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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 hygiene conditions…
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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 that during…
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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 the Turkish…
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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 bastion of…
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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 Observatory for…
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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 kilometres deep…
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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, shelling and…
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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 in the…
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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 trucks carrying…
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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 by Russian…
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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 of thousands…
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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. The Idlib…
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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 strikes targeted…
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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. The battles…
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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 battle of…
