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COVID-19 ‘disaster in the making’ in war-torn Syria
BEIRUT: As Europe and the United States struggle to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, experts warn that disaster looms in war-torn Syria, where hospitals are unable to meet existing needs and…
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Turkey rejects Russian explanation over Idlib attack
ANKARA: Turkey on Friday rejected Russia’s claim that 33 Turkish troops killed by Syrian regime fire in the province of Idlib were among groups of “terrorists”. “I want to state…
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Ladder to safety: Syrians eye escape over Turkey border
KAFR LUSIN: Abu Jabber has a plan to escape the Syrian regime’s advance: he has built a ladder from rusty metal for him and his 11 children to climb over…
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EU calls for end to Syria bombing, humanitarian access to Idlib
BRUSSELS: The EU on Thursday called for an end to the bombings in northwest Syria and the opening of a humanitarian corridor as Syrian forces push into the last rebel…
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Deadly strikes hit Syria rebel bastion as army advances
ARIHA: Air strikes killed 10 civilians near a bakery and a medical clinic in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib region on Thursday, as government forces kept up a ground offensive. The Britain-based Syrian…
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Turkey building homes in Syria for people fleeing Idlib
ANKARA: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Sunday that work was underway to construct homes inside Syria for people fleeing the war-torn country’s last rebel-held stronghold. “In an area 30-40…
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Intense fighting in Syria’s Idlib kills 39: monitor
Beirut: Intense fighting between pro-government forces and jihadist-led fighters in Syria’s Idlib province killed at least 39 fighters overnight, a war monitor said Thursday. The violence, which saw air strikes,…
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Syria regime fire kills nine in school turned shelter
SARMEEN: Land-to-land missiles fired by Syrian regime forces killed nine civilians including five children in a school in northwestern Syria on Wednesday, a war monitor said. Part of the building…
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More than 235,000 flee intense bombing in NW Syria
BEIRUT: Civilians on Friday packed a road leading out of a flashpoint town in northwest Syria, where two weeks of the heightened regime and Russian bombardment has displaced 235,000 people. Pick-up…
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Turkey says will not withdraw from army posts in Syria’s Idlib
ISTANBUL: Turkey will not withdraw from its observation posts in the Syrian rebel bastion province of Idlib which has seen an increase in violence carried out by regime forces supported…
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Strikes kill 8 in Idlib as Turkey, France urge de-escalation
MAREET-AL-NUMAAN: At least eight people including five children were killed Tuesday in Russian air strikes on northwest Syria, as France and Turkey appealed for an end to violence that has forced tens…
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Syria regime forces surround Turkish army post in Idlib
BEIRUT: Syrian government forces surrounded a Turkish observation post in Idlib province Monday after overrunning nearby areas in a push to take the last opposition bastion, a war monitor said.…
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Children among 8 killed in Russian strikes on Syria’s Idlib
BEIRUT: At least eight people, including five children, were killed Tuesday in Russian air strikes on a school in northwest Syria sheltering displaced civilians, according to a war monitor. The…
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Death toll nears 100 in Syria’s Idlib: monitor
BEIRUT: Regime forces and armed groups were locked in heavy clashes Monday on the edge of Syria‘s last opposition bastion, with 96 fighters killed over two days, a war monitor said.…
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Idlib front is main battle to end Syria war: Assad
DAMASCUS: Defeating jihadists in Idlib is the key to ending Syria‘s eight-year-old civil war, President Bashar al-Assad said Tuesday on his first visit to the embattled northwestern region since 2011. “The…
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9 jihadists killed in Russia strikes on Idlib: monitor
BEIRUT: Nine jihadists were killed Saturday in Russian airstrikes on Syria‘s war-torn province of Idlib, a monitoring group said. “Russian strikes this morning targeted the Hurras al-Deen group and Ansar al-Tahwid…
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Syria shelling puts Idlib health facility out of service
BEIRUT: An artillery attack Thursday hit a health facility in Syria‘s northwest, putting it out of service and wounding seven people, a British charity said. Save the Children said artillery shells…
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In Syria’s Idlib, education a casualty of war
Near the village of Hazano in northwestern Syria, children come running through the olive groves every morning to meet the bus that brings school to their improvised tented camp. Years…
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Idlib chaos forces displaced Syrians into strange dwellings
Birat Armanaz: Inside a rusty, abandoned bus in northwestern Syria, Umm Joumaa washes a silver tray and glass teacups, light pouring into her makeshift kitchen through broken windows. Around her, towels,…
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Hundreds protest against regime in Syria’s Idlib
Hundreds of Syrians held anti-regime protests Friday in rebel-held Idlib province where a fragile ceasefire has paused a deadly months-old offensive. Some demonstrators gathered near the Bab al-Hawa border crossing…
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Thousands of children in northwest Syria to miss school: NGO
BEIRUT: Thousands of children risk missing out on their education in northwestern Syria after a months-long regime assault on the jihadist-run bastion that has closed dozens of schools, a charity said. A fragile…
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Regime ‘confronts’ hostile drones in northwest Syria
DAMASCUS: Syrian regime defences Tuesday confronted drones headed towards a key airbase of government ally Russia in northwest Syria, state media said, on the fourth day of a ceasefire in the…
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Russia accuses US of risking Idlib
MOSCOW: Russia accused the United States Sunday of having “compromised” a fragile ceasefire in the Syrian province of Idlib by launching a missile strike against jihadist leaders there. The Americans…
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Russia announces ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib from Saturday
MOSCOW: Russia on Friday announced that Syrian government forces would cease fire from Saturday morning in Idlib, one of the last holdouts of opposition to President Bashar al-Assad. An agreement…
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Russia announces ceasefire in Syria’s Idlib from Saturday
MOSCOW: Russia on Friday announced that Syrian government forces would cease fire in the northwestern province of Idlib from Saturday morning. An agreement was reached on “a unilateral ceasefire by Syrian…
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Syria’s Idlib clashes kill at least 60 fighters: monitor
BEIRUT: Clashes between anti-government fighters and regime forces killed more than 50 combattants on both sides in northwestern Syria on Tuesday, a war monitor said. At a meeting in Moscow, the presidents of…
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Damascus to let civilians flee rebel-held Idlib
Damascus said Thursday it is opening a corridor for civilians to leave the rebel-held northwestern region of Idlib, where government bombardment has killed hundreds since late April, state media said. …
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Idlib ceasefire must be respected, Macron tells Putin
Bormes-les-Mimosas: French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday expressed “profound worry” about the bombing of Idlib in talks with Vladimir Putin, but the Russian leader insisted Moscow backed Syrian military actions…
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Syria regime forces enter key town amid fierce clashes: monitor
BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces entered a key northwestern town on Sunday amid intense fighting with jihadists and their rebel allies which has left dozens of combatants dead, a war monitor…
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Nearly four months of strikes on Syria’s hold-out Idlib
The Syrian regime and its ally Russia have for nearly four months ramped up bombardment of the last major opposition bastion in the country after eight years of brutal conflict.…
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