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Turkish army moves to Aleppo to set observation points 17 Mar 2018 - 05:13 pm
Turkish-backed Free Syrian Army fighters walk together after advancing north of Afrin, Syria March 17, 2018. REUTERS/Khalil Ashawi
UN 'failed to prevent' Syria crimes: opposition 17 Mar 2018 - 04:12 pm
RA picture taken on March 17, 2018, shows portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah at a jewellery shop in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. / AFP / George OURFALIAN
More than 200,000 civilians flee Syria's Afrin in three days: monitor 17 Mar 2018 - 01:36 pm
Civilians fleeing the city of Afrin in northern Syria walk at the mountainous road of al-Ahlam while heading towards the check point in az-Ziyarah, in the government-controlled part of the northern Aleppo province, on March 16, 2018. AFP / George OURFALI
Apple cuts off Iran from App Store 17 Mar 2018 - 11:57 am
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Syrian monitor says strikes on Ghouta rebel town kill 30 17 Mar 2018 - 11:29 am
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Turkish military denies it hit Syrian hospital 17 Mar 2018 - 11:12 am
Members of Free Syrian Army (FSA), backed by Turkish Armed Forces, fire to hit YPG/PKK-Daesh terrorists positions within the
Intensifying assaults in Syria spark dual evacuations 17 Mar 2018 - 09:15 am
Syrian civilians, evacuated from rebel-held areas in the Eastern Ghouta, gather at a school in the regime-controlled Hosh Nasri, on the northeastern outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 16, 2018, ahead of being relocated to other areas. AFP / LOUAI
Russia to resume air flights to Egypt next month 16 Mar 2018 - 04:54 pm
The wreckage of a A321 Russian airliner in Wadi al-Zolomat, a mountainous area of Sinai Peninsula, Egypt after it crashed on October 31, 2015 (AFP / Maxim Grigoryev)
Seven US personnel killed in Iraq helicopter crash 16 Mar 2018 - 04:45 pm
FILE PHOTO: An Iraqi army helicopter sits in a field on the outskirts of western Mosul on April 3, 2017 during an offensive to retake the city from Islamic State group fighters. (AFP / Ahmad Gharabli)
Civilians flee as two big Syria battles enter decisive phases 16 Mar 2018 - 03:58 pm
Syrians from the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta region, just outside Damascus, cross a regime-controlled corridor in Hamouria in Eastern Ghouta, after leaving the besieged enclave towards government areas on March 16, 2018. AFP
Red Cross chief travels with aid convoy to Syria's rebel Ghouta 15 Mar 2018 - 03:19 pm
Members of the Syrian Red Crescent escort evacuated civilians from the rebel-held Eastern Ghouta enclave into the government side of the Wafideen checkpoint on the outskirts of the Syrian capital Damascus on March 14, 2018. / AFP / LOUAI BESHARA
Syrian regime's blitz of Eastern Ghouta 15 Mar 2018 - 03:11 pm
Russian and Syrian soldiers stand guard as Syrians from rebel-held Eastern Ghouta arrive at the regime-held checkpoint in Adra, on the northeastern outskirts of Damascus, after escaping the enclave through a corridor opened by the government forces on Mar
Turkey says will take Afrin centre in 'very short time' 15 Mar 2018 - 02:43 pm
Civilians fleeing the city of Afrin in northern Syria walk at the mountainous road of al-Ahlam while heading towards the check point in az-Ziyarah, in the government-controlled part of the northern Aleppo province, on March 15, 2018 on the way to seek ref
Iraq PM Abadi orders reopening of Kurdish airports for international flights 15 Mar 2018 - 02:40 pm
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More than 3,000 Syrians leave Ghouta to govt lines: Observatory 15 Mar 2018 - 02:31 pm
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Syria's war enters its eighth year 15 Mar 2018 - 02:28 pm
A general view shows smoke billowing in Hazeh, in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus on March 15, 2018 during reported shelling by Syrian government forces. AFP / AMER ALMOHIBANY
Syrians stream out of rebel-held Ghouta town as army advances 15 Mar 2018 - 02:24 pm
An elderly Syrian man looks for a safe place to take shelter in the rebel-held town of Hamouria in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus during bombardment by government forces on March 14, 2018. / AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
Erdogan "hopes" Afrin is liberated by this evening 14 Mar 2018 - 04:58 pm
President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan delivers a speech during the 46th Mukhtars Meeting at Presidential Complex in Ankara, Turkey on March 14, 2018. Murat Kula - Anadolu

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Rescuers work at a landslide site which hit a small restaurant burying three employees who had been in the kitchen, at a village in La Trinidad, Benguet province on August 6, 2026. Photo by AFP Landslides kill at least 4 in northern Philippines
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Police community support officers (PCSOs) stand behind cordon tape at Endell road in covent garden, central London on August 5, 2026. Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP Woman charged after four stabbed in central London
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Police community support officers (PCSOs) speak to a person near cordon tape at Endell road in covent garden, central London on August 5, 2026. Photo by Henry NICHOLLS / AFP Woman arrested as four men stabbed in central London
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