Syria civil war

An image grab taken from an AFPTV video released on Saturday shows people gathering amidst at the site of a car bomb attack in the rebel-held town of Azaz in northern Syria.

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Blast Hits Syrian Border Town, Killing At Least 43

9:24am January 07, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

A U.K.-based monitoring group says the explosion in rebel-held Azaz, on the border with Turkey, was caused by a fuel tanker rigged with a bomb. There has been no immediate claim of responsibility.

Siblings Ibrahim and Evan visit the home of their aunt December 27 in Bakhdida, Iraq, southeast of Mosul. The Islamic state burned the home, looted their parents home and destroyed or vandalized every church in Bakhdida. With a population of 50,000, it h

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Global Powers' Commitment To Intervene In Genocides May Be Waning

8:32am December 29, 2016

by Michele Kelemen

The U.N. endorsed the "Responsibility to Protect" doctrine in 2005, calling on world powers to stop atrocities. But the secretary general says there's no longer global solidarity on the agreement.

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A member of the Syrian government forces watches during an evacuation of Syrian rebel fighters and civilians from a opposition-held area of Aleppo on Friday.

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Evacuation Of East Aleppo Brought To A Halt After One Day

3:36pm December 16, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Thousands of civilians and dozens of wounded people have been evacuated from the small section of Aleppo still controlled by surrendering rebels. But now the movement out of the city has stopped.

A man walks with crutches through a devastated part of eastern Aleppo on Wednesday.

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Bashar Assad Claims A Major Victory, But Syria's War Isn't Over

3:47pm December 14, 2016

by Greg Myre

The Syrian leader is in his strongest position in years. He can claim control of the biggest cities, but the rebels are still a threat in the countryside and the Islamic State holds eastern Syria.

People flee rebel-held eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo into the Sheikh Maqsud area, controlled by Kurdish fighters, in Syria on Sunday. The photo was provided by the Rumaf, a Syrian Kurdish activist group, and authenticated by The Associated Press.

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Thousands Flee Eastern Aleppo As Syrian Regime Forces Advance

9:15am November 28, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

Rebels have held the eastern side of Aleppo for years. Now pro-government troops have retaken some key neighborhoods. Thousands of civilians are fleeing the fighting.

U.S. Service Member Dies In Syria After Roadside Bomb Explodes

2:07am November 25, 2016

by Doreen McCallister

In a statement, the Pentagon announced on Thursday that an American service member in Syria died from injuries suffered in an IED blast. The victim's name has not been released yet.

Members of the Free Syrian Army enter Dabiq village north of Aleppo on Sunday. Rebels say they have retaken Dabiq from the Islamic State.

Weekend Brings 'Worst Day Yet' For Aleppo Hospitals, And No Syria Deal In Sight

3:59pm October 16, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

Secretary of State John Kerry spent much of the weekend meeting with his counterparts from Russia and European countries, looking for a route to a peace, or at least humanitarian aid access, in Syria.

A 60-year-old local man who lost his two sons and his wife in airstrikes stands inside his collapsed home in Aleppo, Syria, on Monday.

VIDEO: Aerial Footage Shows Scale Of Destruction In Aleppo

12:45pm October 11, 2016

by Rebecca Hersher

They are haunting images: rubble-filled streets and entire blocks of ghostly facades. The United Nations says about 250,000 civilians are trapped in rebel-held eastern Aleppo.

A Syrian man, flanked by his son and his nephews, lays a myrtle branch on the grave of his brother at a cemetery in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on Monday, on the first day of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.

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Syrian Cease-Fire Negotiated By U.S., Russia Goes Into Effect

12:57pm September 12, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The planned halt in hostilities began at sundown local time on Monday. Just hours before nightfall, President Bashar Assad said he intends to "reclaim every area" of Syria.

Syrians run for cover during reported government air strikes in the rebel-held town of Douma, east of the capital Damascus, on Sept. 9. Under the plan announced Friday, hostilities are to cease starting at sundown Sept. 12, the start of the Eid al-Adha ho

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In New Truce Plan For Syria, Plenty Of Reason For Skepticism

8:33pm September 09, 2016

by Alice Fordham

The last U.S.-Russia deal on a Syrian truce collapsed quickly, but they're trying again. Here's what will have to happen if it's going to work this time.