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The deaths came after another strike by the US-led coalition in Raqa province on Sunday that killed 12 women. (AFP)

May 16th, 2017 - 03:00 GMT

23 Civilians Killed in US Airstrike on Albu Kamal, Syria

US led airstrikes kill 23 civilians in a Syrian town on the border with Iraq.

Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters take position during their advance in the city of Al-Bab, 30 km from the Syrian city of Aleppo. (AFP/File)

February 25th, 2017 - 06:24 GMT

Update: Death toll from car bomb in Syria’s Al-Bab rises to 51

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January 23rd, 2016 - 12:00 GMT

At least 75 killed in air raids on Daesh-controlled cities

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December 29th, 2015 - 04:00 GMT

Syrian army gains ground against Daesh

Things are getting more tense for Turkey across the border. (AFP/File)

July 27th, 2015 - 01:24 GMT

Read the YPG's statement about Turkey's alleged cross-border attack

According to Britian-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the Syrian air force on Monday conducted airstrikes against a number of targets in Daesh-held UNESCO World Heritage site Palmyra. (AFP/Joseph Eid)

May 25th, 2015 - 08:45 GMT

Syrian air force targets Daesh-held Palmyra, activists say

Women pray in a church in Syria. A Syriac Catholic priest was kidnapped along with a companion near Qaryatayn, in Homs governorate, says an NGO. (AFP/Louai Beshara)

May 22nd, 2015 - 04:09 GMT

Priest kidnapped in Syria’s Homs: activists

Scurfield is pictured kneeling in front of a group of fellow foreign fighters working alongside the Kurds against Daesh in Syria. (AFP/File)

March 4th, 2015 - 09:44 GMT

First Briton to die fighting Daesh in Syria is a former marine

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January 14th, 2015 - 12:33 GMT

Al-Nusra Front executes woman in Syria for adultery

Clashes between government forces and IS militants broke out close to the Syrian army's last remaining base in the Deir Ezzor province (File/AFP)

October 15th, 2014 - 02:48 GMT

IS and Assad forces clash in eastern Syria

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October 6th, 2014 - 06:39 GMT

U.S. criticized for Syrian civilian casualties

Staff fills up a jeep at a gas station. [gmanetwork]

October 6th, 2013 - 08:09 GMT

Gas price hike: Syrian austerity move has dominoe effect on transport and food

A picture shows destruction in Sbeneh, south of the Syrian capital Damascus, used for illustrative purposes (AFP / Ward al-Keswani)

June 17th, 2013 - 11:45 GMT

10 soldiers killed in Damascus bomb blast - watchdog