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  Ceasefire begins in Islamic State pocket at Syria-Lebanon border

  Reuters | Updated at 11:53am on August 27, 2017

  Hezbollah and the Syrian army announced a ceasefire on Sunday in their offensive against Islamic State in Syria’s west Qalamoun region at...

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  Israel’s alarm over Syrian debacle

  | Updated at 12:05am on August 26, 2017

  THERE’S a rumour going around that the Syrian civil war is finally winding down and that the Baathist government is nearing its goal of driving...

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  Russian jets kill over 200 IS militants near Syria's Deir al-Zor

  Reuters | Updated at 12:23pm on August 21, 2017

  Russia's air force has destroyed a large column of Islamic State fighters on their way to the Syrian city of Deir al-Zor, killing over 200...