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ISIS launches new assault on besieged eastern city in Syria

BEIRUT – Islamic State militants launched their biggest assault in a year on government-held areas of the contested city of Deir el-Zour Saturday, attacking from several fronts and triggerin...

DATE: Jan 14, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syrian rebels end talks on peace

BEIRUT – Syrian government forces pressed their offensive in a water-rich valley northwest of Damascus on Tuesday as 10 rebel groups announced they are suspending talks about planned peace n...

DATE: Jan 3, 2017 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Russia uses Iran base to hit Syria rebels

BEIRUT – Iran allowed Russian warplanes to take off from its territory to bomb targets in Syria on Tuesday, an unprecedented move that underscores the deepening cooperation between two power...

DATE: Aug 16, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria rebels under fire from ISIS militants, government troops

BEIRUT – Islamic State militants entered a major Syrian opposition stronghold in the country’s north on Saturday, clashing with rebels on the edges of the town as the extremist group builds ...

DATE: May 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Moscow’s drawdown in Syria sends a strong message to Assad

Putin urges Assad to work harder toward peace

DATE: Mar 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Love grows for strongman in Mideast

Amid Russian airstrikes Putin craze takes hold

DATE: Oct 12, 2015 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Islamic State losing some luster

Militant group’s fighters getting bogged down in costly battles

DATE: Nov 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Video purports to show British aid worker slain

BEIRUT – Islamic State extremists have released a video purportedly showing the beheading of British aid worker David Haines, who went missing in Syria last year. The video emer...

DATE: Sep 13, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

U.S. wary about hitting Syrian militants

What would attacks mean in the wider scheme of things?

DATE: Sep 6, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Video purports to show beheading of U.S. journalist

BEIRUT (AP) – Islamic State extremists released a video posted Tuesday purportedly showing the beheading of a second American journalist, Steven Sotloff, and warning President Barack Obama t...

DATE: Sep 2, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syrian antagonists take ‘half-steps’ at peace talks

GENEVA – The U.N. mediator trying to broker peace after three years of civil war in Syria said the agreement by the antagonists to face each other at peace talks for the first time Saturday ...

DATE: Jan 25, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World

Syria group set for talks

GENEVA – The leader of Syria’s Western-backed opposition said Thursday he will give his negotiating team the authority it needs in any talks with President Bashar Assad’s government. ...

DATE: Jan 23, 2014 | CATEGORY: Nation & World