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Syrian air defense intercepts drone near Hmeimim Airbase
Mar 24, 2020 01:38Syria says its air defense units have intercepted a drone approaching Russia's airbase in Hmeimim, Latakia.
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Syria urges lifting of intl. bans to facilitate fight against coronavirus pandemic
Mar 19, 2020 13:40The Syrian government has called for the removal of sanctions against the West Asian country amid the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) in the region.
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Turkish-backed militants undermine Russia-Turkey joint patrols in Idlib
Mar 16, 2020 11:08Russia and Turkey have cut short their first joint patrol in Syria's Idlib after Turkish-based militants blocked a main roadway liberated by the Syrian army in January.
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Russia, Turkey launch patrol mission in Syria's Idlib
Mar 15, 2020 08:13Russia and Turkey have begun jointly patrolling the strategic M4 highway in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib as part of a ceasefire reached earlier this month.
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Syria parliamentary elections adjourned to May 20 over coronavirus concerns
Mar 15, 2020 05:40Syria has decided to delay parliamentary elections, initially scheduled for April 13, in a precautionary step against the new coronavirus as the contagion continues its rapid spread around the world.
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Turkey dispatches new reinforcements to Syria’s Idlib prior to joint patrols with Russia: SOHR
Mar 15, 2020 05:20The so-called Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) says Turkey has dispatched a new military convoy to Syria’s embattled Northwestern Province of Idlib, a day ahead of the first joint patrol by Turkish and Russian troops on the strategic M4 highway and establishment of joint coordination centers in the region.
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Syria won war, US lost more than it can realize: Ex-CIA official
Mar 14, 2020 06:58Syria has managed to score a victory in the nine-year war, while Turkey is "pulled agonizingly" in several directions, says a former deputy director of the US spy agency CIA.
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Turkey, Russia flesh out Syria ceasefire deal: Ankara
Mar 13, 2020 11:43Turkey and Russia have agreed to begin joint patrols along a key highway in Syria’s northwestern province of Idlib as part of a recent ceasefire agreement between the two sides, Turkey’s defense minister says.
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US wages airstrikes against multiple Hashd Sha’abi positions across Iraq
Mar 13, 2020 03:59The United States has carried out a string of airstrikes against multiple locations of the Iraqi Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), better known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, only a day after more than a dozen of the Iraqi fighters were martyred by airstrikes targeting an area in Syria's Eastern Province of Deir al-Zour.
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Israeli aerial attacks in Syria only escalate tensions in region: Top Russian official
Mar 13, 2020 03:43A senior Russian official has strongly condemned recurring Israeli airstrikes inside Syrian territory, emphasizing that such acts of aggression by the Tel Aviv regime only exacerbate tensions and destabilize the situation in the region.