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Syrian man arrested after dozens injured, including eight children, in arson attacks in Germany
A Syrian man has been arrested after arson attacks left more than 30 people injured, including eight children. Fires were…
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Iraq steps up repatriations from Islamic State camp in Syria, hoping to reduce militant threats
After U.S.-backed and Kurdish-led fighters defeated the Islamic State group in Syria in March 2019 — ending its self-proclaimed Islamic…
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Russia disrupts Wagner in Syria as Moscow tries to subsume group’s operation: Reports
The Russian ministry of defense blocked Wagner forces from rotating personnel from Africa through the Hmeimim airbase in Syria’s Latakia,…
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Fighting between rival US-backed groups in Syria could undermine war against ISIS
The violence also points to rising tensions between Kurds who dominate the region and the mainly Arab population, opening the…
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Ukraine passes Syria in deaths from cluster bombs, a weapon the world has tried to ban
The bombs open in the air and release scores of smaller bomblets, or submunitions. Russia’s widespread use of them in its…
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Germany deports hundreds of Afghan and Syrian asylum seekers
Germany has deported hundreds of Afghan and Syrian asylum seekers this year and chartered five flights to return people to…
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Suspect in bloody attack in Syria dies in Beirut
“Members of Hezbollah group raided the site, and when he learned that his whereabouts had been discovered, he threw himself…
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Islamic State group still has thousands in Syria and Iraq and poses Afghan threat, UN experts say
The Islamic State group still commands between 5,000 and 7,000 members across its former stronghold in Syria and Iraq and its fighters pose the…
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Human trafficking gang who smuggled over 550 Syrian migrants into the EU dismantled
Spanish police have detained 16 Syrians and three Moroccans who are believed to be part of a larger criminal network…
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Syria extends UN aid from Turkey, US quake waiver expires
After the earthquake killed more than 50,000 people in Turkey and Syria in February, Damascus initially allowed the U.N. to…
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