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Iraq will never be a place for hostility with Iran: Abadi
Jun 18, 2017 09:53Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has stressed that his country will never be a place for animosity toward Iran after an Iraqi vice president made hostile statements against the Islamic Republic.
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Syrian army declares 48-hour combat cessation in southern city
Jun 17, 2017 10:04The Syrian military has announced the cessation of hostilities in the southern city of Dara’a for 48 hours in support of national reconciliation efforts meant to secure civilian lives and give an opportunity to foreign-sponsored militants to lay down their arms.
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US-led strike kills 4 Syrian civilians in Daesh-held Raqqah
Jun 16, 2017 14:33A so-called monitoring group says at least four civilians have lost their lives when the US-led coalition purportedly fighting the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group carried out an aerial attack in Syria's terrorist-held northern province of Raqqah.
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Newly-deployed US rocket launchers may target Syrian army: Russia
Jun 15, 2017 13:25Russia says the US has deployed the M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launchers from Jordan to its base in southern Syria, warning that the equipment could be used against Syrian government forces.
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Putin announces plans to reinforce Syrian army
Jun 15, 2017 13:15President Vladimir Putin has announced Russia's "medium-term" plans to beef up the Syrian army that is battling foreign-backed terrorist groups.
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US-led raids on Raqqah cause staggering civilian deaths: UN body
Jun 15, 2017 09:17A UN commission has warned that the intensified offensive by US-led forces on the Syrian city of Raqqah has led to about 300 civilian deaths and displacement of 160,000 others.
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Syrian delegation in Baghdad discusses border security
Jun 14, 2017 10:10A high-level delegation from the Syrian Defense Ministry has held talks in Baghdad with Iraqi officials on border security to coordinate the ongoing fight against the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group.
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Syrian soldiers, allies 600 meters away from Iraqi border
Jun 12, 2017 16:40Syrian army soldiers and pro-government fighters from popular defense groups have reportedly advanced in a number of directions in the country’s semi-arid al-Badiya region, reaching very close to the border with Iraq.
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US-backed SDF militias seize 2nd Raqqah district from Daesh
Jun 11, 2017 15:02The so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has retaken a second district of Syria's troubled and terrorist-held northern city of Raqqah from Takfiri Daesh terrorists, and launched a renewed assault on a base north of the city as they press ahead with an offensive against the extremists.
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Five killed trying to cross Jordan’s border from Syria
Jun 11, 2017 15:02Jordanian border guards have killed five people trying to cross into Jordan from a town on the other side of the border in Syria.