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Russia registers 10 cases of ceasefire violations in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Jan 3 (ANI): Russia on Wednesday registered at least 10 cases of ceasefire violations in Syria over the last 24 hours.
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115 bodies unearthed in Syrian mass grave
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], December 31 (ANI): The Syrian authorities on Saturday unearthed around 115 bodies discovered from a mass grave in northern Syria.
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US-backed forces capture Syria's largest oil field
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
New York, [USA] October 24(ANI): Kurdish and Arab powers, supported by the United States, said they have caught Syria's biggest oil field from ISIS, the most recent of the setbacks for the jihadists in the east of the nation.
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Trump says end of ISIS caliphate 'in sight' after Raqqa liberation
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [United States], Oct 22 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump has said that the "end of the ISIS caliphate is in sight" following the liberation of Syrian city of Raqqa from the terror group.
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'Trump used Obama's plan to defeat ISIS in Raqqa'
Updated : 8 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [U.S.A.] Oct 19 (ANI): A top official of former President Barack Obama has said that President Donald Trump has used Obama's plan to kick the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) out of Raqqa.
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Russia blames US for carpet-bombing in Raqqa
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia] Oct. 15 (ANI): Russian Defense Minister Major Gen Igor Konashenkov accused United States of conducting the so-called carpet-bombing of residential areas in Syria's Raqqa.
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Russia may have killed ISIS leader Baghdadi in airstrike
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], June 16 (ANI): Russia has said that ISIS leader Abu Bakr Al-Baghdadi might have been killed in an airstrike carried out by its forces on the southern suburb of Syria's Raqqa in late May.
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U.S.-backed forces fighting ISIS enter Raqqa
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Raqqa [Syria], June 9 (ANI): The Kurdish and Arab forces backed by the United States have entered Islamic State's de facto capital of Raqqa, in an apparent bid to reclaim the militants' largest stronghold in Syria.
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U.S. starts delivering arms to Kurdish fighters in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], May 31 (ANI): Despite opposition from Turkey, the United States has started delivering military equipment to the Kurdish fighters within the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), including small arms and vehicles, as part of an effort to take the Islamic State-controlled cit
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US-led airstrike kills 20 civilians in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Raqqa [Syria], May 29 (ANI): At least 20 civilians were killed in a U.S. led airstrike against the Islamic State terrorists in the southern countryside of Raqqa province in Syria.
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US to send 200 additional troops to Syria ahead of Raqqa offensive
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Dec. 10 (ANI): The United States will send as many as 200 additional troops to help Kurdish and Arab fighters launch an assault on Islamic State's key stronghold of Raqqa.
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