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Tabqa: All you need to know about its significance in SDF's fight against Islamic State in Syria
Fp Staff •US-backed fighters cornered the Islamic State group in a last part of Tabqa on Monday, after tearing down a huge jihadist flag that had fluttered over the northern Syrian city.
US in 'no doubt' over Syria's role in chemical strike, accuses Russia of spreading misinformation
•Pentagon chief Jim Mattis said on Monday there is "no doubt" the Syrian regime was behind last week's deadly chemical strike, while US officials accused Moscow of waging a misinformation campaign around the attack.
Donald Trump's sudden decision to attack Syria airbase: An overnight policy evolution for the president
•United States of America President Donald Trump's sudden decision to order airstrikes against the Syrian government was an overnight evolution for a president who long warned against deeper American involvement in one of the world's most stubbornly violent conflicts.
US strikes Assad's forces in Syria after brutal chemical attack; Donald Trump to address nation soon
•The United States fired a barrage of cruise missiles into Syria Thursday night in retaliation for this week's gruesome chemical weapons attack against civilians, US officials said.
Syria chemical weapon attack kills 70: A brief history of Bashar al-Assad and his war on his own citizens
Fp Staff •If confirmed, it would be one of the worst chemical attacks since Syria's civil war began six years ago. It was the third claim of a chemical attack in just over a week in Syria.
Watch: Recent strike in Syria suspected to be a chemical attack
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Syria's worst chemical attack in years kills 70, including 20 children: White House blames Assad, Obama
Fp Staff •A suspected chemical attack in rebel-held northwestern Syria killed dozens of civilians including children and left many more sick and gasping, causing international outrage Wednesday.
Syria: President Assad vows to retake key area near Damascus
•Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has vowed to retake an area that supplies Damascus with water and rejected any negotiations on his departure at upcoming talks in Kazakhstan.
Syria: 21 civilians 'executed' by rebels in Aleppo, say authorities
•Syria authorities have accused rebel fighters of executing 21 civilians, including women and children, at close range as they quit second city Aleppo last week, state media reported.
Thousands camp out in Aleppo desperate for resumption of evacuation
•Thousands of civilians spent the night in bombed out apartment blocks in rebel Aleppo in desperate hope of a resumption of organised evacuations on Saturday, an AFP correspondent reported.