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Amnesty ‘shocked’ by devastation caused by US strikes in Syria’s Raqqah
Oct 12, 2018 14:34Amnesty International’s new Secretary General Kumi Naidoo says he has been shocked by the horrific destruction and utter human devastation left by the US-led campaign in Syria’s northern city of Raqqah.
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Erdogan threatens new incursion into northern Syria
Oct 12, 2018 10:39President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has suggested that Turkey could soon launch a new incursion across the border into northern Syria.
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Putin: Terror fight remains absolute priority in Syria, world
Oct 11, 2018 14:54The Russian leader says fighting global terrorism, especially in Syria, remains an “absolute priority” for his country, emphasizing that any solution to over seven years of crisis in the Arab state should guarantee its sovereignty and territorial integrity.
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Iraq sentences Lebanese Daesh suspect in plane bomb plot to death
Oct 11, 2018 11:44A court in Iraq has sentenced a Lebanese national to death by hanging over his membership in the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group and involvement in criminal acts in the war-ravaged Arab country.
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Around 1,500 bodies uncovered in Raqqa’s largest mass grave to date
Oct 10, 2018 09:45A mass grave containing 1,500 corpses has been uncovered in the Syrian city of Raqqah, which used to serve as the Daesh terror group's largest stronghold before its seizure by Kurdish militants.
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Top commander: Iran to bomb any terrorist center near border
Oct 09, 2018 14:21Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri warned the anti-Iran terrorist groups not to set up bases near the country's borders or face its military force and airstrikes.
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52 suspected militants killed in Sinai, says Egypt army
Oct 08, 2018 16:56Egyptian security forces have killed 52 suspected militants in the Sinai Peninsula in operations in which three soldiers also died, the army says.
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Militants have not withdrawn weapons from north Syria: observatory
Oct 08, 2018 12:14A pro-opposition monitoring group says Turkey-backed militants have not withdrawn their heavy weapons from the buffer zone in northern Syria as they claim and are instead hiding their arms in the north of Latakia.
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Remains of dozens of civilians recovered in mass grave near Iraq's Tikrit
Oct 06, 2018 13:09Iraqi security forces have found a mass grave in the country’s north-central province of Salahuddin, which contained the bodies of dozens of civilians, who are believed to have been executed by Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
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No large-scale military action needed in Syria's Idlib: Putin
Oct 04, 2018 10:12Russian President Vladimir Putin says his country's joint plan with Turkey for creating a demilitarized zone in Syria's Idlib, the last major terrorist bastion in the country, has been effective, thus no major military action is needed in the region.