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SYRIA NEWS
Syria’s Assad to head to China as Beijing boosts its reach in the Middle East
China has been expanding its reach in the Middle East after mediating a deal in March between Saudi Arabia and…
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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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Lebanese premier warns Syrian refugees pose a danger to the small nation’s balance
Over the past months, thousands of Syrian citizens made it to Lebanon through illegal crossing points seeking a better life.…
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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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Syria’s Assad abolishes notorious military field courts
In a statement published on its social media accounts, the Syrian presidency said the decree ends the work of Legislative…
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Syrian insurgents kill at least 9 soldiers in attack in the country’s northwest
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, an opposition war monitor, said nine soldiers died as well as one of…
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US-led coalition against ISIS urges calm in north-east Syria after clashes
“Anytime there is a distraction from the defeat ISIS mission, obviously, that’s a challenge,” Brig Gen Pat Ryder said at…
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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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