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Iraq carries out more air strikes against Daesh in Syria Iraqi F-16 planes carried out raids against the headquarters of Daesh gang leaders and an explosives depot occupied by terrorists in Syria’s Hajjin region on Thursday. (Reuters) http://www.arabnews.com/node/1309496/middle-east At least...

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1308951/middle-east At least 12 pro-government fighters who are reportedly foreigners, were killed in a series of overnight airstrikes in eastern Syria. The Syrian government-run media blamed the strikes on the US-led coalition fighting Daesh. BEIRUT: At least 12...

Risky mobilisation: Turkish soldiers in a village on the Turkish-Syrian border in Gaziantep province. | Photo Credit: Reuters 28 civilians have reportedly been killed so far; Washington says operation disrupts fight against IS The Turkish Army on Tuesday clashed with Kurdish militia in...

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1225151/middle-east Syrian troops and their allies have blockaded Eastern Ghouta, a densely populated pocket of satellite towns and farms, since 2013. It is the only remaining major opposition enclave near the Syrian capital. Dropped by one of the countless...

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/erdogan-signals-military-operation-on-syrias-afrin-manbij-if-terrorists-do-not-pull-out-in-one-week-125674 President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan signalled a possible military operation on Syria’s Afrin, Manbij 'if terroristst do not pull out in one week' on Jan. 13...

http://aa.com.tr/en/europe/it-was-not-turks-who-attacked-russias-bases-putin/1028660 By Emre Gurkan Abay MOSCOW Russian President Vladimir Putin said Thursday that it was not Turks who attacked Russia’s bases in Syria this week, according to local media reports. On Monday, Russia averted an...

http://aa.com.tr/en/middle-east/iran-buries-afghan-pakistani-fighters-killed-in-syria/1028663 By Mustafa Melih Ahishali ISTANBUL Funerals have been held for seven members of two Iran-backed militia groups recently killed in Syria, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported Thursday. According to...

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1223646/middle-east AMMAN: Rebels launched a counter attack against Syrian government forces and their allies in Idlib province on Thursday, trying to roll back an advance that is fueling tension with neigboring Turkey. Fighting raged in Idlib, where a government...

In 2016, Turkey launched the Euphrates Shield operation on its Syrian border to eradicate what it called a 'corridor of terror', made up by the dual threat of Islamic State and Syrian Kurdish fighters. : Reuters | Istanbul | Published: January 9, 2018 2:44 pm...

AP | Published — Monday 8 January 2018 http://www.arabnews.com/node/1221466/middle-east BEIRUT: Syrian government forces captured 14 villages on Monday as they advanced on the largest rebel-held enclave in the country’s north amid a wave of airstrikes. Syrian government forces and their allies...

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1220566/middle-east BEIRUT: Syrian regime forces and allied militiamen are advancing on the largest remaining opposition-held territory in the country’s north, forcing thousands of civilians to flee toward the border with Turkey in freezing winter temperatures. The...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/2000-afghans-killed-fighting-for-assad/article22387345.ece The Fatemiyoun Brigade of Afghan “volunteer” recruits has been fighting in Syria for five years, said Zohair Mojahed, a cultural official in the brigade. This brigade has given more than 2,000...

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1218391/middle-east Moscow: A Russian helicopter crashed in Syria on New Year’s Eve killing both pilots following a technical fault, Moscow’s defense ministry said Wednesday. The Mi-24 military helicopter was flying to Hama, northwestern Syria, and there was no...

http://www.arabnews.com/node/1218061/middle-east BEIRUT: At least seven civilians, including five children, were killed Tuesday by air strikes in Syria’s northwestern Idlib province, the last outside government control, a monitor said. Government and allied forces backed by Russian warplanes...

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/650364/less-1000-fighters-remain-iraq.html Reuters, BAGHDAD, Dec 27 2017, 16:32 IST Fewer than 1,000 Islamic State fighters remain in Iraq and Syria, the United States-led international coalition fighting the hardline Sunni militant group said on Wednesday...

http://www.thehindu.com/news/international/syrian-prisoner-release-deal-breaks-deadlock-on-ghouta-medical-evacuations/article22288710.ece?homepage=true Four patients were evacuated from eastern Ghouta, where almost 400,000 people have been under siege by President Bashar al-Assad's forces...

http://indianexpress.com/article/world/iran-backed-syrian-forces-advance-in-border-area-near-israel-4997665/ Syrian army forces backed by Iranian-backed militias pushed deeper into the last rebel-held enclave near a strategic border area with Israel and Lebanon in a new expansion of Tehran’s...