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Syria’s Idlib peace affected by Syrian-Russian air raids
AMMAN: Syria’s Idlib region was quiet but tense today with a lull in Russian and Syrian air raids that have pounded the last opposition-held enclave in Syria, residents and opposition sources said, after Turkey and Russia declared a ceasefire. Turkey
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Dozens of Turkish soldiers dead,won’t stop Syrian refugees going to Europe
ANKARA/ISTANBUL: Turkey faced with a possible new wave of Syrian migrants and dozens more dead Turkish soldiers in Idlib, will no longer stop Syrian refugees from reaching Europe, a senior Turkish official said as President Recep Tayyip Erdogan chaired an
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Syrian forces consolidate control of Aleppo, air strikes under way
BEIRUT/AMMAN: The Syrian army said yesterday that it had taken full control of dozens of towns in Aleppo’s northwestern countryside and it would press on with its campaign to wipe out militant groups “wherever they are found”. The advances were
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Syrian forces seize most of Aleppo province, on eve of Turkey-Russia talks
AMMAN/BEIRUT/ANKARA: Syrian government forces made significant advances yesterday in the country’s northwestern Aleppo province, seizing most of the rebel-held region, state media said, a day before a new round of talks between Turkey and Russia on the escalation in the
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Russian jets resume bombing of Syria’s rebel-held northwest
Russian jets struck several rebel-held towns in northwest Syria’s Idlib for the first time since a ceasefire agreed with Turkey came into force two days ago, witnesses and rebels sources said. They said the towns of Khan al Subl, Maasaran
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Tens of thousands flee as Syrian forces continue Idlib advance
Tens of thousands of civilians have fled parts of Syria’s northern Idlib province towards the border with Turkey as Russian-backed Syrian forces gain ground following days of renewed attacks against the last rebel-held enclave. Civilians have been fleeing bombardment en masse
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Defiant Erdogan plans to expand presence across northeast Syria
ISTANBUL: Turkey will set up a dozen observation posts across northeast Syria, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday, insisting that a planned “safe zone” will extend much farther than US officials said was covered under a fragile ceasefire deal. Less
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