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Displaced Syrian children sift through trash to buy bread
Using a hooked metal rod, he stabbed at acrid household waste in the village of Kafr Lusin, looking for plastic to trade for a few dollars to feed his 11-member family.
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Syria and Iran sign 'strategic' economic agreement
The agreements covered a range of fields including economy, culture, education, infrastructure, investment and housing, the official Sana news agency reported.
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'Huge explosion' in Syria capital causes fatalities: monitor
It was unclear if the blast was caused by a bomb that was planted or a suicide attack, the monitor said, adding that shooting followed the explosion.
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Syria says Israel fired missiles toward Damascus, hit airport warehouse
Syrian state media broadcast footage of what it said were the air defenses firing, with bright lights seen shooting across the night sky.
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Syria says Israel fired missiles towards Damascus, hit airport warehouse
Syrian state media broadcast footage of what it said were the air defences firing, with bright lights seen shooting across the night sky.
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UAE to reopen Damascus embassy on Thursday in boost for Assad
The embassy has been shut since the early months of Syria’s conflict, which erupted in 2011.
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After killing, defiant Syria town determined to protest on
The gunning down of Raed Fares on Friday was the latest blow to what remains of the dwindling civil society movement that rose up against President Bashar al-Assad in 2011.
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Clashes between pro-Turkish rebels kill 25 in Syria's Afrin
Turkish troops and allied rebel groups seized the Afrin region from Kurdish forces in March after a two-month air and ground offensive.
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Islamic State ambush kills 21 regime fighters in southern Syria
The attack occurred late Monday in the rural Tulul al-Safa area of the province, some 100 kilometres southeast of Damascus, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Back to school jitters in Syria's Ghouta
More than 4 million Syrian students are heading back to school this month in areas under government control across the country, the education ministry says.
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Shells hit Syria's Idlib as rebels brace for assault
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights war monitor said they had killed 13 civilians, including children, but no fighters.
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Trump warns Syria not to 'recklessly attack' Idlib province
Trump has sought better relations with Russia since taking office in 2017 but the United States has been unable to rein in Moscow’s military and diplomatic support for Assad.
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Israel says Assad back in charge, Syrian front likely to be quieter
The Syrian conflict erupted in 2011 and Russian intervention in 2015 helped to turn the tide in President Bashar al-Assad’s favour.
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Rebel-held Syrian town to accept Assad's rule: pro-government media
Russia has played a critical role in supporting Assad’s two-week offensive with air power and negotiating local deals initially overseen by its military police.
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Syria seeks to crush insurgent pocket
The recovery of the enclave south of Damascus would mark another milestone in President Bashar al-Assad’s war effort.
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Syrian Observatory - Islamic State fighters leaving last Damascus enclave
Syrian state media made no mention of a deal to allow the militants to leave the enclave centred around the Palestinian Yarmouk refugee camp.
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Syrian state media says dozens of Israeli rockets fired into Syria
The scale of Israeli fire was far higher than in previous incidents and Damascus residents described seeing a series of explosions above the city from air defense systems.
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Syrian Observatory: Israeli raid in Syria killed Iranians
The reports of an Israeli attack in Kisweh late on Tuesday emerged after US President Donald Trump announced he was pulling out of the Iranian nuclear deal.
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Explosions rock Damascus - witness
Syrian state TV said the army’s air defences were confronting an attack by the United States, France and Britain.
