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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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Islamic State kills 215 in southwest Syria attacks: local official
The head of the Sweida provincial health authority told the pro-Damascus Sham FM that 215 people were killed and 180 injured in the attack, as well as 75 Islamic State fighters.
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After denial, UN says now ready to help deliver French aid in Syria
France had said the cargo would be distributed under the independent supervision of a UN team so it could guarantee where and when it would go.
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Assad says US must leave Syria, vows to recover SDF areas
The Douma attack triggered missile strikes on Syria by the United States, Britain and France which they said targeted Assad’s chemical weapons programme.
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Syria's Assad presses offensive, missile strikes raise escalation risk
The ceasefire would be the last deadline before “the military operation begins”, state TV said.
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Insurgents south of Syrian capital surrender, says state TV
The development heralds another advance for President Bashar al-Assad’s push to retake remaining enclaves and strengthen his position around the capital.
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US, Russia clash at UN over chemical weapons attacks in Syria
Trump on Tuesday cancelled a planned trip to Latin America later this week to focus instead on responding to the Syria incident, the White House said.
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US wants UN vote on Tuesday on Syria gas attack inquiry
If the US text, which was seen by Reuters, is put to a vote, diplomats said it would likely be vetoed by Syrian ally Russia.
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Chronology of Syrian conflict
A timeline of the Syrian conflict, from protests in March 2011 to the collapse of rebel groups in Eastern Ghouta in March 2018.
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More than 40,000 people returned to Syria's Ghouta – agencies
In the past 24 hours, 1,123 rebel fighters and their families have left the town of Douma in eastern Ghouta, Interfax citied the Russian Ministry of Defence.
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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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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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Thousands more Syrians flee their homes as two battles rage
A new wave of at least 10,000 people fled a rebel pocket to army lines in eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus in the southwest.
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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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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.
