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ISIL KILLS 163 PEOPLE IN MOSUL IN ONE DAY


In late May, Iraqi forces launched a broad assault on parts of Mosul, closing in on the remaining pockets of territory held by ISIL... READ MORE

6th June, 2017 10603

RUSSIA WARNS U.S. AGAINST ATTACK ON SYRIAN FORCES


Syrian government forces backed by Russian warplanes have launched a major onslaught on rebel-held parts of the northern city of Aleppo... READ MORE

1st October, 2016 4705

HUGE BOMB KILLS DOZENS OF EVACUEES IN SYRIA


A huge car bomb has blasted a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, killing about 75 people, state media said... READ MORE

15th April, 2017 3680

HUGE BOMB KILLS DOZENS OF EVACUEES IN SYRIA


A huge car bomb has blasted a convoy of coaches carrying evacuees from besieged government-held towns in Syria, killing about 75 people, state media said... READ MORE

15th April, 2017 3680

ISIS DESTROYS TRIUMPHAL ARCHES IN PALMYRA


Mr. Homsi fled Palmyra after the Islamic State takeover, in which his uncle Khalid al-Asaad, a former antiquities official, was killed by the group... READ MORE

5th October, 2015 2945

BAGHDAD, KURDS AT ODDS OVER CONTROL OF POST-ISIL MOSUL


ISIL fighters have been steadily retreating from areas around Mosul into the city since the start of the offensive... READ MORE

17th November, 2016 1827

REBELS PUSH TO TAKE DONETSK AIRPORT


Russia seized the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine in March and separatists later declared independence in the two eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk... READ MORE

2nd October, 2014 1746

CAR BOMB ROCKS REBEL CHECKPOINT IN AZAZ


There is no change in the Russian strategy the goal remains the destruction of rebel presence in Aleppo, Syria analyst Thomas Pierret told AFP news agency... READ MORE

14th October, 2016 1601

BULK OF ISIL CONVOY LEAVES SYRIA'S GOVERNMENT-HELD AREA


Eleven buses carrying ISIL fighters and their families head for Deir Az Zor province after deal with Syrian government... READ MORE

2nd September, 2017 1427

IRAQ MILITIAS FIGHT TO CUT ISIL SUPPLY ROUTE NEAR MOSUL


Shia fighters push to control road between Mosul and Tal Afar, effectively surrounding ISIL's last stronghold in Iraq... READ MORE

22nd November, 2016 1261

AID FOR SYRIA STUCK WITH RISING VIOLENCE UNDERMINING TRUCE


The Syrian military said rebels had attacked military positions east of the city... READ MORE

16th September, 2016 1027

IRAQI FORCES FREE HUNDREDS OF CIVILIANS IN MOSUL OLD CITY BATTLES AS DEATH TOLL MOUNTS


Aid organizations and Iraqi authorities say Islamic State was trying to prevent civilians from leaving so as to use them as human shields... READ MORE

24th June, 2017 984

SYRIA CEASEFIRE DEAL IN BALANCE AS ALEPPO AID PLAN STALLS


An official in an Aleppo-based Syrian rebel group said late on Thursday the army had not pulled back... READ MORE

16th September, 2016 923

US-ARMED SYRIAN REBELS 'HIT RUSSIAN HELICOPTER WITH MISSILE'


A US-armed Syrian rebel group claims it has hit a Russian military helicopter with an anti-tank missile, forcing it to make an emergency landing... READ MORE

24th November, 2015 873

IRAQI TROOPS EXPAND FOOTHOLD IN MOSUL AS ISLAMIC STATE PLEDGES MORE SUICIDE ATTACKS


Iraqi military estimates put the number of Islamic State fighters in Mosul at 5,000 to 6,000... READ MORE

19th November, 2016 691

ALEPPO AIR STRIKE KILLS 14 MEMBERS OF ONE FAMILY


The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said it had documented the deaths of 448 people in air strikes in eastern Aleppo since then, including 82 children... READ MORE

17th October, 2016 607

RUSSIA SAYS TO START TALKS WITH U.S. ON ALEPPO REBEL WITHDRAWAL


More than 300 people have been killed in government bombardments of rebel-held areas since mid-November, and 70 have died in rebel shellings, the Syrian Observatory says... READ MORE

6th December, 2016 409

SYRIAN ARMY AND REBELS FIGHT FIERCELY IN NORTHEAST DAMASCUS


A Syrian military source said on Monday that the army had recaptured all the positions it had lost on Sunday... READ MORE

20th March, 2017 337

SYRIAN ARMY, ALLIES BREAK ISLAMIC STATE SIEGE IN EASTERN CITY


Deir al-Zor lies southeast of Islamic State's former base in Raqqa... READ MORE

5th September, 2017 277

ISLAMIC STATE EVACUATION CONVOY WILL CROSS TO DEIR AL-ZOR


A convoy of Islamic State fighters and their families begins to depart from the Lebanon-Syria border zone in Qalamoun, Syria August 28, 2017... READ MORE

31st August, 2017 276

BLAST KILLS TWO AT PRO-GOVERNMENT MARCH IN KHARKIV


21 Feb 2015 The blast is only the latest in a months-long bombing campaign against pro-Ukrainian targets in government-held cities including Kharkiv, Odessa, Mariupol, and Kiev... READ MORE

22nd February, 2015 172

REBELS LAUNCH ASSAULT IN SYRIA'S ALEPPO, DIPLOMATS TRY TO REVIVE TRUCE


Kerry said fighting in Aleppo could escalate if the ceasefire was not extended to the city... READ MORE

4th May, 2016 141

FLEEING TIKRIT RESIDENTS FEAR NO RETURN AS IRAQI FORCES CLOSE IN


Human Rights Watch on Wednesday said civilians in Tikrit were at serious risk from both Islamic State and government forces... READ MORE

5th March, 2015 117

SYRIAN REBELS, FAMILIES EVACUATE BESIEGED TOWN NEAR DAMASCUS


The United Nations estimates 12,000 people have been besieged in Khan al-Shih, where a Palestinian refugee camp is located, for years... READ MORE

28th November, 2016 79

SHAKY START FOR CEASEFIRE WITH CONTINUED SHELLING OUTSIDE KEY CONFLICT ZONES


Ukraine crisis Shaky start for ceasefire with continued shelling outside key conflict zones... READ MORE

15th February, 2015 73

DISPUTE OVER OPPOSITION IMPERILS SYRIA PEACE TALKS


A spokesman for the United Nations, Farhan Haq, hinted at the possibility of a delay in the talks, or a slippage in the dates... READ MORE

19th January, 2016 70

UKRAINE BATTLES PERSIST AHEAD OF CEASE-FIRE; 25 DEAD


A Pro-Russia rebel jumps over a trench at the Novoazovsk border crossing point in eastern Ukraine... READ MORE

13th February, 2015 58

ALEPPO DISPLACED HIDE OUT IN LAST REBEL DISTRICTS AS ARMY CLOSES IN


We want to get out, but to Idlib or Jarablus, Abu Youssef, 34, and from the same neighborhood said, listing two rural areas still in rebel hands... READ MORE

8th December, 2016 33

FIGHT FOR SYRIA'S ALEPPO EXPOSES LIMITS OF RUSSIAN AIR POWER


The gamble failed and rebels fighting their ally, Syrian President Bashar al-Aasad, remain ensconced in parts of Aleppo... READ MORE

30th August, 2016 27

RUSSIA AND IRAN THROW WEIGHT BEHIND ASSAD AT U.N. MEETING


Russia and Iran announced a new coalition to defend Syrian strongman Bashar Assad and defeat the Islamic State on Sunday, handing him a dramatic victory ah... READ MORE

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