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US favours political more than military strategy in Syria

In the United States, the Paris attacks and ISIL threats to target Washington have re-opened the debate about the right US strategy in Syria

France

Questions asked over Syrian passport found by body of a Paris suicide bomber

The reported discovery of a Syrian passport near the body of a suicide bomber outside the Stade de France on Friday seems to have raised more

Austria

Talks delegates in Vienna agree plan for Syria

Delegates at the multi-national talks on Syria taking place in Vienna say a broad timeline and plan for political transition towards elections in the

Austria

Syria peace talks: Paris attacks put pressure on leaders to find solution

Just hours after the deadly attacks in Paris, foreign leaders from 19 countries, including the US, Russia, Iran and Turkey, have gathered in Vienna

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Syria

US drone strike targets ISIL executioner known as 'Jihadi John'

The US has carried out a drone strike against the ISIL executioner known as ‘Jihadi John.’ Monitoring group quotes sources in Raqqa saying "Jihadi

Greece

Arriving in Greece, it pays to be Syrian

On the Greek island of Lesbos, on the seaborne refugee front line, arrivals from Syria and other countries are processed at separate locations

Syria

US airstrike targets Mohamed 'Jihadi John' Emwazi

The Pentagon says a US airstrike has targeted the man known as “Jihadi John” who appeared in several beheading videos carried out by the group

Syria

Internal refugee crisis in Syria

Although many people are fleeing Syria for the safety of Europe there are still thousands of internally displaced people inside the country. Euronews

Turkey

Traumatised Yazidis reluctant to return to Sinjar..for the moment

In a refugee camp in the mainly Kurdish southeast province of Diyarbakir in Turkey members of the Yazidi community that fled the ISIL occupation of

Syria

Latakia airbase: the hub of Russia's Syrian bombing campaign

Since the end of September Russia has carried out daily strikes against targets in Syria that it considers to be terrorists. Euronews correspondant

Iraq

Iraq: Kurdish forces launch operation to retake Sinjar from ISIL

Kurdish forces launch an offensive to take back the Iraqi town of Sinjar over a year after it was overrun by ISIL militants.

Syria

Euronews visits Syrian government stronghold after recent attack

“Latakia mourns the victims of the shelling which killed and wounded dozens of citizens in the city centre. The authorities of this coastal province

Syria

Syria conflict: Turkey's Erdogan issues a 'friendly warning'

Turkey renewed calls for a safe zone for refugees in Syria on Wednesday as war continues to tear that country apart. Images uploaded to social media

Syria

Syrian troops break two-year ISIL siege of northern airbase

Syrian government forces claim to have broken a two-year siege by ISIL militants on an airbase in the north of the country. A military source said

Jordan

Russia is key to end ‘third world war,’ Jordan’s king tells Euronews

Syria

Civilians dead in mortar attack on Assad's Latakia stronghold

A mortar attack has killed at least 22 civilians and injured some 65 in ‘‘Latakia’‘:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latakia in Syria. Death and

Syria

OPCW says has proof chemical weapons used in ISIL attack in Syria

The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons says its analysis of an August ISIL bombardment proves mustard gas was used. First used 100

Iraq

Cholera spreads from Iraq to Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain

A cholera outbreak in Iraq has spread to neighbouring Syria, Kuwait and Bahrain, and risks turning into a region-wide epidemic as millions of

Syria

Syria rebels capture strategic town of Morek - reports from activists

The strategically important western Syrian town of Morek has been captured by rebels, according to activists and a monitoring group. The town

Syria

Map: where are Assad's friends and enemies

Russia is arousing international speculation over its intentions toward Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad. On Tuesday, RIA news agency quoted a