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'Syrians are not terrorists,' refugee tells America
US House of Representatives voted to ban Syrian refugees from entering the US without tougher screening measures
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Russia ready to work with anti-IS coalition if it respects Syria
Foreign minister says they are ready for practical cooperation with those countries which are part of the coalition
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Obama says Syria settlement needed to eliminate Islamic State
Says there can be no end to Syrian crisis while President Bashar al Assad remains in power
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French, Russian raids in Syria kill 33 Islamic State militants in 72 hours
France intensified strikes on Raqa following last week's attacks in Paris that left 129 dead
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Obama says wants Russia to shift focus on Islamic State
Obama wants Moscow to shift its focus from propping up Syria's government to fighting Islamic State
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Crash over Sinai: Russia confirms bomb brought down Egypt plane
Putin pledges to hunt down and ‘punish’ those behind the attack
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Iran's Rouhani tells Hollande need 'all our might' to fight Islamic State
Hollande and Rouhani insist on the importance of the Vienna peace talks to resolve the conflict in Syria
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VIDEO: Is the US behind the creation of ISIS?
Ben Swann explains that it was also direct US action, and not only inaction, that led to creation of IS
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UK's Cameron says still needs to convince lawmakers to back Syria air strikes
Cameron says he would take immediate action if British interests were at stake
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Iran says up to Assad to decide on Syria election run
The remarks came after officials said agreement was reached on a roadmap to a more inclusive government in Damascus
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'Deep breaths' for tough new Syria talks in Vienna
"Walls of mistrust within Syria, within the region, within the international community are thick and they are high"
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Key Syria talks to seek agreement on opposition list
The talks will bring together around 20 countries and international bodies to try to agree on a roadmap for peace
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US-Russia military communication improves in Syria: general
Pentagon and Moscow officials drew up a memorandum of understanding on flight safety guidelines
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IS frees 37 kidnapped Syrian Christians: NGO
Most of the released hostages were women who were abducted more than eight months ago
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UN watchdog confirms Syria mustard gas use, chlorine attack
3 reports have been sent by OPCW to the body's 192 members after separate missions to investigate incidents in Syria
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Obama says Syria deployment doesn't break no 'boots on ground' pledge
Obama says he is not putting US troops on the front lines fighting firefights with Islamic State
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UN panel head gears up for tough Syria gas attacks probe
Russia, Syria's ally, has long maintained that there is no hard proof linking President Assad's forces to the attacks
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Syria — a glimmer of light
A meeting in Vienna on Syria went on longer than expected and had an outcome that was as unexpected as it was welcome
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Death toll from Syria marketplace attack reaches 70: MSF
The bombardments came as air raids by Syrian government forces and Russian warplanes intensified across the country
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Special forces in Syria don't mean USA entering civil war - Kerry
The decision is strictly focused on fighting Islamic State insurgents, says US Secretary of State
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Russia says hit 1,623 targets in Syria in bombing campaign
Overall Russian planes made 1,391 sorties, destroying 1,623 terrorist targets
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Obama has authorised the first sustained deployment of special forces to Syria
Officials indicated the new mission would echo existing operations in Iraq
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Iran backs six-month Syria "transition" ahead of peace talks
US says it is looking for signs of compromise from Tehran and Moscow
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Syria regime raids kill 8 civilians outside Damascus
Reports suggest one of the raids hit a field hospital, while a street market was also targeted
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Assad accuses West of backing 'terrorist' groups in Syria
Assad said terrorism was 'the main cause of the suffering of the Syrian people'
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Iran foreign minister will join Syria talks in Vienna
Mohammad Javad Zarif will join international talks this week aimed at ending the four-year conflict
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Israel says citizen, likely Arab, used paraglider to enter Syria
Investigators says he sought to join Islamic State or other insurgents trying to bring down Syrian president
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US, Saudi urge international push on Syria
Kerry thanked the king 'for Saudi Arabia's support to multilateral efforts to pursue a political transition in...
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Former bodyguard of Iran's ex-president killed in Syria – Fars
Abdollah Bagheri Niaraki was killed while defending a religious site near Aleppo
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Nearly 450 killed in Russian strikes on Syria: monitor
Of the total killed since then, 151 are civilians and include 38 children and 35 women
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Russia to hold key Syria talks with US, Saudi Arabia and Turkey
On September 30 Russia launched air strikes in Syria allowing Assad's battle-weary forces to go on the offensive
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US slams Assad's 'red-carpet' welcome in Moscow
US views Assad, as someone who has used chemical weapons against his own people
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Canada withdrawing fighter jets from Iraq, Syria, Trudeau tells Obama
Canada last year deployed CF-18 fighter jets to the region until March 2016
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Three-foot-tall militant barely as tall as his Kalashnikov
The three-foot-tall dwarf is reportedly enlisted with the al Qaeda linked group Jabhat al-Nusra
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Iran returns Saudi accusations of cross-border meddling
Saudi foreign minister accuses Iran of sending "Shia militias" to support Assad; calls Tehran "occupier of Arab...
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US wants to avoid 'total destruction' of Syria: Kerry
US plans a meeting in coming days with Russian, Saudi and Turkish leaders to seek an end to Syrian conflict
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Turkey says it downed drone close to Syria border
Origin of drone unknown; Turkish officials say it was an "unmanned aircraft"
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More than 250,000 people killed in Syria war
The civilian toll includes 12,517 children and 8,062 women
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Russia says hit 40 IS targets in new Syria strikes
US claims the majority of Russian strikes have not hit IS but instead targeted rebel groups working against Assad
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Syria's Al-Nusra issues bounties for Assad, Hezbollah chief
The head of the outfit says he would pay three million euros ($3.4 million) for anyone who can kill Bashar al-Assad
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Syria's al Nusra calls on militants in Caucasus to attack Russia
Head of al Nusra says the war in Syria will make the Russians forget the horrors that they found in Afghanistan
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Rockets hit Russian embassy compound in Damascus
Some 300 people had begun to gather for a demonstration backing Russia's recent intervention in Syria
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Russia will not conduct ground operation in Syria: Putin
Russia has bombed command posts, training camps of what it says are radical "terrorists"
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Russia's Putin and Abu Dhabi crown prince to meet, discuss Syria
It is the highest-level contact between Kremlin and a Gulf Arab official since Russia's air strikes to support Assad
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Senior Iranian Revolutionary Guards general killed in Syria
Hamedani was a veteran of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war and was made deputy chief commander of the elite forces in 2005
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NATO head sees 'troubling escalation' of Russian activity in Syria
Stoltenberg cautioned that the situation demanded more than ever a political solution
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9 Pakistanis among 12-member gang arrested in Greece for 'forging migrant documents'
Police says gang forged documents for migrants trying to reach central Europe
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'Intense' new Russian strikes in Syria: monitor
Russian planes hit four locations in central Hama province and three locations in northwestern Idlib province
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EU military operation against migrant traffickers begins
Six ships are already in place in international waters off the coast of Libya
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Russia planes strike Islamic State in Syrian city of Palmyra
Strikes destroyed 20 armoured vehicles, three ammunition warehouses and three rocket launchers