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Donald Trump Promises Syria 'Safe Zones', Barack Obama Says No Easy Fix
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday his administration would build "safe zones" to try to help civilians trapped in Syria's bloody conflict, an idea that President Barack Obama said would be too hard to enforce.
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Barack Obama To Face Questions On Russian Hacking, Donald Trump, Syria
President Barack Obama is expected to face questions about claims of Russian interference in the US election and about the fall of Aleppo in Syria when he holds his year-end news conference Friday.
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John Kerry Says US, Russians To Meet On Aleppo In Geneva
US and Russian officials will meet in Geneva on Saturday to discuss the situation in Aleppo, Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.
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Barack Obama 'Not Optimistic' On Syria As Aleppo Pummelled
US President Barack Obama said he is "not optimistic" about Syria's future, as the UN warned time is running out to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Aleppo which has been pounded by air strikes for nearly a week.
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Barack Obama, Angela Merkel Condemn Russian, Syrian Air Strikes In Aleppo: White House
US President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the two leaders "strongly condemned the barbarous Russian and Syrian regime air strikes against eastern Aleppo," the White House said in a statement.
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More Deaths In Aleppo As Barack Obama Calls For 'Reinstated' Syria Truce
Regime and rebel bombardment killed 26 civilians on Sunday in Syria's second city Aleppo as US President Barack Obama urged the conflict's warring parties to "reinstate" a troubled ceasefire.
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Kurds Hold Out in Syria's Kobane One Month Into IS Assault
Kurdish fighters backed by a flurry of US-led air strikes were still holding out on Thursday against jihadists in Kobane, as an Islamic State offensive on the Syrian border town entered its second month.
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Syria Rebels Will 'Lay Down Arms' if No Aid to Fight IS
Rebels from northern and eastern Syria on Wednesday threatened to lay down their arms in a week if the country's exiled opposition does not help them fight the jihadist Islamic State (IS).
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Chemical weapons watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize for Syrian mission
The global chemical weapons watchdog working to eliminate chemical weapons stockpiles around the battlefields of Syria's civil war won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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UN holds emergency meeting on alleged Syria chemical attack
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday called for "a thorough, impartial and prompt investigation" of the latest allegation of chemical weapons use in Syria.
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UN General Assembly slams President Bashar al-Assad for 'escalation' in Syria war
The United Nations General Assembly condemned President Bashar al-Assad's "escalation" of the Syrian war on Wednesday as rebels battled to free inmates from a prison in the key city of Aleppo.
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Rebels tear down Syrian flag at border post with Turkey
Rebels tore down a Syrian flag at a border gate on the Turkish frontier on Wednesday as they fought for control of the crossing, and schools on the Turkish side shut as bullets flew into Syria's northern neighbour.
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Donald Trump Promises Syria 'Safe Zones', Barack Obama Says No Easy Fix
US President-elect Donald Trump said on Friday his administration would build "safe zones" to try to help civilians trapped in Syria's bloody conflict, an idea that President Barack Obama said would be too hard to enforce.
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Barack Obama To Face Questions On Russian Hacking, Donald Trump, Syria
President Barack Obama is expected to face questions about claims of Russian interference in the US election and about the fall of Aleppo in Syria when he holds his year-end news conference Friday.
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John Kerry Says US, Russians To Meet On Aleppo In Geneva
US and Russian officials will meet in Geneva on Saturday to discuss the situation in Aleppo, Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry said on Friday.
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Barack Obama 'Not Optimistic' On Syria As Aleppo Pummelled
US President Barack Obama said he is "not optimistic" about Syria's future, as the UN warned time is running out to avoid a humanitarian catastrophe in Aleppo which has been pounded by air strikes for nearly a week.
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Barack Obama, Angela Merkel Condemn Russian, Syrian Air Strikes In Aleppo: White House
US President Barack Obama spoke by phone on Thursday with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and the two leaders "strongly condemned the barbarous Russian and Syrian regime air strikes against eastern Aleppo," the White House said in a statement.
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More Deaths In Aleppo As Barack Obama Calls For 'Reinstated' Syria Truce
Regime and rebel bombardment killed 26 civilians on Sunday in Syria's second city Aleppo as US President Barack Obama urged the conflict's warring parties to "reinstate" a troubled ceasefire.
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Kurds Hold Out in Syria's Kobane One Month Into IS Assault
Kurdish fighters backed by a flurry of US-led air strikes were still holding out on Thursday against jihadists in Kobane, as an Islamic State offensive on the Syrian border town entered its second month.
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Syria Rebels Will 'Lay Down Arms' if No Aid to Fight IS
Rebels from northern and eastern Syria on Wednesday threatened to lay down their arms in a week if the country's exiled opposition does not help them fight the jihadist Islamic State (IS).
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Chemical weapons watchdog wins Nobel Peace Prize for Syrian mission
The global chemical weapons watchdog working to eliminate chemical weapons stockpiles around the battlefields of Syria's civil war won the 2013 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday.
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UN holds emergency meeting on alleged Syria chemical attack
The United Nations Security Council on Wednesday called for "a thorough, impartial and prompt investigation" of the latest allegation of chemical weapons use in Syria.
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UN General Assembly slams President Bashar al-Assad for 'escalation' in Syria war
The United Nations General Assembly condemned President Bashar al-Assad's "escalation" of the Syrian war on Wednesday as rebels battled to free inmates from a prison in the key city of Aleppo.
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Rebels tear down Syrian flag at border post with Turkey
Rebels tore down a Syrian flag at a border gate on the Turkish frontier on Wednesday as they fought for control of the crossing, and schools on the Turkish side shut as bullets flew into Syria's northern neighbour.
