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Airstrikes in Syria's key rebel enclave displace 8,000

Airstrikes in Syria's key rebel enclave displace 8,000
dpa | 12/18/2019 | Politics
BEIRUT (dpa)- Some 8,000 people have been displaced in the past 24 hours by multiple airstrikes by Syrian government forces and allied Russia in the north-western rebel enclave of Idlib, a war monitor reported on Wednesday. "The intensity of the random bombardment in the area, mainly in the...
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Syrian government forces retake control of key road from Kurds

Syrian government forces retake control of key road from Kurds
dpa | 12/12/2019 | Politics
BEIRUT (dpa)- Syrian government forces on Wednesday reopened a major highway in northern Syria once controlled by the country's minority Kurds, Syrian state media and a monitor reported. In October, the Syrian Kurdish militias announced a Russian-brokered deal allowing government forces to deploy...
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Syrian army nears Turkish border as Kurds reach deal with Damascus

Syrian army nears Turkish border as Kurds reach deal with Damascus
Anindita Ramaswamy and Weedah Hamzah (dpa) | 10/14/2019 | Politics
ISTANBUL/BEIRUT, Anindita Ramaswamy and Weedah Hamzah (dpa)- Syrian government forces were deployed on Monday to Kurdish strongholds in north-eastern Syria following an agreement between the Kurds and Damascus to confront a Turkish incursion, a war monitor and state media said. The move means...
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Watchdog: 10 civilians killed in airstrikes on rebel bastion in Syria

Watchdog: 10 civilians killed in airstrikes on rebel bastion in Syria
dpa | 08/17/2019 | News
CAIRO (dpa)- At least 10 civilians, including seven from one family, were killed on Saturday in airstrikes by Syrian government forces and allied Russia on the last major rebel stronghold in the war-torn country, a monitoring group reported. The Syrian forces, supported by Russian air power, have...
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Watchdog: Syrian forces capture key town in rebel enclave

Watchdog: Syrian forces capture key town in rebel enclave
dpa | 08/12/2019 | Politics
CAIRO (dpa)- Syrian government forces on Sunday captured a key town from rebels in the last major opposition stronghold in the country, a war monitor reported. The government forces seized the strategically important town of al-Habeet in the southern section of the province of Idlib in...
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Government forces capture two strategic areas in north-western Syria

Government forces capture two strategic areas in north-western Syria
dpa | 07/29/2019 | Politics
BEIRUT (dpa)- Syrian government forces backed by their Russian allies on Monday captured two north-western villages, which have been under rebel control for around two months, a monitor group and activists said. Government forces managed to capture the villages of al-Jabeen and Tel Maleh in Hama...
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Government forces launch south Syria attack despite ceasefire

Government forces launch south Syria attack despite ceasefire
AFP | 07/10/2017 | Politics
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Syrian government forces launched an attack on rebels in a southern province on Monday despite a ceasefire, but state media said the assault was against the Islamic State group. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitor, said the assault in Sweida province...
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IS kills 26 Syria regime fighters in Homs: monitor

IS kills 26 Syria regime fighters in Homs: monitor
AFP | 12/08/2016 | Politics
BEIRUT, LEBANON- Islamic State group jihadists killed at least 26 members of Syrian government forces on Thursday in an assault on regime positions in the central province of Homs, a monitor said. IS launched simultaneous attacks near the Mahr and Shaar oil and gas fields and elsewhere in the...
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Syria state media say largest Aleppo rebel area retaken

Syria state media say largest Aleppo rebel area retaken
AFP | 11/26/2016 | Politics
DAMASCUS, SYRIA- Syrian government forces have retaken "full control" of the rebel-held district of Masaken Hanano in northern battlefield city Aleppo, state media said on Saturday. State television said "the armed forces retook full control" of the largest rebel district in the east of the city,...
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