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Russia: US arms deliveries to Syria militants prompted Turkey's offensive
Jan 21, 2018 05:02The Russian Defense Ministry has accused the US of fueling tensions in northern Syria by supplying arms to militant groups.
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Cold snap kills 13 Syrians fleeing to Lebanon: UN
Jan 21, 2018 04:40The UN’s refugee agency has confirmed that at least 13 Syrians, including women and children, have lost their lives during a snowstorm while trying to flee their war-stricken country into neighboring Lebanon.
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Russia ‘concerned’ about Turkey’s military operation in Syria, calls for restraint
Jan 20, 2018 16:34Russia has voiced concern about a Turkish military operation in Syria’s Kurdish-controlled Afrin region, calling on the sides to exercise restraint.
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Syrian forces wrest control of airbase in Idlib, liberate villages in Idlib, Aleppo
Jan 20, 2018 15:07Syrian government troops have retaken full control of the strategic military airbase of Abu al-Duhur in the northwestern province of Idlib. They also managed to liberate several villages in Idlib and the northern province of Aleppo from the grips of terrorist outfits.
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Manbij next, says Erdogan as Turkey warplanes bomb Syria's Afrin
Jan 20, 2018 13:55Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan says Ankara plans to launch an operation against US-backed Kurdish militants in the northern Syrian city of Manbij as Turkish warplanes launch airstrikes on positions of the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) militia in Syria.
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Turkey pounds US-backed forces in Syria for second day
Jan 20, 2018 10:19Turkish troops have started a second day of military strikes against US-backed Kurdish militants in Syria.
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US-led coalition civilian killings tripled in Iraq, Syria in 2017: Monitor
Jan 20, 2018 03:46A British monitoring group says up to 6,000 Syrian and Iraqi civilians were killed in US-led coalition airstrikes in 2017 alone.
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Russian FM slams US efforts to create 'alternative authority' in Syria
Jan 20, 2018 03:00Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has lashed out at the US for undermining the territorial integrity of Syria through efforts to form “alternative bodies of authority” across the Middle Eastern country.
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Syria slams US military presence as ‘act of aggression’
Jan 18, 2018 11:41Syria has strongly condemned a US plan to maintain its military presence in the Arab country as interference in its internal affairs and a blatant violation of international law.
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Syria air defense to destroy Turkish jets if they attack: Deputy FM
Jan 18, 2018 09:59Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faisal Meqdad has warned Turkey against launching a military operation in the country’s northwestern region of Afrin, stressing that Syrian air defense systems are prepared to repel such an attack.