Syrians begin voting for new parliament in government areas
Syrians in government-controlled areas headed to polling stations Wednesday to elect a new 250-member parliament…
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Syria’s fledgling truce enters second day
Syria's fragile ceasefire entered its second day on Sunday, with battlezones across the war-scarred country…
Egypt ‘strongly condemns’ Syria attacks that killed 180 people
Egypt condemned the terrorist attacks that took place near a Shia shrine outside Syria's capital Damascus and in…
Syria’s Assad says ceasefire doesn’t mean parties ‘stop using weapons’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said on Monday any ceasefire did not mean each side had to stop using weapons,…
Death toll surge to 70 from Islamic State Damascus attack: monitor
The death toll from a suicide attack in Damascus Sunday that was claimed by the Islamic State militant group has…
Air strike kills dozens in Syria as U.N. envoy visits Damascus
An air strike reportedly killed dozens of people in a rebel-held town in Syria on Saturday as a U.N. envoy visited…
Evacuation of Syrian Islamic State fighters from Damascus is halted
A UN-sponsored deal to give safe passage to more than 2,000 Islamic State militant fighters and other hardline…
Top Syrian rebel leader killed in air strike in Damascus
A top Syrian rebel leader and head of the most powerful insurgent group in the eastern suburbs of Damascus was…
Hezbollah vows revenge for militant killed by Israeli strike
Lebanon's Shia movement Hezbollah on Monday vowed to respond to the killing in a suspected Israeli air strike near…
Putin says works ‘easily’ with both US, Damascus on Syria crisis
President Vladimir Putin has said Russia's unwavering position on the crisis in Syria, where it has steadfastly…
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