels left their headquarters, activists said Saturday.
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Assad: Syrian troops advancing thanks to Russian airstrikes
Syria’s president says his forces are advancing on “almost” all fronts thanks to Russian airstrikes that began nearly two months ago and have tipped the balance in his favor in some parts of the country.
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Despite Russian strikes, Syrian rebels hold ground
REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — Despite a month of heavy battering by Russian airstrikes, Syria’s rebels have so far been able to fend off offensives by government forces trying to retake territory from the rebel’s heartland.
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Senior al-Qaida commander killed in an airstrike in Syria
BEIRUT — An airstrike has killed a top al-Qaida commander and two other fighters in Syria, activists said Saturday, but it was not immediately clear whether it was carried out by the U.S.-led coalition or Russian warplanes.
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Syrian troops launch offensive in central Homs province
Syrian troops and their allies launched an offensive in the central province of Homs on Thursday and Russia’s government said its warplanes carried out a rare airstrike near Damascus targeting an Islamic State group position so
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Russia: Military planes carry materials for Syrian tent camp
BEIRUT (AP) — Russian military cargo planes have taken supplies to Syria to set up a tent camp for more than 1,000 refugees, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Saturday as the main Syrian opposition group blasted Moscow over its military presence in the
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Al-Qaida, other groups take last army base in Syria’s Idlib
Al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria and other insurgents on Wednesday captured the last remaining Syrian army air base in Idlib province, following a two-year siege on the facility and expelling all of President Bashar Assad’s military from the northwestern province, state media and activists reported.
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IS beheads leading Syrian antiquities scholar
Islamic State militants beheaded one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra, then hung his body from one of the town’s Roman columns.
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Syrian hard-line faction backs U.S.-Turkey plans for safe zone
A hard-line Islamic faction in Syria expressed support Tuesday for a U.S.-Turkish plan to set up a safe zone free of the Islamic State group in northern Syria.
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Activists: Hundreds of Syrian Christians flee Islamic State group
BEIRUT — Hundreds of Christian families have fled a central Syrian town as Islamic State fighters advance toward it, activists said Saturday, the anniversary of the U.S. beginning airstrikes against the extremists in Iraq.
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Syrian rebel group leaves their HQ after clash with al-Qaida
BEIRUT — Clashes between members of al-Qaida’s branch in Syria and a rebel faction in the country’s north believed to have been trained by the U.S. government have stopped after the rebels left their headquarters, activists said Saturday.
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Assad: Syrian troops advancing thanks to Russian airstrikes
Syria’s president says his forces are advancing on “almost” all fronts thanks to Russian airstrikes that began nearly two months ago and have tipped the balance in his favor in some parts of the country.
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Despite Russian strikes, Syrian rebels hold ground
REYHANLI, Turkey (AP) — Despite a month of heavy battering by Russian airstrikes, Syria’s rebels have so far been able to fend off offensives by government forces trying to retake territory from the rebel’s heartland.
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Senior al-Qaida commander killed in an airstrike in Syria
BEIRUT — An airstrike has killed a top al-Qaida commander and two other fighters in Syria, activists said Saturday, but it was not immediately clear whether it was carried out by the U.S.-led coalition or Russian warplanes.
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Syrian troops launch offensive in central Homs province
Syrian troops and their allies launched an offensive in the central province of Homs on Thursday and Russia’s government said its warplanes carried out a rare airstrike near Damascus targeting an Islamic State group position so
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Russia: Military planes carry materials for Syrian tent camp
BEIRUT (AP) — Russian military cargo planes have taken supplies to Syria to set up a tent camp for more than 1,000 refugees, Russia’s Defense Ministry said Saturday as the main Syrian opposition group blasted Moscow over its military presence in the
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Al-Qaida, other groups take last army base in Syria’s Idlib
Al-Qaida’s affiliate in Syria and other insurgents on Wednesday captured the last remaining Syrian army air base in Idlib province, following a two-year siege on the facility and expelling all of President Bashar Assad’s military from the northwestern province, state media and activists reported.
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IS beheads leading Syrian antiquities scholar
Islamic State militants beheaded one of Syria’s most prominent antiquities scholars in the ancient town of Palmyra, then hung his body from one of the town’s Roman columns.
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Syrian hard-line faction backs U.S.-Turkey plans for safe zone
A hard-line Islamic faction in Syria expressed support Tuesday for a U.S.-Turkish plan to set up a safe zone free of the Islamic State group in northern Syria.
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Activists: Hundreds of Syrian Christians flee Islamic State group
BEIRUT — Hundreds of Christian families have fled a central Syrian town as Islamic State fighters advance toward it, activists said Saturday, the anniversary of the U.S. beginning airstrikes against the extremists in Iraq.
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Syrian rebel group leaves their HQ after clash with al-Qaida
BEIRUT — Clashes between members of al-Qaida’s branch in Syria and a rebel faction in the country’s north believed to have been trained by the U.S. government have stopped after the rebels left their headquarters, activists said Saturday.
