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22 dead in fresh regime air strikes on Syria enclave: monitor
A fourth consecutive day of heavy regime bombing raids on the rebel-held enclave of Eastern Ghouta near Damascus killed 22 civilians on Thursday, a monitor says.
Deadly twin suicide attack hits Damascus police station
Two suicide bombers attacks a police station in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing a number of civilians and policemen, state television says, citing the interior ministry.
Syria: Bombings rock Damascus suburb Sayyida Zeinab
Bomb attacks hit a Damascus suburb which is the site of Syria's holiest Shia shrine, killing at least 12 people, state media reports.
Hezbollah commander Badreddine killed in Syria
The man believed to be Hezbollah's most senior military commander in Syria's war is killed in Damascus.
Top Hezbollah commander killed in Syria
Hezbollah's most senior military commander in Syria's war is killed in Damascus, the Lebanon-based militant organisation says.
250 Syrians missing after IS attack east of Damascus: Residents
Around 250 Syrian civilians are feared kidnapped after an attack by the Islamic State jihadist group on a cement factory east of Damascus, residents tell AFP on Thursday.
Syria bomb explosions death toll rises to 140
Bomb blasts in the Syrian cities of Homs and Damascus have left at least 140 people dead, monitors and state media say.
Syria crisis: Aid arrives in besieged Muadhamiya
The first of several convoys carrying badly-needed aid to besieged areas of Syria has arrived at its destination.
Islamic State bombings near Syria Shiite shrine kill 50
Bombings claimed by the Islamic State group kill more than 50 people and wound dozens near a revered Shiite shrine outside the Syrian capital Damascus.
45 civilians killed in Syrian rebel bastion: monitor
At least 45 civilians are killed Sunday in heavy bombardment of a besieged Syrian rebel stronghold east of Damascus that also struck a school, a monitoring group said.
Assad in surprise visit to Moscow
Syria's President Bashar al-Assad has visited Moscow on his first overseas trip since the civil war broke out in his country in 2011.
Dhaka vs Kolkata
But it does not need Economist Intelligence Unit’s ranking for anybody to know that Dhaka has been rotting, stinking and becoming more terrible to live in every year.
Air strikes on Syria marketplace kill 80
At least 80 people are killed Sunday in a string of Syrian government air strikes on a marketplace in Douma, a rebel-held town near Damascus
IS used chemical weapons against Syria, Iraq Kurds: Experts
The Islamic State group fired chemical weapons against Kurdish forces in Syria and Iraq last month, Kurdish fighters and weapons experts have said reports The Economic Times.
Syrian Islamist rebels 'seize Ariha in Idlib province'
An Islamist coalition that includes Syria's al-Qaeda affiliate al-Nusra Front takes over one of the last government strongholds in western Idlib province, activists say.
UN, US condemn Russian embassy attack in Damascus
The United Nations and the United States condemns a mortar attack on the Russian embassy in Damascus that did not, however, cause any known injuries.
'2,000 removed from Syrian camp after IS advance'
Around 2,000 people have been evacuated from the Yarmuk Palestinian refugee camp in Damascus after the Islamic State group seized large parts of it, a Palestinian official told AFP.