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Some semblance of normality returns to battle-scarred Aleppo for a few hours as local soccer clubs Al Ittihad and Horiyah meet in the first derby in the city for five years.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, soccer, sport, syrian-arab-republic
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Soccer returns to Aleppo with local clubs Al Ittihad and Horiyah playing their first derby in the city in five years.
Topics: soccer, unrest-conflict-and-war, sport, syrian-arab-republic
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The Syrian military says its forces have taken control of the main water source for the capital Damascus after reaching a deal for rebel fighters to withdraw from the region.
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| UpdatedWhile Donald Trump's indefinite ban on Syrian refugees entering the US was expected, it has left many who had already begun the immigration process with more questions than answers.
Topics: immigration, refugees, community-and-society, human-interest, syrian-arab-republic, jordan, united-states
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| UpdatedThe UN humanitarian chief accuses the Syrian Government of blocking aid to hundreds of thousands of the country's most needy people, despite a nationwide ceasefire that has given "a glimmer of hope" that the conflict might be coming to an end.
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More than 100 ancient Assyrian and early Islamic artefacts have been discovered in an Islamic State safe house amid ongoing security operations to clear the recently recaptured Left Bank of Mosul in Iraq.
Topics: archaeology, syrian-arab-republic
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The Kremlin says the US did not consult Russia before Donald Trump's pledge to order safe zones in Syria, while Turkey says it is waiting to see the outcome of the plan.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, refugees, foreign-affairs, turkey, syrian-arab-republic, united-states
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Russia, Iran and Turkey present a united front at the conclusion of two days of Syrian peace talks in Kazakhstan, pledging support for the country's shaky ceasefire and a joint mechanism to ensure compliance.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, kazakhstan, russian-federation, syrian-arab-republic
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A Syrian opposition spokesman says the first day of talks in the Kazakh capital, Astana, have concluded, after rebel representatives met Russia's presidential envoy to discuss ways to reinforce a ceasefire.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, kazakhstan, russian-federation, syrian-arab-republic
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Beverley O'Connor speaks to Alexey Khlebnikov of the Russian International Affairs Council about the prospect of successful Syria peace talks.
Topics: defence-and-national-security, government-and-politics, kazakhstan, russian-federation, syrian-arab-republic
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Syrian rebel delegates meet in Kazakhstan ahead of talks with government representatives today, the first such negotiations between the two sides in a year.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, kazakhstan, russian-federation, syrian-arab-republic
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The US State Department decides not to send a delegation to peace talks in Kazakhstan as an explosion kills four at a camp for displaced Syrians along the Syrian-Jordanian border.
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Islamic State militants destroy one of the most famous monuments in the ancient city of Palmyra, the Tetrapylon, and the facade of its Roman Theatre, Syrian antiquities chief Maamoun Abdulkarim says.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, history, community-and-society, archaeology, syrian-arab-republic
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Syrian rebel groups decide to attend Russia and Turkey-backed peace talks in Kazakhstan, in order to press for implementation of a widely violated ceasefire.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic, kazakhstan, turkey, russian-federation
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| UpdatedThe United States blacklists 18 senior Syrian officials it says were connected to the country's weapons of mass destruction program, after an international investigation found Syrian government forces were responsible for chlorine gas attacks against civilians.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, syrian-arab-republic
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| UpdatedThe website of Victorian Treasurer Tim Pallas is briefly targeted by a group of hackers, and replaced with an appeal to "stop killing people in Syria".
Topics: hacking, computers-and-technology, state-parliament, unrest-conflict-and-war, melbourne-3000, vic, syrian-arab-republic, tunisia
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| UpdatedSyrian President Bashar al-Assad says he is ready to negotiate on "everything" in proposed peace talks in Kazakhstan, although no date has been set and it is unclear who will represent the opposition.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, world-politics, syrian-arab-republic
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More than 40 people were killed when a car bomb exploded in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz in the northern province of Aleppo.
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| UpdatedA massive explosion rips through the centre of a busy commercial district in the rebel-held town of Azaz in northern Aleppo, killing at least 40 people, activists say.
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| UpdatedRussia's military says it is withdrawing its aircraft carrier and other warships from waters off Syria, as the first step in drawing down its forces in the war-torn country.
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| UpdatedResidents of Damascus scramble for clean water after the Syrian Government attacked rebels holding the city's main source in a nearby valley, producing an outage that has stretched on for nearly two weeks.
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| UpdatedSyrian refugees are so desperate for money and passage to Europe, they are selling their organs on the black market, according to some experts.
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, human-trafficking, unrest-conflict-and-war, refugees, immigration, syrian-arab-republic
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Syrian rebel groups say they have decided will not discuss their possible participation in Syrian peace negotiations due to what they say are ceasefire "violations" by the army and Iran-backed militias.
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The United Nations Security Council welcomes a ceasefire in the Syrian civil war, but rebel groups threaten to abandon the two-day-old truce if violations persist.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, foreign-affairs, world-politics, government-and-politics, syrian-arab-republic, russian-federation, turkey