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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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Daesh holding over 100k civilians as 'human shields' in Mosul's Old City: UN
Jun 16, 2017 08:44The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) says members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group are holding more than 100,000 Iraqi civilians as human shields in the Old City of western Mosul as government forces are pushing to drive the extremists out of their last bastion in the city.
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Iran condemns terrorist attack in Afghan capital
Jun 16, 2017 08:40Iran has strongly condemned a recent terrorist attack on a mosque in the Afghan capital of Kabul, which killed four people, including three civilians.
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Iraqi forces liberate key west Mosul district from Daesh
Jun 15, 2017 13:26Iraqi forces have managed to wrest control over a neighborhood in the western side of the flashpoint city of Mosul, in their latest push to liberate the whole city from the grip of Daesh terrorists.
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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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Iraqi forces repulse major Daesh counter-attack in western Mosul
Jun 14, 2017 14:29Iraqi army soldiers have thwarted a major counter-attack by members of the Takfiri Daesh terrorist group in a western district of Mosul as government forces and allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units are pushing to drive the extremists out of their last bastion in the strategic northern city.
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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.