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Powerful explosion at Pakistani shrine kills at least 72, injures over 150
Feb 16, 2017 15:43More than 70 people have been killed and over 150 others injured in a huge bomb explosion at a shrine in Pakistan’s southern province of Sindh.
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Two dozen Syrian civilians, including children, killed in Turkish bombardment of al-Bab: Group
Feb 16, 2017 15:43At least two dozen civilians, including children, have been killed in airstrikes and shelling by the Turkish military in Syria’s northern border city of al-Bab over the past 24 hours, a monitoring group says.
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Fresh round of Syria peace talks held in Kazakh capital
Feb 16, 2017 15:00Delegates from the Syrian government and opposition groups have attended a fresh round of peace negotiations in Astana, Kazakhstan, in a new phase of the diplomatic process mediated by Iran, Russia and Turkey.
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Several people killed, scores wounded in Baghdad car bomb
Feb 16, 2017 15:00A car bomb has exploded in a southern neighborhood of Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing several people and injuring scores of others, security sources say.
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Car bombing kills 15 in Baghdad's Sadr City
Feb 15, 2017 15:11At least 15 people have been killed in a bomb attack in Baghdad’s Sadr City, amid assaults targeting the Shia population of Iraq.
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US strikes, Daesh sabotage on key dam threaten floods in Syria: UN
Feb 15, 2017 15:11The United Nations has warned of a humanitarian catastrophe in Syria due to deliberate acts of sabotage by Daesh terrorists targeting a key dam and US-led coalition air raids on the facility.
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Syria signals readiness for prisoner swap deals with militants
Feb 13, 2017 13:05The Syrian government has expressed its readiness for prisoner swaps with militant groups ahead of a new round of peace talks in the capital of Kazakhstan, Astana.
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Raqqah final goal of Turkey's incursion into Syria: Erdogan
Feb 12, 2017 14:13Turkey's president has claimed that the ultimate goal of the country's incursion into Syria is to "cleanse" a border region, including the cities of al-Bab and Raqqah, of the Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
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Syrian opposition forms new delegation, scraps Saudi-backed groups
Feb 12, 2017 13:57Syria's armed opposition groups have announced their new delegation for an upcoming round of peace talks brokered by the United Nations and set to be held in the Swiss city of Geneva, scrapping Saudi-backed terrorist groups.
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Assad dismisses Trump's plan to create 'safe zones' inside Syria
Feb 10, 2017 13:56Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rejected his American counterpart’s plan to create "safe zones" in Syria allegedly to protect refugees fleeing violence in the war-torn country and to stem the flow of displaced people into other countries.