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As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians
Middle East
August 22, 2019
As warm welcome chills, Turkey clamps down on Syrians
BEIRUT (AP) — Mustafa, a 21-year-old Syrian in Turkey, was at the shoe factory in Istanbul where he worked making…
Syrians facing forced removal from Istanbul given temporary reprieve
Middle East
August 21, 2019
Syrians facing forced removal from Istanbul given temporary reprieve
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey has extended to Oct. 30 its deadline for Syrian migrants not registered in Istanbul to leave…
Activists: Airstrikes halt Turkish convoy on road in Syria
Middle East
August 19, 2019
Activists: Airstrikes halt Turkish convoy on road in Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Airstrikes halted a Turkish military convoy carrying ammunition after it crossed into northern Syria on Monday,…
Airstrikes on Syrian rebel stronghold kill family of 7
Middle East
August 18, 2019
Airstrikes on Syrian rebel stronghold kill family of 7
BEIRUT (AP) — Government and Russian airstrikes pounded the southern edge of a rebel stronghold in Syria’s northwest on Saturday,…
Syria’s Aleppo symbol of Assad’s wins and of enduring war
Middle East
August 13, 2019
Syria’s Aleppo symbol of Assad’s wins and of enduring war
ALEPPO, Syria (AP) — Members of the al-Ali family were walking home from shopping when several shells slammed into the…
Syrian troops take village, push toward key rebel-held town
Middle East
August 7, 2019
Syrian troops take village, push toward key rebel-held town
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian state-run media say government forces have captured a northwestern village and are getting closer to the…
US welcomes conditional truce in Syria’s Idlib region
Middle East
August 4, 2019
US welcomes conditional truce in Syria’s Idlib region
The United States Sunday welcomed a ceasefire in Syria’s northwestern Idlib region after months of deadly government bombardments but insisted…
No air strikes in northwest Syria after ceasefire: monitor, rebel
Middle East
August 3, 2019
No air strikes in northwest Syria after ceasefire: monitor, rebel
BEIRUT (Reuters) – A ceasefire in northwest Syria reduced violence in the rebel bastion, a monitor said, with no air…
Syria regime agrees to Idlib truce if buffer zone implemented
Middle East
August 2, 2019
Syria regime agrees to Idlib truce if buffer zone implemented
The Syrian government has agreed to a truce in the war-torn northwestern region of Idlib on condition a Turkish-Russian buffer-zone…
Two-thirds of U.N. Security Council ask U.N. chief for Syria hospital attacks inquiry
Middle East
July 31, 2019
Two-thirds of U.N. Security Council ask U.N. chief for Syria hospital attacks inquiry
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Two-thirds of the United Nations Security Council – including the United States, Britain and France –…