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Trump can be our natural ally, says Bashar Assad
Syrian President says it is unclear if the U.S. President-elect would carry through on those promises
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13 heartbreaking pictures from Battle of Aleppo
Rebel resistance in the Syrian city of Aleppo ended on Tuesday after years of fighting and months of bitter siege
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Drone strike kills Islamic State figures in Syria, some with Paris attack ties
All three belonged to a network led by Boubaker al Hakim
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Syrian Observatory: Aleppo evacuation delayed, not clear why
Opposition officials said they had expected a first group of wounded people to leave on Tuesday evening
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Syria strike kills three IS operatives, some involved in Paris attacks
Pentagon says the three were working together to facilitate attacks against Western targets at the time of the strike
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Syrian Observatory reports suspected gas attack in Islamic State area near Palmyra
The reported attack came from the air and took place near the town of Uqairabat
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France accuses Russia of 'lying' about Syria
French Foreign Minister says Russia is continuing the war aimed at saving Assad and capturing Aleppo
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US-led coalition strike kills Islamic State leader in Syria: Pentagon
Coalition warplanes targeted and killed Tunisian Boubaker al-Hakim in Raqa
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Turkish jets hit 39 Islamic State targets, kill four militants
Turkey's ramping up of its air strikes in northern Syria are part of Ankara's almost four-month-old operation
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Pentagon chief announces 200 more US troops for Syria
Washington already has some 300 special forces troops deployed as military advisers
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Pentagon works to ease Kurdish-Turkish tensions in Syria
A US-led coalition has trained and armed the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces, most of whom are Kurdish
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Justin Trudeau moved to tears after reunion with Syrian refugee
"When I met Mr Prime Minister at that moment, he said two words: 'Welcome home'
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Saudi king on regional tour ahead of GCC summit
The visit comes at the time of a political transition in the US and as conflicts rage in Syria, Iraq and Yemen
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First buses take Aleppo residents back to abandoned homes
Passengers pressed their faces against the glass to catch glimpses of neighbourhoods reduced to rubble
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Blasts hit coalition arms depot in north Syria
A local official said a number of people were injured in the blasts and loaded on to ambulances
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UN warns time 'running out' in Aleppo
On Sunday, a rebel rocket attack killed at least eight primary school children in the Furqan neighbourhood
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Rebel fire on west Aleppo kills 7 children
The rocket fire hit a school in the Furqan neighbourhood, and also injured at least 32 people
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Eight Da’ish suspects detained
All of the arrested suspects were planning to leave for Syria and Afghanistan to join Da’ish
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Russia strikes kill at least 30 militants in Syria: ministry
The strikes, which began on Tuesday, were part of a major operation against militants in Idlib and Homs
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Raids hit three hospitals in northern Syria: monitor
Among the wounded were patients who had been moved there after a hospital in the nearby village was hit on Monday
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Iran missile programme 'non-negotiable'
A meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday urged Tehran to refrain from ballistic missile testing
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Syria regime rolls back rebel gains in Aleppo
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said army recaptured key areas including Dahiyet al-Assad and village of Minyan
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Syrian president laughs when asked about all the children killed in Syria
Syrian president says 'I sleep regular, I sleep and work and eat normal and do sports'
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US backed forces launch assault on Syrian IS 'capital'
Raqa had a population of some 240,000 before 2011 but more than 80,000 people have since fled
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Syria's last weavers abandon looms without thread
Aleppo's rebel-held eastern districts are besieged by government forces, making it impossible to obtain thread
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At least 110 feared dead in migrant shipwreck off Libya
Only 29 people have survived, says UNHCR spokesperson
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UAE court jails Emirati, six other nationals for Hezbollah links
One Emirati and two Lebanese men were given life term, an Iraqi and a Lebanese man were jailed for 15 years each
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Rebel rockets kill 38 in Aleppo
Among those killed over the two-day period were 14 children
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Iraq forces launch operation to cut Mosul off from Syria
More than 17,500 people have fled their homes toward government-held areas since the Mosul operation began
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Russia opposes Syria sanctions after UN gas attacks probe
Security Council set up the so-called joint investigative mechanism to determine who was behind the chemical attacks
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Nearly 50 flee rebel-held Aleppo: Syrian state media
The brief ceasefire in Aleppo had been intended to allow civilians and rebels to leave via eight evacuation corridors
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UN says still no Aleppo medical evacuations, Syria blames UN
The UN wants to use the four-day pause to evacuate hundreds and to make food and aid deliveries, says official
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Viral photo of Syrian boy harmed in airstrike was 'manipulated': Assad
Omran was pulled from the rubble of a house after an airstrike in Aleppo
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EU drops sanctions threat against Russia over Syria
Russia had upstaged the summit by announcing that it would halt hostilities over Aleppo on the same day
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UN to begin evacuations from Aleppo if truce holds
The nearly month-long Russian and Syrian bombing campaign in Aleppo has had "horrific" results with nearly 500 dead
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Putin heads to Berlin for crunch Ukraine, Syria talks
Putin has not visited the German capital since Russia annexed Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula in 2014
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REPLUG: Syrian crisis and World War III
It won’t be wise to ignore warnings that point towards a war on a global scale
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Syria rebels capture emblematic Islamic State stronghold Dabiq
Militants had promised an apocalyptic battle in Dabiq
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German authorities under fire over bomb plot suspect suicide
The suspect was discovered last night hanged in his cell in the eastern city of Leipzig
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World powers to try again for Syria ceasefire
Syria has been plunged into some of the worst violence of the five-year civil war after a hard-won truce collapsed
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Putin 'too embarrassed' to come to Paris: French minister
The Kremlin cancelled Putin's trip after French President insisted Putin also took part in talks about Syria
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Pope begs for immediate ceasefire in Syria
He reiterated his my closeness to all the victims of the inhumane conflict in Syria
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At least 10 people killed in blast in northern Syria: Observatory
Al-Mashi is currently under the control of the Manbij Military Council, the Observatory said
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Putin shuns Paris visit after France offers talks only on Syria
Russia has just indicated that it wants to postpone the planned visit
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Russia vetoes UN demand for end to bombing of Syria's Aleppo
Half of Syria's 22 million people have been uprooted and more than 400,000 killed in the war
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US urges war crimes probe as Syria fight moves to UN
France, meanwhile, is preparing to call a vote to demand an end to Russia and Syria's aerial bombardment of Aleppo
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South Korea, Japan survive scares as China crash
Son Heung-Min keeps Qatar’s World Cup ambitions on hold as Syria overwhelm Asian giants
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No more cards from Syria
The scale may be smaller but the savagery is no less in Pakistan