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Syria conflict: IS claims deadly Homs and Damascus blasts
The Islamic State group says it carried out bomb attacks in the Syrian capital Damascus and the city of Homs, which left at least 140 people dead. Four blasts in the southern Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab killed at least 83 people, state media say. Earlier in Homs, 57 people, mainly civilians, were killed in a double car...
Syria conflict: Homs and Damascus blasts kill more than 100
Bomb blasts in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus have left more than 100 people dead, monitors and state media say. In Homs, at least 57 people, mainly civilians, were killed in a double car bombing, a monitoring group reported. At least four blasts later struck the southern Damascus suburb of Sayyida Zeinab, causing at...
Syrian President open to ceasefire — if it doesn’t help ‘terrorists’
Syria's embattled leader is ready for a ceasefire — with a catch. President Bashar al-Assad, who has weathered more than five years of civil war, told Spanish newspaper El Pais he "definitely" supports a pause in fighting, in part to allow more humanitarian aid to reach besieged civilians. He's only for...
IS Camp Speicher massacre: Iraq sentences 40 to death
Iraq has sentenced 40 men to death over the killing of up to 1,700 military recruits at a former US base in 2014. The Camp Speicher massacre was carried out by fighters from the so-called Islamic State (IS) group as they seized territory across northern Iraq. Outrage over the massacre of the mostly Shia cadets helped...
Turkey seeks allies’ support for ground operation as Syria war nears border
Turkey, Saudi Arabia and some European allies want ground troops deployed in Syria as a Russian-backed government advance nears NATO's southeastern border, Turkey's foreign minister said, but Washington has so far ruled out a major offensive. Syrian government forces made fresh advances on Tuesday, as did Kurdish...
Syria crisis: Siege victims await aid convoys
Aid convoys are due to be sent to Syria's besieged areas, UN envoy Staffan de Mistura has said. He said it would be a test of whether warring parties were committed to allowing in humanitarian supplies. Among the areas due to receive aid is the town of Madaya, where people have been dying of starvation. World powers last...
Russia rejects Syria war crimes claim over hospital attacks
Russia says it "categorically rejects" accusations of war crimes over the bombing of hospitals in Syria. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said "those who make such statements are not capable of backing them up with proof". Up to 50 people were killed in missile attacks on at least four hospitals and a school...
Deadly Airstrikes Hit Hospitals, School in Northern Syria
Airstrikes blamed on Russia hit at least two hospitals and a school in northern Syria on Monday, killing and wounding dozens of civilians and further dimming hopes for a temporary truce, as government troops backed by Russian warplanes pressed a major offensive north of Aleppo. The raids came days after Russia and other world...
Syria Hospital strike ‘deliberate’
Seven people have died in an air strike on a Medecins Sans Frontieres hospital in northern Syria, the organisation said, calling it a "deliberate" attack. MSF blamed Syria's government or Russia for the raid in Maarat al-Numan. There has been no independent confirmation. A further eight people are missing from the...
Syria calls for UN action on Turkish attacks on Kurds
Syria has condemned Turkish military action against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria and described it as a violation of its sovereignty. It called on the UN Security Council to take action. Turkey carried out a second day of shelling on Sunday of Kurdish forces advancing in northern Aleppo province. Ankara views the Kurdish...
Syria conflict: Pressure grows on Russia over civilian bomb deaths
Pressure is increasing on Russia over civilian deaths in Syria, with France and the US urging greater caution. French PM Manuel Valls and US Secretary of State John Kerry said civilians were dying in Russian air strikes. Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev said there was "no evidence of our bombing civilians, even though everyone...
Tanker ‘nursed’ F-16 past ISIS
An F-16 pilot was nearly forced to eject from his aircraft over ISIS territory due to a fuel emergency last year, an incident that could have led to the airman's capture or death, the U.S. Air Force said. But the pilot was saved from having to abandon his aircraft due to the quick thinking of a nearby U.S. Air Force...
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