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Iran, Russia, Turkey Struggle to Agree Future of Syria's Idlib
Iran, Russia and Turkey were unable to overcome their differences at a Tehran summit on Friday as they held talks on an imminent offensive against the last rebel stronghold in Syria, amid warnings from the international community of a looming humanitarian disaster.
U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish group says it agreed to chart roadmap with regime
The Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the political wing of the armed group the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), said on July 28 that it and the Syrian government had decided at a meeting to form committees to develop negotiations to end violence in Syria
Syria's Assad defies US, presses southwest assault
Syrian government helicopters dropped barrel bombs on opposition areas of the southwest on June 22 for the first time in a year, a war monitor and rebel officials said, in defiance of U.S. demands that President Bashar al-Assad halt the assault.
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Syrian Kurdish authority says group ready to talk to Damascus
Syrian Democratic Council (SDC), the U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish party in control of northeastern Syria, is prepared to hold talks with the Syrian government over the future of the area, senior Kurdish officials said on June 6.
Four Russian Soldiers were Killed during Fights in Syria
Four Russian soldiers have died in Syria as a result of a terrorist attack. Two Russian advisers directing the fire of the Syrian artillery have died on the ground, and five more were injured, two of whom died in the hospital, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Sunday, TASS reports.
ISIL surrendering in Syria's capital: Report
A cease-fire between Syrian government forces and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) militants in the southern neighborhoods of Damascus has held for 24 hours amid reports that some of the fighters have been allowed to leave, a Syrian war monitoring group said on May 20.
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Bashar Assad Returns Legion d'honneur to France
Syria has returned the prestigious Legion d'honneur that was presented to its president Bashar al-Assad by France, saying would not wear the award of a "slave country" to the US.
Independent - It comes just days after French president Emmanuel Macron begun the formal process of stripping the honour from his Syrian counterpart.
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"This is worse than Cold War"
And there was no obsession with Russophobia, the top Russian diplomat remarked.
"I think, it's worse. Because during the Cold War there were channels of communication. And there was no obsession with Russophobia, which resembles genocide through sanctions," he told the BBC in an interview.
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US Seeks Bulgarians' Extradition for Syria Sanctions-Busting
A few hundred people gathered in front of the Palace of Justice in Sofia on Thursday to protest against the extradition of Zhelyaz Andreev to the US over allegations that he participated in a conspiracy to sell prohibited aircraft parts to the Syrian regime.
Macron: France has Proof Assad's Regime is Behind Chemical Weapons Attack in Syria
Reuters - French President Emmanuel Macron said France has proof the Syrian government was behind the suspected chemical attack last week in Douma, but added that he would decide whether to intervene once all the necessary information had been gathered.