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Syria: hospitals targeted in besieged eastern Aleppo

Four hospitals in besieged eastern Aleppo have reportedly been hit by air strikes.

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Syrians adopt Pokemon Go to highlight plight of children

The war has endured for more than five years.

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Saudi Minister: Daesh is a gang of criminals, psychopaths and perverts

The atrocious war in Syria is dragging on, Turkey is teetering, there is war in Yemen and the Middle East is, again, in turmoil.

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Human trafficking - tracking a lost generation

More than 1.2 million people fled poverty and war in 2015 hoping to find a safe haven in Europe and many of the children who have made that journey are being exploited.

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Insiders investigates the exploitation of Syrian child labour in Turkey

Insiders visited southeast Turkey, home to a large number of Syrian refugees who have fled their war-torn country, and found many children forced to work.

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Turkey hints at major policy shift towards Syria

Following an improvement in relations with Russia and Israel, Turkey has now indicated it wants to mend ties with Syria.

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Syrian rebels prepare for Aleppo siege

Syrian government troops say they are moving in against rebel held positions in the Syrian city of Aleppo.

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Dozens killed as fierce fighting erupts between Syrian government and rebels

Fierce fighting in Syria’s Idlib province has left up to 30 people dead.

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Two Russian pilots killed in Syria - Russian defence ministry

Militants in Syria shot down a military helicopter near Palmyra on Friday, killing two Russian pilots – according to Russian media, quoting the defence ministry.

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Syrian government forces 'cut road to Aleppo'

Some 250,000 Aleppo residents have been put under siege after Syrian government troops effectively cut the road into rebel-held areas of the city, a monitoring group…

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Syrian army announces ceasefire covering entire country for 72 hours

It is a ceasefire in all but name, the Syrian military’s declaration of a 72-hour “regime of calm”, coinciding with the end of Ramadan, that began at one o’clock on Wednesday morning, and will end at

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Amnesty International accuses Syrian opposition groups of human rights abuses

The rights watchdog says the alleged abuse was committed over four years by the members of five armed organisations in the conflict-torn country.

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Syria's cultural heritage recreated in Berlin's Pergamon Museum

Berlin's Pergamon museum has set up a project to help integrate refugees where Syrian and Iraqi guides tell visitors of the cultural heritage of their countries.

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West secretly helping Syria against militants, says Assad

Syria’s President al-Assad is claiming that Western countries have sent security officials to help his government covertly fight militants.

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Syria: Assad pays rare frontline visit

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has paid a rare visit to the frontline of the country’s civil war.

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Battle for Manbij - US-backed forces enter key ISIL bastion in Syria

US backed Kurdish and Arab militias in Syria have reportedly advanced into the strategically important ISIL stronghold of Manbij.

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Monitor claims 25 civilians killed in airstrike on Raqqa, Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human rights claims that at least twenty-five civilians were killed and dozens of others wounded in an airstrike on the Syrian city of…

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Two-day pause in fighting comes into effect in Aleppo

The battle for the northern city between Russian-backed Syrian government forces and rebel groups has left hundreds dead.

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The Greek refugee puzzle

Our aim is to assist these people and make sure they live with dignity while they are in Greece

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Syria: Islamic State militants claim deadly attacks near Damascus shrine

In Syria, the Islamic State militant group says it was behind suicide and car bomb blasts that killed up to 20 people near the country’s holiest Shi’ite Muslim shrines in a Damascus…

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