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Syria

Battle for Raqqa: those fleeing city complain of lack of food and medicine in stifling summer heat

Syria

Gaining ground in Raqqa - US backed Syrian forces surround Islamic State fighters in push to take back the city

US-backed forces have Islamic State fighters surrounded in central Raqqa - but driving the militants out could take up to four months

Switzerland

Del Ponte quits UN over Syria

A high-profile member of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria says she is quitting because a lack of political backing from the organisation's Security Council has made the job impossible.

Syria

Russia announces new safe zone near Homs, Syria

Russia's defence ministry and Syria's opposition agree to create a new de-escalation zone near Homs.

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Lebanon

Militants released as part of Lebanese-Syrian exchange agreement

Militants released as part of Lebanese-Syrian exchange agreement between Hezbollah and Nustra Front. Seven thousand Syrians are set to leave the Arsal region of Lebanon and head to Syria's Idilib province.

Turkey

Turkish soldiers arrested after video shows abuse of refugees

Three Turkish soldiers arrested after footage emerges of them beating Syrian refugees near the border

Lebanon

Thousands of Syrian rebels to be transferred from Syria-Lebanon border

Thousands of Syrian fighters and refugees in Lebanon's border region were set to be transferred into rebel territory in Syria in exchange for Hezbollah prisoners on Tuesday.

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Aleppo zoo animals given new home in Turkey

Syria

Big operation against ISIL in Raqqa

ISIL militants are coming under further attack in the Syrian city of Raqqa by US-backed Kurdish-led forces

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Eight people killed in Damascus airstrikes

Europe News

European Commission targets antiquities sales to curb terrorism

The EU Commission suggests a new rule to stop trafficking of ‘antiquities’ – cultural artefacts- from both inside and outside the bloc.

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

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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

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.