Syria Gunfire

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  Suicide Bomber Kills 20 In Syrian Church Near Damascus During Mass

  A suicide bomber in Syria opened fire then detonated an explosive vest inside a Greek Orthodox church filled with people praying on Sunday, killing at least 20 and wounding 52 others, state media reported.

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  NDTV Exclusive: Hunted Down, Massacred, Syria's Alawites Ask India For Help

  Ali Koshmr, a 36-year-old man from Syria's Latakia, around 330 km from Damascus, woke up to the sounds of gunfire, tires screeching and dozens of armed men shouting, "Come out, you Alawite pigs, Nusayris!"

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  9 ISIS Terrorists Killed In Air Strike Likely By US In Syria: War Monitor

  Helicopter gunfire early Sunday killed nine people near a northwestern Syrian village where "groups linked to the ISIS group" were present, said a Britain-based war monitor with sources inside Syria.

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  After The Battle: Aid, Gunfire And Looting In Syria's Afrin

  A day after Turkish troops and their Syrian rebel allies seized control of Afrin, a Turkish aid group started distributing relief supplies in the town centre on Monday, but residents continued to leave after widespread reports of looting.

• Gunfire Attack in Syria Kills Four Nuclear Scientists

  Four Syrian nuclear scientists were killed near Damascus after gunmen opened fire on their bus in an area where there was no fighting, suggesting they were the target of the attack, according to activists and a pro-government website.

• Syrian village gives up secrets after dawn killings

  Awakened by the sound of gunfire, Ahmad could hear the armed men knocking on his brother's door, shouting insults and calling the family "dogs".

• Israel vows 'immediate' answer to fire from Syria

  Israel's new Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon on Sunday vowed an "immediate" answer to all Syrian gunfire onto the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, saying the Damascus regime was responsible.

• Syrian civil war spillover draws Israeli fire

  Israel's military says soldiers shot at Syrian fighters after gunfire from the Syrian civil war spilled over to the Israel-controlled Golan Heights.

• Syrian opposition rejects elections 'under gunfire'

  Syria's main opposition group today slammed the regime for holding parliamentary polls "under gunfire," saying it did not have the legitimacy to run elections. The Syrian National Council, an exiled opposition umbrella organisation, in a statement condemned the regime's decision to hold elections "under gunfire, missiles of all kinds and genocide."

• Foreign monitors energise Syrian protests

  The presence of Arab League monitors in Syria has re-energised the anti-government protest movement, with tens of thousands turning out over the past three days in cities and neighborhoods where the observers are expected to visit. The huge rallies have been met by lethal gunfire from security forces apparently worried about multiple mass sit-ins m...

• Syrian troops killed 100 in village: Activists

  Government forces surrounded residents of a restive Syrian village in a valley and killed all those trapped inside - more than 100 people - in a barrage of rockets, tank shells, bombs and gunfire that lasted for hours, a witness and two activist groups said Wednesday.