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US-led airstrikes on Syria's Raqqa kill dozens of civilians in three days, monitor says U.S.-led coalition airstrikes aimed at dislodging Daesh terrorist group from the Syrian city of Raqqa have cost the lives of 59 civilians in three days, a monitoring group... more

Syrian Crisis Assad regime continues shelling despite ceasefire The Assad regime was responsible for dropping "no less than 244 barrel bombs" in conflict-free zones throughout the month of July, according to the most recent Syrian Network... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian regime kills at least 2 civilians in Damascus' Ghouta At least two civilians were killed in Assad regime attacks in the eastern Ghouta neighborhood of capital Damascus, an opposition official said on Sunday. Mahmoud Atham,... More
Syrian Crisis Syria investigator del Ponte quits, blaming UNSC A member of the U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria said on Sunday she was quitting because a lack of political backing from the U.N. Security Council had made the job impossible,... More
Politics PYD terrorists kill three civilians in Syria's Aleppo At least three civilians were killed and six others injured in an attack carried out by the PKK-affiliated Democratic Union Party (PYD) militants in Syria's northern Aleppo... More
Turkey Over 850,000 refugees in Turkey to get debit cards Over 850,000 refugees will receive special debit cards before August financed by the European Union and implemented by the Turkish Red Crescent, according to European Commission... More
Syrian Crisis 'US-led coalition, Russia used phosphorus in Raqqa' Raqqa Is Being Slaughtered Silently (RBSS), an activist group that has reported humanitarian crises and human rights abuses perpetrated by the Assad regime and Daesh terror... More
Syrian Crisis 2,000 Daesh fighters still in Syria's Raqqa, US envoy says About 2,000 Daesh fighters are estimated to remain in the Syrian city of Raqqa, fighting for their survival in the face of an offensive by the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic... More
Syrian Crisis 4 countries later, Syrian refugee achieves his dream of becoming a doctor Ten years, four countries, four medical schools and 21 houses later Tirej Brimo, a refugee who fled the Syrian war, is finally a doctor. Having been just 10 months away... More
Syrian Crisis Turkish NGO delivers aid to 3,000 Syrian families A Turkish NGO, the Humanitarian Relief Foundation (IHH) has dispatched an aid convoy to the northern Syrian town of Al-Bab. "IHH sent 21 tons of rice for 3,000 families... More
Syrian Crisis 7,000 refugees leave Lebanon, arrive in Syria Buses carrying around 7,000 Syrians began crossing into northern Syria late Thursday following a cease-fire struck by Lebanon's Hezbollah movement and the Jabhat Fateh al-Sham... More
Syrian Crisis Truce in Syria's Homs after safe zone agreed: Russia Syrian regime forces and "moderate" opposition will begin adhering to a ceasefire Thursday in northern parts of Homs province after Russia struck a deal with the opposition... More

Syrian Crisis Iran threatens to withdraw from nuclear deal Iranian President Hassan Rouhani warned on Tuesday that Iran could abandon its 2015 nuclear deal with world powers within hours if the United States keeps on imposing new... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian opposition shoots regime jet, captures pilot A U.S.-backed moderate-opposition group in Syria said it shot down warplane belonging to the Assad regime Tuesday and captured its pilot alive near a ceasefire zone in the... More
Syrian Crisis Over 500,000 Syrian refugee kids deprived of education Since his family fled civil war in Syria five years ago, 15-year-old Ali al-Sbehi hasn't set foot in a school. Instead, he has put in 12-hour shifts in a supermarket, a... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian opposition, civilians leave Lebanon border area The media arm of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said hundreds of Syrian opposition and civilians have started leaving the Lebanon-Syria border area Monday after a deal... More
Syrian Crisis Hezbollah leader says Assad regime 'will stay on' The head of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah said on Sunday it is time for political leaders to accept the survival of Syrian regime leader Bashar Assad's rule. Hassan... More
Syrian Crisis UN investigator says enough evidence to convict Assad The U.N. Commission of Inquiry on Syria has gathered enough evidence for Bashar al-Assad to be convicted of war crimes, a prominent member of the commission, Carla del Ponte,... More
Syrian Crisis 7 rescue workers fatally shot in northeast Syria Seven civil defense volunteers were shot dead in north-eastern Syria on Saturday, according to a Syrian paramedic group. A spokesman for the Syrian Civil Defense group... More
Music Austria's Conchita cancels show after Syrian musicians denied visas Austria's bearded drag idol Conchita said Friday she had cancelled her headlining act at the prestigious Edinburgh International Festival because her Syrian musicians were... More
Syrian Crisis Syrian regime shells de-escalation zone near Damascus Assad regime bombardment killed three civilians yesterday in a ceasefire zone near Syria's capital, a monitor said, in the second day of deadly shelling on the opposition... More
Syrian Crisis Deadly regime shelling hits Syria de-escalation zone near Damascus Assad regime bombardment killed three civilians on Thursday in a ceasefire zone near Syria's capital, a monitor said, in the second day of deadly shelling on the rebel area. The... More
Syrian Crisis Syrians swap meat for mushrooms in hardship In a humid room in the besieged Syrian town of Douma, Abu Nabil inspects the pearly white mushrooms sprouting from white sacks hanging from a ceiling. More

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