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Syrian state media says deal reportedly reached over Quneitra
The Syrian state news agency SANA said on Thursday there are reports that a deal has been reached for rebels in…
Syrian army says it captures strategic hill overlooking Israeli border
The Syrian army and its allies have taken control of a strategic hill overlooking the Israeli-occupied Golan…
Rebels, families begin evacuating Syria’s Daraa city
Syrian rebels and their relatives began evacuating the southern city of Daraa on Sunday, an AFP correspondent and a…
Syrian rebels prepare to quit south Damascus
Buses arrived in south Damascus on Thursday to transport Syrian rebels from an enclave they have surrendered there,…
Suspected Russian jets kill at least 20 near Syrian capital
Suspected Russian jets killed at least 20 people and wounded dozens early on Thursday when they dropped bombs on…
Syrian army preparing assault to end rebel siege of base east of capital
The Syrian army backed by Russian jets escalated bombing of the last rebel bastion on the eastern outskirts of…
Saudis strikes Yemen palace as war takes new turn with Saleh death
Saudi Arabian warplanes bombed the presidential palace in Yemen’s capital, stepping up attacks on Houthi rebels…
Yemen’s Houthi rebels announce they will keep trying to strike Saudis
Yemen’s Shiite Houthi rebels said they will keep working to develop their ballistic missile technology to target…
Philippine president declares Marawi liberated as battle goes on
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte declared the southern city of Marawi liberated from pro-Islamic State…
Syrian army strikes rebels near Hama: monitor
Syrian army and its allies launched air strikes against rebels north of the city of Hama on Thursday after…
Battles between Philippine extremists, government-backed separatists kill 25
Fighting between government-backed separatist rebels and pro-Islamic State militants have killed at least 25…
South Sudan rebels say have retaken town near border with Ethiopia
South Sudan's rebels on Saturday said they had wrested control of Pagak, their stronghold town near the country's…
Saudi Arabia still sees no role for Assad in Syrian transition
Saudi Arabia, a main backer of Syrian rebels, said on Sunday it still supported an international agreement on the…
US-Russian ceasefire deal holding in southwest Syria
A U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria held through the day, a monitor and rebels said on Sunday,…
Syrian army announces ceasefire in south ahead of Astana talks
The Syrian army said on Monday it would suspend combat operations in southern Syria until Thursday ahead of a new…
Rebels accuse Syrian army of chlorine attack, army denies
A Syrian rebel group accused the Syrian army of using chlorine gas against its fighters on Saturday in battles east…
U.S. expands presence in Syrian desert, rebels say
U.S. troops based in Syria's southeastern desert have expanded their footprint, rebels there say, increasing the…
Syrian rebels say Russian jets halt advance on desert outpost
Western-backed Syrian rebels said on Wednesday that Russian jets attacked them as they tried to advance against…
Syrian rebels say US, allies sending more arms to fend off Iran threat
Syrian rebels say the United States and its allies are sending them more arms to try to fend off a new push into…
Philippines puts city on lockdown over fears of militant infiltration
The Philippine city of Iligan was overflowing with evacuees and on lockdown on Monday over fears Islamist…
Philippines deploys helicopters in battle to retake city from Islamist rebels
Troops backed by attack helicopters battled dozens of militants linked to the Islamic State group holed up in a…
Syrian regime regains total control of Homs city
The Syrian regime on Sunday regained total control of the central city of Homs with the evacuation of rebels from…
Syrian rebels begin to leave last opposition-held Homs district
Syrian rebels started leaving the last opposition-held district of Homs city on Saturday in the final phase of an…
Syria’s army sends reinforcements toward border with Iraq: rebels
The Syrian army aided by Iranian-backed militias was moving troops to a desert region near its border with Iraq…
Syrian army retakes most of rebel-held district on capital’s edge
The Syrian army and its allies are on the verge of completely seizing the rebel-held district of Qaboun on the…
Syria’s Assad says de-escalation zones chance for rebels to ‘reconcile’
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said that de-escalation zones proposed by his ally Russia were a chance for…
Clashes in northwest Syria after de-escalation zones take effect
Syrian government forces and rebels clashed in the northwestern province of Hama on Friday shortly after a…
Syria’s rebel groups clash in besieged Damascus enclave: monitor
Fighting between rebel groups in the biggest insurgent stronghold near the Syrian capital Damascus entered a second…
IS launches two suicide attacks on US-backed Syrian rebels
IS group militants launched two suicide attacks on U.S.-backed Syrian rebels near the border with Iraq, leaving at…
Iran’s Rouhani calls Assad to stress backing for Syrian state
President Hassan Rouhani stressed Iran's support for the Syrian state in its war against terrorism during a call…
Evacuations of opposition fighters resume in Syria’s Homs
Syrian state TV says scores of opposition fighters and their families have left the central city of Homs after…
Syria’s deal to evacuate Shias, Sunnis from towns: observatory
The Shia populations of two pro-Syrian government towns are to be evacuated in exchange for the evacuation of Sunni…
Syria’s rebels launch offensive on Damascus gateway
Syrian rebels stormed a major road junction leading into the heart of Damascus on Tuesday as they launched an…
Syria’s rebels, families begin leaving Homs district in deal with government
Rebels and their families began leaving their last bastion in the Syrian city of Homs on Saturday, state media and…
Syria, key powers meet in Astana for Syria’s talks without rebels
The Syrian regime and key powerbrokers on Tuesday tried to shrug off the absence of rebel groups as they gathered…
Syria’s opposition to not attend peace talks in Astana
The Syrian opposition will not attend peace talks due to start on Tuesday in the Kazakh capital Astana, blaming…
Over 320,000 dead in 6 years of Syria war: monitor
Syria's war has killed just over 320,000 people since it erupted six years ago, a monitor said Monday, noting that…
Syrian rebels want Astana meeting delayed to assess ceasefire
Syrian rebel groups called for the postponement of Russian-backed peace talks in Kazakhstan this month and said…
Syrian army advance opens new link to Kurdish areas
A Syrian army advance against Islamic State (ISIS) in northern Syria has opened a new link between government- held…