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Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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France Knife Attack Suspect Charged With "Attempted Murder"
The Syrian refugee detained in the stabbing of six people including four young children in the French Alpine town of Annecy has been charged with "attempted murder", a prosecutor said Saturday.
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4 Children Injured, 2 Critical After Knife Attack In French Town
A Syrian national wounded four children and an adult in a knife attack in a park in the southeastern French town of Annecy on Thursday, police said, leaving some of the victims critically ill in hospital.
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"Please God, Let One Survive": Syrian Man Who Lost 6 Kids In Earthquake
Two of Naser al-Wakaa's children were pulled alive from the rubble of their home in the Syrian town of Jandaris after Monday's earthquake, appearing on video as rescuers reached them in the darkness of night, bruised and covered in dust.
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"Sister Was Sleeping Next To Me": Orphaned Syria Boy Saved After 42 Hours
Rescuers working by torchlight pulled three-year-old Tariq Haidar from the rubble some 42 hours after a devastating earthquake destroyed his family home in the Syrian town of Jandaris. His family couldn't be saved.
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3 Killed, 6 Injured After Syrian Rockets Hit Turkish Border Town: Report
Rockets fired from Syria towards Turkey's border town of Karkamis on Monday killed three people, including a child, and wounded six, Turkey's interior minister said.
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Israel Launches Missile Attack At Syria's Damascus: Report
Israeli shelling struck a town south of Damascus on Wednesday evening, causing material damage, according to Syrian state media.
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Syrian Townfolk Shocked That ISIS Chief, Killed By US, Was A Neighbour
When US forces flew over the Syrian town of Atme, where the leader of the Islamic State group was hiding, resident Mahmoud Shehadeh mistook the sound of helicopters for a storm.
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Inside US Raid On ISIS Chief: Months Of Preparation, Then A Deadly Blast
U.S. forces rehearsed the helicopter raid over and over, hoping to capture Islamic State's leader on the third floor of a residential building in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, where he was holed up with his family.
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Shelling Kills 18 In Syria's Rebel-Held Afrin: War Monitor
Shelling of the rebel-held city of Afrin in northern Syria killed at least 18 people on Saturday, many of them when a hospital was hit, a war monitor said.
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Syria Dropped Chemical Weapon Chlorine On Rebel Towns In 2018: Watchdog
The Syrian regime's air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog said on Monday after an investigation.
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Killed ISIS Chief Baghdadi's Sister Captured By Turkish Forces In Syria
Turkey captured the sister of dead ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official told Reuters, and is interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law who were also detained.
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Turkish-Led Forces Advance Into Syrian Border Town, Fighting Rages
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels advanced into the border town of Ras al Ain in northeast Syria on Saturday but it was unclear how far, with Turkey saying it had taken the town center, and Kurdish-led forces denying that and saying they were counter-attacking.
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Turkey Launches Military Operation In Syria, Explosion Heard
Turkey launched an assault on Kurdish positions in northern Syria on Wednesday with air strikes and explosions reported near the border.
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US-Led Coalition Destroys Syrian Mosque Used As ISIS Command Centre
The US-led coalition in Syria destroyed on Saturday a mosque in the town of Hajin which had been used as an ISIS command and control center, the US military said.
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Kurdish Leader Jailed For 42 Years Over 2014 Protests By Turkey Court
A Turkish court on Thursday sentenced an ex-leader of the pro-Kurdish HDP party to 42 years in prison for his alleged role in deadly 2014 protests that erupted as Islamic State group jihadists overran the Syrian town of Kobane.
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France Knife Attack Suspect Charged With "Attempted Murder"
The Syrian refugee detained in the stabbing of six people including four young children in the French Alpine town of Annecy has been charged with "attempted murder", a prosecutor said Saturday.
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4 Children Injured, 2 Critical After Knife Attack In French Town
A Syrian national wounded four children and an adult in a knife attack in a park in the southeastern French town of Annecy on Thursday, police said, leaving some of the victims critically ill in hospital.
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"Please God, Let One Survive": Syrian Man Who Lost 6 Kids In Earthquake
Two of Naser al-Wakaa's children were pulled alive from the rubble of their home in the Syrian town of Jandaris after Monday's earthquake, appearing on video as rescuers reached them in the darkness of night, bruised and covered in dust.
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"Sister Was Sleeping Next To Me": Orphaned Syria Boy Saved After 42 Hours
Rescuers working by torchlight pulled three-year-old Tariq Haidar from the rubble some 42 hours after a devastating earthquake destroyed his family home in the Syrian town of Jandaris. His family couldn't be saved.
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3 Killed, 6 Injured After Syrian Rockets Hit Turkish Border Town: Report
Rockets fired from Syria towards Turkey's border town of Karkamis on Monday killed three people, including a child, and wounded six, Turkey's interior minister said.
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Israel Launches Missile Attack At Syria's Damascus: Report
Israeli shelling struck a town south of Damascus on Wednesday evening, causing material damage, according to Syrian state media.
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Syrian Townfolk Shocked That ISIS Chief, Killed By US, Was A Neighbour
When US forces flew over the Syrian town of Atme, where the leader of the Islamic State group was hiding, resident Mahmoud Shehadeh mistook the sound of helicopters for a storm.
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Inside US Raid On ISIS Chief: Months Of Preparation, Then A Deadly Blast
U.S. forces rehearsed the helicopter raid over and over, hoping to capture Islamic State's leader on the third floor of a residential building in a Syrian town on the Turkish border, where he was holed up with his family.
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Shelling Kills 18 In Syria's Rebel-Held Afrin: War Monitor
Shelling of the rebel-held city of Afrin in northern Syria killed at least 18 people on Saturday, many of them when a hospital was hit, a war monitor said.
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Syria Dropped Chemical Weapon Chlorine On Rebel Towns In 2018: Watchdog
The Syrian regime's air force used the chemical weapon chlorine in an attack on the town of Saraqib in 2018, the global toxic arms watchdog said on Monday after an investigation.
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Killed ISIS Chief Baghdadi's Sister Captured By Turkish Forces In Syria
Turkey captured the sister of dead ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Monday in the northern Syrian town of Azaz, a senior Turkish official told Reuters, and is interrogating her husband and daughter-in-law who were also detained.
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Turkish-Led Forces Advance Into Syrian Border Town, Fighting Rages
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels advanced into the border town of Ras al Ain in northeast Syria on Saturday but it was unclear how far, with Turkey saying it had taken the town center, and Kurdish-led forces denying that and saying they were counter-attacking.
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Turkey Launches Military Operation In Syria, Explosion Heard
Turkey launched an assault on Kurdish positions in northern Syria on Wednesday with air strikes and explosions reported near the border.
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US-Led Coalition Destroys Syrian Mosque Used As ISIS Command Centre
The US-led coalition in Syria destroyed on Saturday a mosque in the town of Hajin which had been used as an ISIS command and control center, the US military said.
