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Aleppo Attacked, Bashar Assad In Trouble. Syria Heading For Regime Change?
Syrian Islamist rebels have launched one of their biggest offensive against President Bashar al-Assads forces in years, sweeping through government-held towns before taking control of "half of the city of Aleppo".
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Besieged Syrians Eating Trash, Fainting From Hunger: UN Survey
Syrians in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta are so short of food that they are eating trash, fainting from hunger and forcing their children to eat on alternate days, the U.N. World Food Programme said in a report on Wednesday.
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Pregnant Syrian Refugee Raped And Murdered In Turkey
A Syrian refugee in Turkey was raped and bludgeoned to death by rock-wielding attackers just days before she was due to give birth, and her 10 month old baby strangled, in a brutal double murder that has sparked outrage.
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Atop Palmyra's Damaged Theatre, Syrian Musicians Sing Of Return
Atop the ruins of Syria's famed Palmyra theatre, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group, teenage musician Angel Dayoub sings an old Arabic favourite: "We're coming back, oh love, we're coming back."
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EU Must Talk To War Criminals To End Syrian Crisis, Says France's Francois Fillon
Francois Fillon, the conservative candidate seen as most likely to win next year's French presidential election, said on Thursday that Western policy on Syria had failed and Europe had to talk to those responsible for war crimes to end the killing.
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30,000 Flee East Aleppo, Russia Wants Humanitarian Corridors - UN
About 30,000 people are receiving aid after fleeing the besieged eastern zone of the Syrian city of Aleppo in the past few days, taking the total number of displaced people in the city to 400,000, UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday.
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Syrian Military Source Says Army, Allies Take South Aleppo Area
A Syrian military source said government troops and allied forces took back full countrol of the Sheikh Saeed district in southeast Aleppo from rebels on Wednesday.
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Car Bomb In Syrian Town Near Turkey Border Kills At Least 13: Monitor
At least 13 people were killed and dozens were injured by a car bomb on Thursday which targeted a building used by a rebel group in the northern Syrian town of Azaz near the Turkish border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Syrian Government Seizes Area In Aleppo Attack, Death Toll Climbs
Syrian government forces seized ground from rebels north of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on the city's opposition-held east as it came under fierce air strikes in a major offensive by the Russian-backed army.
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UN Envoy Hopes Geneva Meeting Will Pave Way For Syria Peace Talks
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria hopes that a meeting expected to be held in Geneva next week with US and Russian officials will pave the way for a resumption of peace talks between the warring parties, his spokeswoman said today.
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Battles Around Syria's Aleppo Cast Shadow Over Peace Talks
Fierce fighting raged today around Syria's Aleppo as a surge in violence forced tens of thousands more to flee their homes, overshadowing the latest round of peace talks in Geneva.
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Turkey Wants Syria Ground Operation With Allies
Turkey said today that it wanted a ground operation in neighbouring Syria with its international allies, as a UN envoy held talks in Damascus aimed at saving a troubled ceasefire plan.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe Approaches Russia For Peace Deal, Anti-Terrorism
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe courted Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, holding out the prospect for a summit as he renewed his call for progress on an elusive World War II peace treaty.
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John Kerry In Moscow To Push Syria Peace Plan
US Secretary of State John Kerry brought his campaign to end the Syrian civil war to Moscow today, where a meeting with President Vladimir Putin could decide the fate of peace talks.
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Slovakia Files Lawsuit Against European Union Quotas to Redistribute Migrants
Slovakia filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice today against a European Union decision to redistribute 120,000 asylum seekers among member countries, Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
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Aleppo Attacked, Bashar Assad In Trouble. Syria Heading For Regime Change?
Syrian Islamist rebels have launched one of their biggest offensive against President Bashar al-Assads forces in years, sweeping through government-held towns before taking control of "half of the city of Aleppo".
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Besieged Syrians Eating Trash, Fainting From Hunger: UN Survey
Syrians in the besieged enclave of Eastern Ghouta are so short of food that they are eating trash, fainting from hunger and forcing their children to eat on alternate days, the U.N. World Food Programme said in a report on Wednesday.
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Pregnant Syrian Refugee Raped And Murdered In Turkey
A Syrian refugee in Turkey was raped and bludgeoned to death by rock-wielding attackers just days before she was due to give birth, and her 10 month old baby strangled, in a brutal double murder that has sparked outrage.
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Atop Palmyra's Damaged Theatre, Syrian Musicians Sing Of Return
Atop the ruins of Syria's famed Palmyra theatre, recently recaptured from the Islamic State group, teenage musician Angel Dayoub sings an old Arabic favourite: "We're coming back, oh love, we're coming back."
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EU Must Talk To War Criminals To End Syrian Crisis, Says France's Francois Fillon
Francois Fillon, the conservative candidate seen as most likely to win next year's French presidential election, said on Thursday that Western policy on Syria had failed and Europe had to talk to those responsible for war crimes to end the killing.
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30,000 Flee East Aleppo, Russia Wants Humanitarian Corridors - UN
About 30,000 people are receiving aid after fleeing the besieged eastern zone of the Syrian city of Aleppo in the past few days, taking the total number of displaced people in the city to 400,000, UN special envoy Staffan de Mistura said on Thursday.
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Syrian Military Source Says Army, Allies Take South Aleppo Area
A Syrian military source said government troops and allied forces took back full countrol of the Sheikh Saeed district in southeast Aleppo from rebels on Wednesday.
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Car Bomb In Syrian Town Near Turkey Border Kills At Least 13: Monitor
At least 13 people were killed and dozens were injured by a car bomb on Thursday which targeted a building used by a rebel group in the northern Syrian town of Azaz near the Turkish border, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
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Syrian Government Seizes Area In Aleppo Attack, Death Toll Climbs
Syrian government forces seized ground from rebels north of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on the city's opposition-held east as it came under fierce air strikes in a major offensive by the Russian-backed army.
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UN Envoy Hopes Geneva Meeting Will Pave Way For Syria Peace Talks
The United Nations Special Envoy for Syria hopes that a meeting expected to be held in Geneva next week with US and Russian officials will pave the way for a resumption of peace talks between the warring parties, his spokeswoman said today.
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Battles Around Syria's Aleppo Cast Shadow Over Peace Talks
Fierce fighting raged today around Syria's Aleppo as a surge in violence forced tens of thousands more to flee their homes, overshadowing the latest round of peace talks in Geneva.
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Turkey Wants Syria Ground Operation With Allies
Turkey said today that it wanted a ground operation in neighbouring Syria with its international allies, as a UN envoy held talks in Damascus aimed at saving a troubled ceasefire plan.
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Japan PM Shinzo Abe Approaches Russia For Peace Deal, Anti-Terrorism
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe courted Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday, holding out the prospect for a summit as he renewed his call for progress on an elusive World War II peace treaty.
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John Kerry In Moscow To Push Syria Peace Plan
US Secretary of State John Kerry brought his campaign to end the Syrian civil war to Moscow today, where a meeting with President Vladimir Putin could decide the fate of peace talks.
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Slovakia Files Lawsuit Against European Union Quotas to Redistribute Migrants
Slovakia filed a lawsuit at the European Court of Justice today against a European Union decision to redistribute 120,000 asylum seekers among member countries, Prime Minister Robert Fico said.
