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Syria: 16 cases of cholera reported in Aleppo
Damascus: The Syrian Health Ministry has reported 16 cholera cases in the northern city of Aleppo. The first case, who was a nine-year-old child, has recovered after six days of treatment, the…
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Syria’s Aleppo airport resumes flights days after Israeli targeting
Damascus: Aleppo International Airport, Syria’s second largest airport resumed its flights on Friday after stopping service for several days as a result of the Israeli aggression targeting the runway and the airport yard with five…
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Turkey’s President Erdogan says senior IS member captured
Ankara: Turkish security forces have captured one of the senior executives of the Islamic State (IS) terror group, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Friday. Turkish police and intelligence captured Bashar Hattab…
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Russian strikes on Syria’s Idlib province kill 120 rebels
Damascus: Russian airstrikes on positions of the al-Qaida-linked Nusra Front in northwestern Syria has reportedly killed 120 rebels. The Russian warplanes attacked a Nusra Front training camp in the Sheikh Youssef area…
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Syria: Aleppo building collapse kills at least ten people
Damascus: A five-storey residential building collapsed in Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, killing at least 10 people, a state media report said. The bodies of six women, three children, and a man…
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Syria: For 2nd time in a week, Israeli attack on Aleppo airport
Damascus: An Israeli missile strike hit the international airport of Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, rendering it out of service, said the Syrian army. This strike comes just days after the Syrian airport…
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4 siblings killed by explosive war remnants in Syria
Damascus: Four siblings were killed by explosive remnants of war inside an abandoned house in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib, a war monitor reported. The explosion took place on Monday when the…
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Syria: 171 civilians killed by explosive war in 2022 so far
Damascus: A total of 171 civilians have so far been killed in 2022 by explosions of landmines and other ordnance left uncovered in previous war zones across Syria, a war monitor reported.…
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Fighting corruption on top of Syrian government’s agenda: PM
Damascus: Syria’s Prime Minister Hussein Arnous has said that fighting corruption is a priority of the government’s agenda. Arnous made the remarks on Thursday during a meeting with the higher committee overseeing…
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Israel strikes Syria’s Aleppo int’l airport
Damascus: An Israeli missile strike hit the international airport of Syria’s northern city of Aleppo, causing material damage, a Syrian military statement said. Local news websites on Wednesday said the missiles came from…
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Israel hit 64 targets in Syria in 2022: War monitor
Damascus: Israel has hit 64 military targets in Syria by far this year, killing 45 servicemen and pro-government fighters in the bordering country, a war monitor reported. Meanwhile, 57 others were injured…
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Turkey’s President Erdogan pledges to expand the Syria incursion
Ankara: Turkey is determined to go ahead with a planned military incursion against the Kurdish militia in northern Syria, despite opposition from other countries, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “I once again…
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Israeli strikes attack Iranian positions in Syria: Monitor
Airstrikes struck Iranian-aligned militia strongholds in Syria’s Hamas province on Thursday, according to a war monitor, who blamed Israel for the attacks and claimed “many dead”. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights…
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Three American troops injured in Syrian rocket attacks
Damascus: Three American troops were injured in two rocket attacks in Syria earlier in the day and the United States responded with strikes from attack helicopters, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a statement.…
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Death toll rises to 20 in market blast in Syria
Damascus: At least 20 people, including children, have been killed and more than 50 others injured in a fresh round of fighting between Syria and the Turkish-backed militia in northern Syria, a…