Russia fires missiles at IS group

A Russian warship on Tuesday fired cruise missiles from the Mediterranean at the Islamic State group near the Syrian city of Deir Ezzor where regime forces are battling the jihadists. The Russian defence ministry said the strike, which was carried out by the frigate “Admiral Essen,” hit IS targets near the town of Al-Shula, which […]

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Coalition airstrikes kill 7 ISIS leaders in Iraq and Syria

Coalition airstrikes killed seven senior Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) propagandists and facilitators in Iraq and Syria, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials have announced. “The removal of these key ISIS leaders disrupts ISIS’s propaganda production, distribution, and the ability to fund ISIS’ terrorist activities,” the U.S. Department of State said. […]

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Multiple car bombs hit Syria, 7 killed

Three car bombs exploded in Damascus on Sunday, the biggest of such attack in the Syrian capital since a series of suicide attacks in March. A police officer said seven people were killed in one of the blasts,the Syrian Arab News Agency, SANA reported. One of the suicide bombers blew himself up in Tahrir square […]

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Ceasefire deal begins in Syria

A Syrian cease-fire backed by Russia and Turkey took effect at midnight Thursday, a move that could prompt a political settlement of a nearly 6-year-old civil war and a dramatic shift in U.S. policy under a Donald Trump presidency. The national cease-fire agreement, announced earlier by Syria’s military, does not cover the Islamic State and […]

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Russian airstrikes killed 10, 000 in Syria

Since Russia started airstrikes in Syria last year, about 10,000 persons have been killed, a monitoring group which documents violence in the war-torn country said Friday. The toll includes 3,804 civilians, among them 906 children, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. It added that the strikes also killed 2,746 members of the Islamic […]

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ISIS attack on Hospitals, Bus Stations Leave 148 dead

Yesterday, not less than 148 people were killed in bombings credited to the Islamic State group in northwestern Syria. These attacks are described as the deadliest attacks to date in the regime’s coastal heartland. Seven near-simultaneous explosions targeted bus stations, hospitals and other civilian sites in the seaside cities of Jableh and Tartus, which until […]

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