Syrian War

Tal Rifaat is east of Afrin, captured by Turkish-backed Syrian rebels from a Kurdish militia after a military operation supported by Turkish forces early 2018.
Turkey, Russia begin joint patrols in Syrian city
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Syria's defence minister Ali Ayyoub with Bashar al Assad
Syria vows to retake Kurdish-controlled areas
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A column of armoured Turkish military vehicles drives on a patrol along a road in the de-militarised zone in the western countryside of Syria's Aleppo province near the town of Al-Eis on March 8, 2019.
Turkey, Russia aim for more coordination in Syria
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Volunteers evacuate a victim after air strikes that believed to be mounted by Russian warplanes on residential areas in Idlib
Russian, Syrian air strikes pound last rebel bastion
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A man rides a scooter on a street during reported air strikes in the town of Khan Sheikhun in the southern countryside of the rebel-held Idlib province, on February 22, 2019.
Flare-up of violence displaces thousands in Idlib
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Women and children evacuated from the Islamic State (IS) group's embattled holdout of Baghouz wait in a zone held by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) during an operation to expel IS jihadists from the area, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor, on February 25, 2019.
Syria force screens, treats IS survivors
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Women and children stand in a field after they fled from the Baghouz area in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor on February 12, 2019 during an operation by the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) to expel hundreds of Islamic State group (IS) jihadists from the region.
Civilians at risk as US-backed Syrian forces target IS
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Syrian men suffering from mental issues sit together at al-Waalan special needs centre in northern town of Aldana near Syria's second largest city of Aleppo on February 14, 2019.
Special needs centre offers sanctuary in Idlib
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A fighter with the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) walks at a position in the Baghouz area in the eastern Syrian province of Deir Ezzor on February 14, 2019 during an operation to expel hundreds of Islamic State group (IS) jihadists from the region.
Mines, tunnels slow onslaught on IS holdout in Syria
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A Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) fighter holds a machine gun on his shoulder as he attends the funeral of a slain People's Protection Units (YPG) commander in the northeastern city of Qamishli on December 6, 2018.
Kurdish-led forces ready for push on last IS pocket
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Syrian president Bashar Assad, left, meets with Ali Akbar Velayati, an adviser to Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Damascus, Syria, Thursday, April 12, 2018.
Iran says US must leave Syria 'whether they want to or not'
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Photographer Paul Conroy, left, with war correspondent Marie Colvin in Misrata, Libya
Court orders Syria to pay $302.5 million over killing of US reporter
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Turkish-backed Syrian fighters take up an armed position with sandbags along the frontline with SDF forces near the village of Kiridiyah, about 30 kilometres west of the northern town of Manbij, on January 15, 2019.
Syria says Turkish presence in north is violation of deal
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Missile fire is seen from Damascus, Syria on May 10, 2018.
Russia says 'arbitrary' Israeli strikes on Syria must stop
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Air strikes and ground-to-ground missiles hit several targets around Damascus
11 killed in Israeli bombardment of Syria
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Russian soldiers place the national flag at the Abu Duhur crossing on the eastern edge of Idlib province on September 25, 2018, as Syrian families cross from rebel-held areas to regime-held areas.
Russia strives to assert primacy, rein in Turkish ambitions in Syria
Thomas Seibert
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