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Apr- 2015 -1 April
IS militants ‘enter Yarmouk refugee camp’ in Syrian capital
Islamic State (IS) militants have entered the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk in Damascus, activists and Palestinian officials say. Clashes erupted…
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Mar- 2015 -28 March
Islamist groups seize Syrian city Idlib for first time
(Reuters) – Islamist groups including al Qaeda’s Nusra Front have seized the city of Idlib for the first time in…
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28 March
US airdrops anti-Isis propaganda cartoon over Syrian city of Raqqa
Graphic cartoon shows queued Syrians being fed into meat grinder by Isis militants as part of US strategy to combat…
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22 March
Syria helicopter crashes in rebel-held Idlib
A Syrian government helicopter has crashed in a rebel-held area in the country’s north-west, activists say. The helicopter went down…
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22 March
Syria conflict: Kurds targeted in Hassakeh bombings
More than 20 people have been killed in twin bomb attacks targeting Kurds marking Persian New Year, or Norouz, in…
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22 March
Families seek foreign medical students who travelled to Syria: Turkish MP
(Reuters) – A group of foreign medical students, including seven Britons, an American and a Canadian, are thought to have…
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16 March
Syria’s Assad says wants actions, not words from Kerry
(Reuters) – Syrian President Bashar al-Assad dismissed on Monday remarks made by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry that Assad…
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10 March
Dozens escape ISIS-run jail in Syria
Around 95 captives have escaped a prison controlled by the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group in northern…
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4 March
Rebels attack Aleppo security building, monitor says dozens killed
(Reuters) – Insurgents attacked a Syrian government security building in the northern city of Aleppo on Wednesday, bombing it and…
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Feb- 2015 -25 February
Syrian Kurds cut IS supply line near Iraq; fears for Christians mount
(Reuters) – Kurdish militia pressed an offensive against Islamic State in northeast Syria on Wednesday, cutting one of its supply lines from Iraq,…
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