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Syria violence hits children hardest; Turkey threatens force
Middle East
January 31, 2020
Syria violence hits children hardest; Turkey threatens force
BEIRUT (AP) — A children’s advocacy group warned Friday that nearly half of nearly 400,000 displaced in the Syrian government’s…
Warplanes kill 10, strike hospital in offensive in Syria
Middle East
January 30, 2020
Warplanes kill 10, strike hospital in offensive in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — Warplanes struck a town in a rebel-held enclave in northwestern Syria, killing at least 10 people, including…
UN council members point fingers over Syria aid crossings
Middle East
January 30, 2020
UN council members point fingers over Syria aid crossings
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.N. Security Council members clashed Wednesday over humanitarian needs in war-torn Syria, weeks after the group’s…
Syrian troops capture key town in rebel-held Idlib province
Middle East
January 29, 2020
Syrian troops capture key town in rebel-held Idlib province
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces captured one of the largest and most strategic rebel-held towns in the country’s…
Syrian troops surround rebel-held town on 3 sides
Middle East
January 28, 2020
Syrian troops surround rebel-held town on 3 sides
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Syrian government forces enveloped three sides of a key rebel-held town in the country’s northwest, and…
Thousands flee northwest Syria as Assad pushes closer to Idlib city
Middle East
January 28, 2020
Thousands flee northwest Syria as Assad pushes closer to Idlib city
AZAZ, Syria (Reuters) – A renewed drive by President Bashar al-Assad to recapture rebel-held territory in Syria’s northwest sparked a…
Russia says Syrian army suffers losses, retreats in attack disputed by rebels
Middle East
January 23, 2020
Russia says Syrian army suffers losses, retreats in attack disputed by rebels
Syrian state media said militants launched a major attack on government forces in Idlib on Thursday that Russia’s defense ministry…
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 9, including whole family
Middle East
January 21, 2020
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 9, including whole family
BEIRUT (AP) — An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northern Syria on Tuesday killed at least nine people, including…
Airstrikes hit rebel-held Syrian town despite new cease-fire
Middle East
January 10, 2020
Airstrikes hit rebel-held Syrian town despite new cease-fire
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian warplanes bombed a major rebel stronghold in the country’s northwest on Friday, less than 24 hours…
Erdogan, Putin to launch new gas line, talk Mideast security
Middle East
January 8, 2020
Erdogan, Putin to launch new gas line, talk Mideast security
ISTANBUL (AP) — The Turkish and Russian presidents were in Istanbul on Wednesday to inaugurate the dual natural gas line…