Syria
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Feb- 2020 -3 FebruaryMiddle East
Turkish counter-attack kills Syrian soldiers in Idlib province
Syrian government troops were killed by Turkish shelling in the northwestern region of Idlib in retaliation for a deadly regime attack
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Jan- 2020 -29 JanuaryMiddle East
Syrian Army captures Maaret al-Numan, strategic M5 highway in Idlib
Syrian government forces recaptured Maaret al-Numan, a strategic northwestern highway town in Idlib province, from jihadist and allied rebels
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23 JanuaryEurope
US to push European allies for new sanctions on Syria after Russia limits aid
US officials will meet with European counterparts in Brussels next week to discuss upping economic sanctions on Syria's Assad regime
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23 JanuaryMiddle East
Intelligence ‘ambiguity’ raises questions over ISIS capability in Iraq and Syria, US-led Coalition says
ISIS's failure to exploit Iraq's protests raises doubts as to group's capabilities, a senior Coalition commander said
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21 JanuaryAmericas
US cyber war against ISIS faced bureaucratic hurdles, newly declassified documents reveal
US Cyber Command's operation against Islamic State faced a number of problems, including difficulties with interagency coordination
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17 JanuaryMiddle East
Car bomb kills Turkish soldiers, Syrian fighters in contested northeast
Three Turkish soldiers and at least four Syrian fighters were killed in the latest car bombing near the town of Tal Abyad in northeast Syria
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16 JanuaryMiddle East
Syria’s Al Hol camp sees more than 500 deaths in 2019
At least 517 people, mostly children, died in 2019 in Syria's Al Hol housing displaced people and relatives of ISIS fighters, the Kurdish Red Crescent said
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13 JanuaryCommentary
What the ‘Vengeance for the Two Sheikhs’ campaign says about new ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi
The killing of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi does not appear to have reduced ISIS’s capabilities, and new leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi seems to be carrying on his legacy
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10 JanuaryCommentary
Hezbollah’s missiles of mass destruction
It’s long been surmised that Iran could deploy Hezbollah against Israel as a first-strike force or in response to an attack on its nuclear facilities
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10 JanuaryMiddle East
Syria: Ceasefire established in Idlib province following Turkish delegation visit to Russia
A ceasefire between warring sides in Syria's Idlib province came into effect following the visit of a Turkish delegation to Russia
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