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Syrian army prepares 'huge' operation in last rebel bastion as pressure mounts
A war monitor, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the Syrian military had resumed artillery bombardment of Douma, where blasts were heard.
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Syrian rebels Jaish al-Islam refuse to leave Ghouta: spokesman
Jaish al-Islam is currently negotiating with Russia over the future of the area and the people in it.
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Damascus sees some Ghouta rebels accepting deals soon
The opposition accuses Assad of moving his opponents out of Syria’s main towns and cities to the border with Turkey in what it calls a systematic policy of “demographic change”.
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Syria's Assad visits army in eastern Ghouta as rebels in talks
Troops have splintered Ghouta into three besieged zones in one of the bloodiest offensives of the seven-year war, with rebels facing their worst defeat since the battle of Aleppo in 2016.
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Turkish forces and Syrian allies drive Kurds from Afrin
In Turkey, dozens of pro-Kurdish and leftist groups appealed to world powers to press for the Turkish and Syrian rebel forces to withdraw from Afrin and avoid a “human tragedy”.
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Russia says over 20,000 people have left Syria's Eastern Ghouta on Sunday
Since humanitarian corridors were set up in the area, more than 68,000 people have left the Eastern Ghouta, the centre said.
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Syrian monitor says strikes on Ghouta rebel town kill 30
The UK-based war monitoring group said the strikes on Zamalka town also injured dozens. There was no immediate comment from Damascus, which says it only targets armed militants.
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Russia says over 7,000 people left Syria's Eastern Ghouta Saturday – TASS
The Kurdish YPG militia, defending Afrin, said it was battling the Turkish forces and their Syrian militia allies who tried to storm the town from the north.
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Hundreds of families flee Syrian town of Afrin - Observatory
Turkish forces and allied Syrian militias are targeting Afrin in an offensive against the Kurdish YPG militia in north-western Syria.
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Sick and injured start leaving Syria's besieged Ghouta
Government forces also pounded a rebel-held area in the south for a second straight day, potentially reopening yet another front.
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Syrian army splinters rebel enclave in Ghouta onslaught
A military media unit run by the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah, an ally of the Syrian government, said the army had also entirely surrounded the town of Douma.
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Syrian government makes Ghouta gains; Turkey steps up Afrin attack
The UN Security Council demanded a 30-day countrywide ceasefire a week ago, but this has failed to take effect.
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Russia orders daily truce for evacuations from Syria's eastern Ghouta
It appeared to make no mention, however, of allowing relief supplies to enter the territory, where 400,000 people are living under siege and bombardment.
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UN: 'Hell on earth' in Syria's eastern Ghouta must end
UN human rights chief Zeid Ra‘ad al-Hussein said air strikes on eastern Ghouta were continuing on Monday morning.
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Air strikes again hit Syria's Ghouta, UN considers ceasefire resolution
The UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, pleaded for a truce to halt one of the fiercest air assaults of the seven-year civil war.
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Netanyahu says Israel undeterred after Syria shoots down F-16
Syrian anti-aircraft fire downed the F-16 as it returned from a bombing raid on Iran-backed positions in Syria early on Saturday.
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Friend or foe? Assad quietly aids Syrian Kurds against Turkey
Turkey, which regards the Kurdish YPG militia in Afrin as a threat on its southern border, launched an assault on the region last month.
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Israel launches attacks in Syria after F-16 crashes
The clashes marked a dangerous new confrontation between the international powers caught up in Syria’s seven-year-old war.
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Top UN humanitarian official to visit Syria
The most recent visit by a UN humanitarian chief was in December 2015.
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Syrian army preparing assault to end rebel siege of base east of capital
They said the army was amassing elite forces to prepare for a major assault on the Military Vehicles Administration, which is besieged by rebels.
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Syrian rebels say discussing evacuation from territory near Israel
The area around Beit Jin is sensitive because of its location next to the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.
