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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…
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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 in eastern…
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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 hit the…
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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 of fighting…
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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, bedsheets, clothes…
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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 with Turkey,…
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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 ceasefire has…
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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 region. “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 hit the…
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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 was reached…
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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 government forces…
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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 Turkey and…
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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. The announcement…
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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 against “terrorists”…
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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 said. The…
