Syria News
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Russia Says It Flew 121 Sorties in Syria over Two Days
Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that its air force flew 121 sorties and struck 424 targets in Syria on December 28 and 29. The strikes took…
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Free Syrian Army Says It Retook Positions in Sheikh Miskin
Major Issam Al-Reis, spokesman for the Free Syrian Army, said rebels had regained areas of Sheikh Miskin in Daraa that government forces entered over the…
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Syrian Authorities Release Two Negotiating Body Members
Syrian authorities released two National Coordination Committee members late in the day after detaining them for hours while they were traveling to Riyadh…
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Syria: 16 Killed and 30 Wounded in Qamishli Bombings
Sixteen people were killed and thirty wounded on Wednesday evening when three explosions, including one suicide bombing, targeted three restaurants in…
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Spanish Language Body Selects Arabic Word for “Refugee” for 2015
The body described in the source as the Academy of Modern Spanish announced in Madrid on Wednesday that it had chosen the Arabic word laji’, meaning…
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Coalition carries out 32 strikes against ISIS in Iraq and Syria
The US-led international coalition said in a statement on Wednesday that Washington and its allies carried out 24 airstrikes against ISIS in Iraq and eight in Syria yesterday, Tuesday. The coalition said…
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Tokyo investigates reports of Japanese journalist held hostage in Syria
Japan’s chief government spokesman Yoshihide Suga said today, Thursday, that the government was investigating reports that a Japanese journalist was being held hostage in Syria and faced a threat of execution. Paris-based…
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Assad’s foreign minister says Syria is ready for Geneva talks
Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem said Damascus was ready to participate in peace talks in Geneva. He added: “We hope the dialogue succeeds in helping Syria and enabling it to have a…
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Lebanese army arrests 200 Syrian refugees in the Bekaa
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that the Lebanese army conducted raids lasting around three hours at Syrian refugee gathering places in Masharii al-Qaa in the Bekaa, arresting about 200 people for lacking…
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Russia calls Amnesty’s Syria report “fabricated”
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said Amnesty International’s report suggesting Russian bombing in Syria could amount to war crimes contained no clear facts. She described the report as “highly politicized and…