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Syria army urges residents to quit Aleppo as ceasefire begins

Syria army urges residents to quit Aleppo as ceasefire begins

Oct 20, – Moscow said the truce would be extended by 24 hours, and the UN said it hoped to carry out the first medical evacuations from Aleppo on Friday, after getting clearance from all warring parties. A “humanitarian pause” in the Syrian army’s Russian-backed assault on Aleppo took effect Thursday, but despite a drop […]

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Islamic State forces kill 26 Syrian soldiers near Palmyra- monitor

Islamic State forces kill 26 Syrian soldiers near Palmyra- monitor

Mar 21, –Russian President Vladimir Putin said last week that the Syrian army would soon recapture Palmyra from Islamic State, which has held the desert city for nearly a year. Islamic State fighters killed 26 Syrian soldiers on Monday west of Palmyra, a monitoring group said, after days of advances by government forces backed by […]

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IS attack on Syria’s Deir Ezzor kills 35 regime forces- monitor

IS attack on Syria’s Deir Ezzor kills 35 regime forces- monitor

Jan 16, – The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the jihadist group had advanced into the northern tip of the city and captured the suburb of Al-Baghaliyeh. At least 35 Syrian soldiers and pro-regime militiamen were killed Saturday in a multi-front attack by the Islamic State group on the eastern city of Deir Ezzor, […]

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Islamist gains in Syria alarm some Assad allies

Islamist gains in Syria alarm some Assad allies

Aug 29, – The execution of scores of Syrian soldiers taken captive by Islamic State at an air base in Raqqa province has triggered unusually harsh social media criticism of the Damascus government by people who have taken its side in the civil war. A mounting death toll in President Bashar al-Assad’s armed forces is […]

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Islamic State executes more than 160 Syria troops – monitor

Islamic State executes more than 160 Syria troops – monitor

Aug 28, – News of the killings comes as US President Barack Obama is reportedly weighing air strikes on IS positions in Syria and coming closer to greenlighting a mission to aid Shiite Turkmen trapped in an Iraqi town by the jihadists. Islamic State jihadists have executed more then 160 fleeing Syrian soldiers, a monitoring […]

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Syrian planes bomb border post near Israel captured by rebels

Syrian planes bomb border post near Israel captured by rebels

Aug 28, – Al Qaeda’s Syria wing Nusra alongside moderate rebel groups who had launched the attack early on Wednesday on the border post were “holding ground” despite the heavy bombardment, according to a source in the Islamist Beit al Maqdis brigade, whose fighters were involved in the fighting. Syrian jets shelled rebel positions near […]

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Suicide bombs hit Syria troops north of Damascus

Suicide bombs hit Syria troops north of Damascus

Nov 20, – A suicide car bomber targeted a checkpoint manned by Syrian soldiers while another blew up near a security headquarters. Both were on the outskirts of Nabak, said Rami Abdurrahman from the British-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and another activist based near the town. Suicide bombers targeted Syrian troops and a hospital […]

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Israeli airstrike on military complex kills 42 Syrian soldiers: monitor

Israeli airstrike on military complex kills 42 Syrian soldiers: monitor

May 6, The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Monday that the toll is based on information from sources in Syrian military hospitals. The Syrian government has not released a death toll. Immediately after Sunday’s predawn strike, Syrian state media said the attack caused casualties, but did not elaborate. A Syrian activist group says […]

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