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Watchdog: 29 civilians killed in Syrian attacks on rebel bastion - 01/01/2018

CAIRO (dpa)- At least 29 civilians died in fierce attacks by Syrian government forces on a besieged rebel-held area near Damascus during the past two days, a monitoring group said Sunday. Those...

Aid groups evacuate last of critically ill from Syrian rebel area - 12/30/2017

BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah (dpa)– The Red Cross and Syrian Red Crescent have evacuated the third and last group of critically sick people from a besieged rebel stronghold near the Syrian capital Damascus...

Saudi-led alliance: UN official shows pro-rebel bias in Yemen report - 12/29/2017

Cairo – A Saudi-led air alliance fighting rebels in Yemen has accused a UN humanitarian official of bias in favour of Houthi rebels after he reported civilian deaths from airstrikes in the...

39,000 people killed in Syria war in 2017, monitor says - 12/29/2017

BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah and Ramadan Al-Fatash (dpa)- About 39,000 people, including 10,507 civilians, were killed in the war in Syria in 2017, a monitoring group reported on Thursday. The fatalities...

Russia shifts military focus in Syria to al-Qaeda-linked group - 12/27/2017

MOSCOW (dpa)- Russia has shifted its focus in Syria to rooting out an al-Qaeda-linked group, following the defeat of the Islamic State extremist group in the war-torn country, Russian Foreign...

Russia sets up permanent military presence in Syria - 12/27/2017

MOSCOW (dpa)- The Russian military has begun establishing a permanent presence at Syria's Tartus naval facility and Hmeimim airbase, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday. "Last week...

Syrian opposition rejects Sochi peace talks as violence continues - 12/27/2017

BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah (dpa)- The Syrian opposition has rejected Russia's planned Sochi conference on Syria, suggesting that it is aimed at side-stepping UN-sponsored peace talks in Geneva to end the...

Pope Francis decries global 'winds of war' in Christmas Day message - 12/25/2017

ROME, Alvise Armellini (dpa)- Pope Francis issued a plea for global peace and decried the "winds of war" around the world in his traditional Christmas Day message on Monday, also calling for a...

IS control is decreasing by the day in eastern Syria, watchdog says - 12/25/2017

BEIRUT, Weedah Hamzah (dpa) - Islamic State's control of villages in eastern Syria is decreasing day by day, the head of the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights told dpa on Monday....

Russia to host Syrian peace talks for first time next month - 12/23/2017

MOSCOW (dpa)- Russia will host Syrian peace talks between that country's government and opposition groups for the first time next month in the southern city of Sochi, according to a statement Friday....
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