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Syrian army starts new major offensive in AleppoThe Syrian army announced the start of a new military offensive in the rebel-held east of the city of Aleppo on Thursday, signalling a potential further escalation in a bombing campaign by Russian and Syrian jets that rebels say has already inte More… |
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Syrian army, with Russian air support, enters PalmyraSyrian government forces advanced into Palmyra on Saturday with heavy support from Russian air strikes, taking control of several districts in a major assault against Islamic State fighters, Syrian state media and a monitoring group said. More… |
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Syrian army advances on edge of IS strongholdRussia said on Saturday a Syria ceasefire plan was more likely to fail than succeed, as Syrian government forces backed by Russian air strikes took rebel ground near Aleppo and set their sights on the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa. More… |
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Israel strikes kill 10 members of Syrian armyIsraeli air strikes on Syrian military positions killed at least 10 members of Syria's army, a monitoring group said on Monday, a day after Israel said an attack from inside Syria killed an Israeli boy in the Golan Heights. Is More… |
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Syrian army quits key base after rebel attackThe Syrian army has abandoned its last base near the northern town of Saraqeb after a fierce assault by rebels, further isolating the strategically important second city Aleppo from the capital. But in a political setback to force More… |
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Many killed in Syria rebels' sea attackGunmen in inflatable dinghies attacked a military unit on Syria's Mediterranean coast, state media said on Saturday, the first seaborne assault in a 13-month-old uprising against President Bashar al-Assad. The nocturnal raid, along wit More… |
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Syrian army to halt operations on ThursdayThe Syrian army will stop operations on Thursday morning but remain on alert to confront any attacks, Syrian state television quoted a defence ministry source as saying. 'After our armed forces carried out successful missions in combat More… |
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23 killed in intensifying Syria violenceAt least 23 people were reported killed in Syria on Saturday as violence intensified in the eighth month of unrest against President Bashar al-Assad, pushing the death toll close to 4,600, according to a leading activist group. In a three- More… |
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Syrian troops storm into 'protest city' with tanksSyrian army units stormed into the city of Banias with tanks overnight, attacking Sunni districts that had defied President Bashar al-Assad's autocratic rule, a human rights campaigner said on Saturday. The units entered the coastal ci More… |
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Syrian army opens fire ahead of Deraa protestsSyrian soldiers fired shots in the air in the southern city of Deraa to prevent people attending Friday prayers or protesting, a resident said. "They will open fire (on you) if you leave your house," the resident told Reuters by telephone. More… |
