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  Israel strikes Syria for the first time

  Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 12:00am on December 01, 2018

  Israeli bombs have hit several positions south of Damascus, its first such strikes since Syrian air defences were upgraded following the accidental downing of a...

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  East Syria death toll soars after massive IS attack

  Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 12:00am on November 27, 2018

  US-backed fighters in Syria suffered record fatalities in an assault by the Islamic State group, a war monitor said Monday, as holdout jihadists kept up...

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  A red-brown alliance for Syria

  Germano Monti | Updated at 12:00am on November 23, 2018

  Neo-Nazis, Stalinists, Catholic fundamentalists and pacifists may seem like strange political bedfellows, but they have found common ground in a diffuse brand of anti-imperialism. This...

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  Facts must be respected, even in Syria!

  Kristin Helberg  | Updated at 12:00am on November 21, 2018

  HOW often have you heard it said that truth is the first victim of war? And that — in the Syrian conflict for example —...

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  Syria regime attack kills 22 rebels

  Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 12:00am on November 10, 2018

  Syrian government forces killed 22 rebels near Idlib province on Friday, the deadliest clash to rock a buffer zone where a Russian-Turkish truce is to...

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  Humanitarian bombs

  David Swanson | Updated at 12:00am on October 17, 2018

  ONE should not sell bombs to a government that abuses human rights, which means murders a man without using one of the bombs....

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  Syria buffer free of heavy arms as jihadists face deadline

  Agence France-Presse . Beirut | Updated at 01:09am on October 11, 2018

  A planned buffer zone in northwest Syria has been cleared of heavy armaments ahead of time but a new deadline loomed Wednesday for the tougher...

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  Iran fires missiles against 'terrorist' camp in Syria: statement

  Agence France-Presse . Tehran | Updated at 12:16pm on October 01, 2018

  Iran's revolutionary guards said Monday they had launched a missile attack against a ‘terrorist’ headquarters in Syria in retaliation for a September attack on the...

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  Russia boosts Syrian air defence after plane shot down

  Agence France-Presse . Moscow | Updated at 12:00am on September 25, 2018

  Moscow on Monday announced new security measures to protect its military in Syria, including supplying the Syrian army with a new S-300 air defence system...

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  Syria’s Idlib spared attack

  Reuters . Ankara/ Amman | Updated at 12:00am on September 20, 2018

  Turkey will send more troops into Syria’s Idlib province after striking a deal with Russia that has averted a government offensive and delighted rebels who...