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Putin in Turkey to push energy deals despite Syria crisis
The TurkStream pipeline is planned to pump 31.5 billion cubic metres per year of Russian gas to Europe
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Syria regime keeps up Aleppo assault after UN fails on truce
The army launched its assault on the besieged sector of Aleppo two weeks ago with the backing of Russian air strikes
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Divided UN council fails to act to 'save Aleppo'
The failure of the two resolutions deepened divisions at the Security Council between Moscow and the Western powers
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Syrian mother living under siege is Marvel's latest superhero
The digital comic is based on the anonymous dispatches by the young mother of five living in Madaya
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Saudi Arabia to fund treatment of 150 injured Syrian children
KSA will also fund procurement of thoracic radiation devices for hospitals of Aleppo and neighbouring regions
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No more cards from Syria
The scale may be smaller but the savagery is no less in Pakistan
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The Syrian Tragedy
The situation is highly complex but it is essentially the ruthless iron grip of Assad
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Kerry says Syria peace efforts must continue, in spite of break with Russia
‘I want to be clear that we are not giving up on Syrian people and we are not abandoning pursuit of peace’
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US suspends Syria ceasefire talks with Russia
'This is not a decision that was taken lightly,' State Department spokesman John Kirby
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An era of opportunity
I continue to press all those with influence to get talks started towards a long overdue political transition
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Syria hospital attacks constitute 'war crimes': Ban Ki-moon
The two biggest hospitals in rebel-controlled parts of Aleppo have been bombed in alleged attacks by the Syrian regime
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Germany calls for temporary ban of all military flights in Syria
German foreign minister says situation in Syria is now on a knife edge
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Farwell address: UN’s Ban makes appeal for action on Syria, climate
Calls for an end to fighting and initiation of talks
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Obama says nations can 'do more' to help refugees
US president delivers his final speech at the United Nations General Assembly
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UN chief opens General Assembly with call to end Syria fighting
Ban Ki-Moon denounces ‘sickening attack’ on aid convoy; confirms UN suspended deliveries of humanitarian assistance
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Dozens dead in US-led coalition strike on Syrian army position
Regime ally Russia said 62 Syrian soldiers were killed and at least 100 more wounded in strikes
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Spotlight on Syria as world leaders gather at UN
Ban is also hoping to bring the Paris climate change deal closer to reality
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US military says air strike killed Islamic State propaganda chief
Wa'il Adil Hasan Salman al-Fayad was minister of information and prominent member of Islamic State, says Pentagon
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Food aid for Aleppo still stuck on Syria border
UN spokesperson says trucks were still waiting at the border with Turkey
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Air raids kill 23 civilians in extremist-held Syria town
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says it did not know whether it was Syrian regime or Russian warplanes
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Omran Daqneesh and Aylan Kurdi
In between the death of young Aylan and wounding of Omran lay one year of immense human suffering on a global scale
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Saudi Arabia welcomes ceasefire agreement in Syria
KSA is following with interest the start of the temporary ceasefire in Syria," Saudi state news agency reports
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Syria war: Cessation of hostilities comes into effect
Under the agreement, fighting will halt in areas not held by militants
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Syria ceasefire
Two principal players in the Syrian war theatre have at long last cut a temporary ceasefire deal
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Turkey army chief vows to press on with Syria operation
Akar spoke after visiting troops in the Turkish border town of Karkamis
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Toll from strikes on Syria's Idlib jumps to 58
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says dead included 13 women and 13 children
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US, Russia clinch Syria cooperation deal
Deal includes a nationwide ceasefire effective from sundown on Monday, joint targeting of banned extremist groups
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Three Turkish soldiers killed in IS attack in Syria
The army said in the statement carried by NTV that the deaths came in a rocket attack on two Turkish tanks
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String of blasts kill 18 across Syria
Dozens have been wounded in bombings which occurred mostly in government-controlled areas of country
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Syrian forces besiege rebel-held Aleppo as Turkish-backed fighters drive Islamic State from border
The fighting complicated efforts by the United States and Russia to reach a ceasefire deal for Syria
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Turkish tanks roll into Syria, opening new line of attack
The incursion coincided with a separate push by Turkish-backed Syrian rebels, who seized several villages
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Iranian ex-general killed fighting militants in Syria
He was killed while battling militants as a volunteer in northern Syria
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Turkish army thrusts deeper into Syria, monitor says 35 villagers killed
While Turkey says 25 Kurdish militants were killed in its air strikes but denies there were civilian casualties
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US-backed incursion: Turkish tanks roll into Syria’s border town
Offensive pushes Islamic State out of Jarablus and surrounding villages
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Brother of Syrian boy pictured in Aleppo dies of his wounds
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says 10-year-old Ali Daqneesh was wounded in Wednesday's air strike
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Syrian regime jets hit Kurdish positions, even after US warning
Thursday's government raids were the first time the regime had bombarded Kurdish positions from the air
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The boy in the ambulance
Omran Daqneesh sits stunned and bloody-faced in the back of an ambulance in Aleppo, Syria
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Russia says its warplanes bomb Syria from Iranian base
Strikes against targets of IS, Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist groups in the provinces of Aleppo, Deir Ezzor and Idlib
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Russia declares three-hour daily ceasefire in Aleppo
Up to two million people in Aleppo have gone without running water for the past four days
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Syria rebels say Aleppo siege broken
Rebel and regime forces have fought to control the provincial capital since mid-2012
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Libyan unity forces fight Islamic State in Sirte
The loss of Sirte would be a major blow to the militant group
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Russian military chopper shot down in Syria: ministry
Three crew members and two officers who were on board are reportedly dead
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Air strikes, rebel fire kill 19 in Syria's Aleppo: monitor
Strikes in early hours of Monday morning are believed to have been carried out by Russian warplanes
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Syrian children use Pokemon Go in bid to be rescued
‘I live in Kafr Nabl, the Aleppo countryside. Come catch me’
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Russian warplanes targeted US, British outpost in Syria: report
US military officials say attacks hardened opposition at Pentagon and CIA to cooperating with Russians
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US pledges openness on civilian casualties in Syria
Rights groups say war crimes have been committed by all sides in Syria's conflict, which began in March 2011
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Erdogan defends plan for offering Syrians Turkish citizenship
Devlet Bahceli warns that Erdogan's plan would cheapen Turkish citizenship and cause ethnic conflict
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Over 60 civilians killed in north Syria
Thirty-four civilians, including four children, were killed and 200 others wounded by rebel shelling
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Syria's Assad makes rare appearance outside capital for Eid
Syrian president joined worshippers at Al Safa mosque in Akrama, a neighbourhood which has been hit by IS, al Qaeda
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Car bomb kills six Jordan soldiers on Syria border
Tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have sought shelter at two remote desert camps in the northeast