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'Did Not' Use Chemical Weapons: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallen
Syria's armed forces "did not and will not" use chemical weapons, even against terror groups, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Thursday.
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Syrian Troops Close In On Aleppo's Old City
Syria's army and allies closed in on areas near Aleppo's Old City on Tuesday, looking closer than ever to achieving their most important victory of the five year civil war by driving rebels out of their last urban stronghold.
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110 Journalists Killed In 2015, India Deadliest Asian Nation For Reporters: Study
A total of 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said today, warning that more were being deliberately targeted for their work in supposedly peaceful countries.
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300 Civilians Kidnapped by Militants in Syria: Kurdish Officials
Islamist fighters today kidnapped some 300 Kurdish civilians at a checkpoint in northwestern Syria, Kurdish officials and a local journalist told AFP.
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Al Qaeda Advances on Syria Army Base Near Idlib, Says Monitor
Fighters from Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and allied militants advanced today on a key government-held military base in northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said.
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Rebels Capture Crashed Syrian Army Helicopter Crew
A Syrian military helicopter crashed in northwestern Syria on Sunday and at least four of its crew were captured by rebels, according to a monitoring group.
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UN Envoy in Syria to Seek Aleppo Truce
A UN envoy arrived in the Syrian capital today for talks with the regime to try to finalise a deal to freeze fighting in the war-ravaged second city of Aleppo.
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Car Bomb Kills 4 in Syrian President's Ancestral Hometown
Rebels took Syria's civil war to the ruling Assad clan's hometown for the first time on Saturday, killing four people in a car bomb attack on a hospital, state television and a monitor said.
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Syrian Army Makes Rapid Advance North of Aleppo: Monitor
The Syrian army backed by allied militia have captured several villages near Aleppo in battles aimed at encircling the northern city and cutting off insurgent supply lines, a monitoring group said on today.
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UN Chief Decries 'Appalling' Islamic State Killing of Jordan Pilot
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the apparent burning alive of a Jordanian pilot by Islamic State militants, calling it an "appalling act.
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Islamic State Demands Release of Leader's Ex-Wife in Hostage talks
Jihadists in Syria have threatened to execute Lebanese servicemen they hold captive unless Lebanon releases the ex-wife of the Islamic State group's leader and another militant-linked woman, a negotiator said on Tuesday.
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Over 1,000 French Nationals in Jihadi Movement: Minister
More than a thousand French nationals were linked one way or the other to jihadi groups fighting in Iraq and Syria, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday.
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'Did Not' Use Chemical Weapons: Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallen
Syria's armed forces "did not and will not" use chemical weapons, even against terror groups, Foreign Minister Walid Muallem said on Thursday.
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Syrian Troops Close In On Aleppo's Old City
Syria's army and allies closed in on areas near Aleppo's Old City on Tuesday, looking closer than ever to achieving their most important victory of the five year civil war by driving rebels out of their last urban stronghold.
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110 Journalists Killed In 2015, India Deadliest Asian Nation For Reporters: Study
A total of 110 journalists were killed around the world in 2015, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said today, warning that more were being deliberately targeted for their work in supposedly peaceful countries.
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300 Civilians Kidnapped by Militants in Syria: Kurdish Officials
Islamist fighters today kidnapped some 300 Kurdish civilians at a checkpoint in northwestern Syria, Kurdish officials and a local journalist told AFP.
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Al Qaeda Advances on Syria Army Base Near Idlib, Says Monitor
Fighters from Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and allied militants advanced today on a key government-held military base in northwestern Idlib province, a monitor said.
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Rebels Capture Crashed Syrian Army Helicopter Crew
A Syrian military helicopter crashed in northwestern Syria on Sunday and at least four of its crew were captured by rebels, according to a monitoring group.
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UN Envoy in Syria to Seek Aleppo Truce
A UN envoy arrived in the Syrian capital today for talks with the regime to try to finalise a deal to freeze fighting in the war-ravaged second city of Aleppo.
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Car Bomb Kills 4 in Syrian President's Ancestral Hometown
Rebels took Syria's civil war to the ruling Assad clan's hometown for the first time on Saturday, killing four people in a car bomb attack on a hospital, state television and a monitor said.
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Syrian Army Makes Rapid Advance North of Aleppo: Monitor
The Syrian army backed by allied militia have captured several villages near Aleppo in battles aimed at encircling the northern city and cutting off insurgent supply lines, a monitoring group said on today.
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UN Chief Decries 'Appalling' Islamic State Killing of Jordan Pilot
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday condemned the apparent burning alive of a Jordanian pilot by Islamic State militants, calling it an "appalling act.
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Islamic State Demands Release of Leader's Ex-Wife in Hostage talks
Jihadists in Syria have threatened to execute Lebanese servicemen they hold captive unless Lebanon releases the ex-wife of the Islamic State group's leader and another militant-linked woman, a negotiator said on Tuesday.
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Over 1,000 French Nationals in Jihadi Movement: Minister
More than a thousand French nationals were linked one way or the other to jihadi groups fighting in Iraq and Syria, French Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said on Monday.
