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Air strike against jihadists kills 28 civilians in northwestern Syria, says UK-based watchdog

At least 28 civilians were killed in air strikes on northwestern Syria where a safe zone has been overshadowed by a bombing campaign against jihadists

Syria conflict: Islamic State holds 11,100 blank Syrian passports, says German report

German authorities believe the Islamic State group holds some 11,100 blank Syrian passports that can be completed with any individual's details.

Fall of Islamic State: Russia says Syrian government has doubled territory it controls in two months

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says the Syrian government has increased the size of the territory under its control by 2 1/2 times in just two months.

Vladimir Putin signs Syria air force base deal, cementing Russia's presence there for half a century

President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government allowing Russia to keep its air base in Syria for almost half a century, official documents show.

US-led air strikes on Raqqa displaced 1,60,000 people: UN war crime investigators

The United States-led coalition air strikes on Raqqa has resulted in a “staggering loss” of civilian lives with as many as 1,60,000 people being internally displaced, United Nations war crime investigators said on Wednesday.

Russia says US airstrike on Syria damages prospects of peace settlement

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says the airstrike that the United States launched at a Syrian military base earlier this month damages the prospects of a political settlement for the war-torn country.

Bashar al-Assad questions US actions in Syria, calls American troops 'invaders'

Syria's President Bashar al-Assad scoffed and questioned the US actions in Syria, terming as 'invaders'.

Syria military prison witnessed 13,000 'secret' hangings, says Amnesty report

At least 13,000 opponents of Syrian President Bashar-al-Assad were secretly hanged in a government jail, where mass executions of upto 50 people at a time occur every week, the Amnesty International said in a report on Tuesday

Syrian family, pupils among dozens killed in Aleppo attacks

Hundreds of people have been killed since Tuesday in a concerted push by the government and its allies to quash resistance in the rebel-held eastern part of Aleppo to reestablish control over Syria's biggest pre-war city

Ankara blast: Kurdish militia denies involvement, says Turkey only wants to intervene in Syria

The head of the Syrian Kurdish Democratic Union Party (PYD) on Thursday denied Turkish allegations that the group was involved in a bombing in Ankara that killed 28 people.