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Orthodox Faction Stopped From Entering Church In Kochi, Police Deployed
Tension prevailed in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district of Kerala on Monday as a large number of Jacobite faction priests and followers prevented those belonging to the Orthodox faction from entering a church at Kochi to take its possession as per a Supreme Court order.
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Syrian Goalkeeper Turned Rebel Fighter Dies In Fight With Regime Forces
A Syrian goalkeeper turned rebel fighter who starred in an award-winning documentary died Saturday of wounds sustained fighting regime forces in northwestern Syria, his faction said.
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Syrian Rebel Group In Ghouta Enclave Announces Ceasefire
A Syrian rebel group which still controls a pocket of the Eastern Ghouta enclave on Thursday announced a ceasefire from midnight to allow negotiations with the regime's ally Russia, a spokesman for the faction said.
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UN Mediator Targets Fresh Syria Talks For July 10
The United Nations special mediator for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, wants to start a fresh round of talks between Syrian factions on July 10, his office said on Saturday.
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Turkish-Backed Syrian Opposition Captures Dabiq From ISIS
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces have captured the symbolically significant town of Dabiq from the ISIS, the factions said Sunday morning.
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Hundreds Join Crucial Battle For Syria's Aleppo
Syrian regime forces and rebel factions sent hundreds of reinforcements to Aleppo today as opposition fighters announced an all-out offensive to take the country's second city.
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Rival Jihadists Kill Islamic State-Linked Syrian Commander: Monitor
The leader of a militant Syrian faction that had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group was killed Sunday in a suicide attack by rival jihadists, a monitoring group said.
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12 Islamic State Jihadists Killed in Russia Raids on Syria's Raqa: Report
At least 12 jihadists from the Islamic State group have been killed in Russia's first air strikes on the extremist faction's main Syrian bastion, a monitoring group said.
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Palestinians Back Joint Yarmuk Operation With Syria Army: Palestine Liberation Organisation
A group of 14 Palestinian factions said today they backed a joint military operation with the Syrian government to expel Islamic State group jihadists from the Yarmuk camp in southern Damascus.
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Jihadists, Islamists in New Assault on Syria's Idlib
Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and Islamist factions launched a multi-front offensive Tuesday against the regime-held northwestern city of Idlib, a monitor and activists said.
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Western-Backed Rebels Join Aleppo Alliance: Syria Monitor
A Western-backed rebel group in northern Syria that is under pressure from Al Qaeda's hardline Nusra Front has joined an alliance of mainly Islamist insurgent factions in Aleppo, a group monitoring the conflict said today.
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Tribe in Syria Border Town Allies With Jihadis
Syrian activists say rebel factions affiliated with a powerful tribe in an eastern stronghold of al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate have pledged allegiance to the rival Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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Syria Rebels Say IS Caliphate 'Null and Void'
Syrian rebels, including the main Islamist factions, said on Monday the creation of a caliphate by the Islamic State (IS) was "null and void".
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In midst of Syrian war, giant Jesus statue arises
In the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions in the country's civil war.
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Syria releases 61 women detainees, activists say
Syrian authorities have released a total of 61 women detainees, an activist group said Thursday, the latest in a three-way prisoner exchange that was one of the more ambitious negotiated deals in the country's civil war in which rival factions remain largely opposed to any bartered peace.
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Orthodox Faction Stopped From Entering Church In Kochi, Police Deployed
Tension prevailed in Kothamangalam in Ernakulam district of Kerala on Monday as a large number of Jacobite faction priests and followers prevented those belonging to the Orthodox faction from entering a church at Kochi to take its possession as per a Supreme Court order.
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Syrian Goalkeeper Turned Rebel Fighter Dies In Fight With Regime Forces
A Syrian goalkeeper turned rebel fighter who starred in an award-winning documentary died Saturday of wounds sustained fighting regime forces in northwestern Syria, his faction said.
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Syrian Rebel Group In Ghouta Enclave Announces Ceasefire
A Syrian rebel group which still controls a pocket of the Eastern Ghouta enclave on Thursday announced a ceasefire from midnight to allow negotiations with the regime's ally Russia, a spokesman for the faction said.
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UN Mediator Targets Fresh Syria Talks For July 10
The United Nations special mediator for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, wants to start a fresh round of talks between Syrian factions on July 10, his office said on Saturday.
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Turkish-Backed Syrian Opposition Captures Dabiq From ISIS
Turkish-backed Syrian opposition forces have captured the symbolically significant town of Dabiq from the ISIS, the factions said Sunday morning.
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Hundreds Join Crucial Battle For Syria's Aleppo
Syrian regime forces and rebel factions sent hundreds of reinforcements to Aleppo today as opposition fighters announced an all-out offensive to take the country's second city.
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Rival Jihadists Kill Islamic State-Linked Syrian Commander: Monitor
The leader of a militant Syrian faction that had pledged allegiance to the Islamic State group was killed Sunday in a suicide attack by rival jihadists, a monitoring group said.
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12 Islamic State Jihadists Killed in Russia Raids on Syria's Raqa: Report
At least 12 jihadists from the Islamic State group have been killed in Russia's first air strikes on the extremist faction's main Syrian bastion, a monitoring group said.
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Palestinians Back Joint Yarmuk Operation With Syria Army: Palestine Liberation Organisation
A group of 14 Palestinian factions said today they backed a joint military operation with the Syrian government to expel Islamic State group jihadists from the Yarmuk camp in southern Damascus.
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Jihadists, Islamists in New Assault on Syria's Idlib
Al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate and Islamist factions launched a multi-front offensive Tuesday against the regime-held northwestern city of Idlib, a monitor and activists said.
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Western-Backed Rebels Join Aleppo Alliance: Syria Monitor
A Western-backed rebel group in northern Syria that is under pressure from Al Qaeda's hardline Nusra Front has joined an alliance of mainly Islamist insurgent factions in Aleppo, a group monitoring the conflict said today.
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Tribe in Syria Border Town Allies With Jihadis
Syrian activists say rebel factions affiliated with a powerful tribe in an eastern stronghold of al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate have pledged allegiance to the rival Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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Syria Rebels Say IS Caliphate 'Null and Void'
Syrian rebels, including the main Islamist factions, said on Monday the creation of a caliphate by the Islamic State (IS) was "null and void".
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In midst of Syrian war, giant Jesus statue arises
In the midst of a conflict rife with sectarianism, a giant bronze statue of Jesus has gone up on a Syrian mountain, apparently under cover of a truce among three factions in the country's civil war.
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Syria releases 61 women detainees, activists say
Syrian authorities have released a total of 61 women detainees, an activist group said Thursday, the latest in a three-way prisoner exchange that was one of the more ambitious negotiated deals in the country's civil war in which rival factions remain largely opposed to any bartered peace.
