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Syria

Freed from ISIL rule: Raqqa women burn their burqas

Residents of ISIL's self-described capital of Raqqa in Syria celebrated as they were released from the jihadist group's rule.

Lebanon

Border offensive launched by Syrian army and Hezbollah

An all-out assault is said to be underway to drive Sunni militants from their last stronghold along the Syria-Lebanon border

World News

This week in pictures: crazy moon, paddleboard yoga and bulls in Pamplona

Kazakhstan

Talks on 'de-escalation zones' in Syria fail

Russia Iran and Turkey fail to agree a deal on setting up de-escalation zones in Syria

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Syria

US-backed troops advance into Raqqah's Old City

The US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has breached the Old City of Raqqah

Syria

ISIL under siege Raqqa set to fall

Raqqa soon to be ISIL free

Lebanon

Deadly fire hits Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon

At least one person was killed and several others injured in the blaze in the Bekaa Valley

Syria

Syria suicide blast: mulitple casualties after explosion rocks central Damascus

Iraq

Families flee Mosul as Iraqi troops close in on ISIL

US-backed troops say they're just days away from fully retaking Iraq's second-largest city but the battle is a tough one, with die-hard ISIL fighters and snipers dug in among civilians.

Syria

Syria reportedly pulls back from launching new chemical attack

The US says Syria has "heeded its warning" and has abandoned preparations for a new chemical attack

Syria

Syria: Air strike on ISIL prison

US-led coalition hits ISIL-run prison in eastern Syria - monitoring group says dozens of prisoners killed

Syria

US accuses Syria of planning 'major chemical attack'

Officials warned Bashar al-Assad and his military will "pay a heavy price" if it carries out such an attack.

Syria

SDF make inroads into Raqqa

IS de facto capital Raqqa under heavy assault

Turkey

Syrian refugees return home from Turkey for Eid

Thousands of Syrians have been lining up at the border to go home for the first time in two years

World News

Artist paints Donald Trump and other world leaders as refugees

How would you react if you saw Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, walking with no shoes?

Syria

Russia checking out reports ISIL leader killed

United Kingdom

The refugee who fled war-torn Syria only to die in London flat blaze

Mohammed Alhajali, 23, is the first named victim of the deadly fire.

Syria

Allies launch final assault on Raqqa, ISIL's self-styled Syrian capital

Kurdish, Democratic Syrian and US forces have begun what they hope will be the fianl assault on ISIL's Syrian stronghold, Raqqa.

Syria

New photos of Omran Daqneesh, the face of Syrian suffering

Syria

Russian war vessels launch missiles at ISIL targets in Palmyra