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Turkish Army cuts off Kurdish troops from Syria border
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Ankara [Turkey], Feb 27 (ANI): The Turkish Army, in cooperation with the Free Syrian Army (FSA), has cut off Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) forces from the borders near Syria in Ankara's ongoing military operation against the troops.
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Kurdish Syrian ex-leader arrested in Prague
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 25 (ANI): Prominent former leader of the Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) in Syria, Salih Muslim, has been arrested in Prague, according to Turkish security officials and the PYD.
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Despite UN ceasefire, airstrikes kill 7 in Syria
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 25 (ANI): In spite of a 30-day ceasefire, at least seven people have been killed due to fresh airstrikes by the forces loyal to Syria's Russian-backed president Bashar al-Assad regime in the Eastern Ghouta.
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France, Germany to hold talks with Russia over Syria ceasefire
Updated : 8 years ago IST
Paris [France], Feb 25 (ANI): French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel will hold talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday over the Syria ceasefire resolution, the France presidency said in a statement.
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IS spreading its terror wings beyond Iraq, Syria
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
London [UK], Feb 25 (ANI): They may have laid a path of terror and destruction in Iraq and Syria, but the dreaded Islamic State (IS) group has spread its wings beyond these terror-ravaged countries to the unlikeliest places on Earth.
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UN Security Council approves 30-day Syria ceasefire resolution
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
New York [USA], Feb 25 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) on Saturday unanimously backed a 30-day ceasefire resolution in Syria to allow for humanitarian aid deliveries and medical evacuations.
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Fresh airstrikes take Syria death toll close to 500
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 24 (ANI): Air strikes hit the Syrian rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta for the seventh straight day on Saturday after the United Nations (UN) again delayed a vote on a ceasefire.
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UN Security Council delays vote on Syria ceasefire
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [United States], Feb 24 (ANI): The United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has delayed a vote on a demand for a 30-day ceasefire in Syria and has put it back until Saturday.
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Russia, Iran behaviour in Syria 'disgraceful': Trump
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington D.C. [USA], Feb 24 (ANI): United States President Donald Trump on Friday slammed Russia, Iran and Syria's actions in the ongoing Syrian civil war as 'disgraceful', according to media reports.
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UNSC to vote on 30-day ceasefire in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], Feb 23 (ANI): A day after Russia vetoed a United Nations Security Council (UNSC) resolution on the situation in Syria's conflicting region of Eastern Ghouta, the council will on Friday vote on the decree calling for a 30-day ceasefire in the war-torn nation, and allowing hum
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250 civilians killed in Syria 'bombardment'
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 21 (ANI): At least 250 civilians have been killed by shelling and regime airstrikes in Syria's Eastern Ghouta region in the last 48 hours, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said on Tuesday.
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Regime forces kill 77 in Syria
Updated : 8 years, 1 month ago IST
Damascus [Syria], Feb 20 (ANI): At least 77 people were killed and over 40 were injured in fresh regime attacks in Eastern Ghouta region near Damascus local civil defence forces said on Monday.
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