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Images taken from CCTV issued by the Metropolitan Police in London Kadiza Sultana, 16, (left), Shamima Begum, 15, (center) and Amira Abase, 15, (right) going through security at Gatwick airport in February 2015, before they caught their flight to Turkey.

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British Schoolgirl Who Ran Away To Join ISIS Feared Dead In Syria

2:00pm August 12, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Eighteen months after British schoolgirl Kadiza Sultana ran away from home to join the Islamic State militant group, her family lawyer says they've received word she has died in Syria.

Buildings and debris in Aleppo's Darat Izza district, in Syria, on Sunday.

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2 Million Residents Of War-Ravaged Aleppo Now Without Running Water

2:06pm August 09, 2016

by Camila Domonoske

The U.N. is calling for a humanitarian cease-fire to allow repairs to water and electrical systems. Taps in Aleppo have been dry for eight of the past nine days.

Syrian citizens inspect damaged buildings after airstrikes hit Aleppo, Syria in July, in a photo provided by the Syrian anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC).

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Rebel Forces Push To End Government Siege Of Northern Syria's Aleppo

1:25pm August 06, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

A former al-Qaida affiliate and their allies are now poised to besiege the government-held side of the divided city, which could impact more than a million civilians.

Save the Children says the bombed maternity hospital it supports in the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib served some 1,300 women and children a month.

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Maternity Hospital In Northern Syria Is Bombed, Charity Says

4:12pm July 29, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

Save the Children says the facility in rebel-held Idlib was hit by an apparent airstrike and that there were casualties. A spokesman says it is the only maternity hospital for more than 40 miles.

Smoke rises over Saif Al Dawla district in Aleppo, Syria, in 2012. Russia and the Syrian government say they will open humanitarian corridors in Aleppo and offer a way out for opposition fighters wanting to lay down their arms, Russian Defense Minister Se

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Russia, Syria Pledge 'Humanitarian Corridors' Out Of Rebel-Held Parts Of Aleppo

1:30pm July 28, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

They also say they'll grant amnesty to fighters who lay down their weapons. But big questions remain. One civilian resident told NPR he tried to use one of the corridors but feared ongoing shelling.

People gather at the site of a bombing in Syria's northeastern city of Qamishli Wednesday. The powerful explosion killed at least 44 people and devastated nearby buildings.

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Car Bomb Kills At Least 44 In Kurdish-Held Area Of Syria

7:26am July 27, 2016

by Bill Chappell

Syria's public media agency says 140 people were injured — and that the death toll will likely rise.

Syrian President Bashar Assad (white shirt) speaks with Syrian troops in the suburbs of Damascus on June 26, in a photo released by the official SANA news agency. The U.S. and Russia are working on proposal to coordinate their bombing campaigns in Syria,

U.S., Russia Working On A Plan To Coordinate Bombing In Syria

2:43pm July 14, 2016

by Greg Myre

The Americans and Russians are both waging air campaigns against the Islamic State. But the two powers are deeply suspicious of one another and have different goals for Syria's future.

Syrian women and children stage a protest against the government's siege of Daraya, outside Damascus, on March 9. The protesters demanded that President Bashar Assad's government allow humanitarian aid into the city.

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The Siege That Keeps A Rebel Town In Syria Desperate For Food Aid

7:08pm July 12, 2016

by Alice Fordham

Rebels have controlled Daraya, outside Damascus, since 2012. The Syrian government has responded by barring aid from reaching the increasingly desperate town. Some accuse it of using aid as a weapon.

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Marie Colvin, shown here in London in November 2010, was killed in Homs, Syria, on Feb. 22, 2012, along with photographer Remi Ochlik. She lost her left eye after being hit by shrapnel while covering the civil war in Sri Lanka in 2001.

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Lawsuit Targets Syrian Regime In Journalist's Killing

8:01pm July 09, 2016

by Deborah Amos

Relatives of killed journalist Marie Colvin accuse the Syrian government of deliberately targeting her in the shelling of Homs in 2012.

A Syrian boy in a clinic in Aleppo receives an injection for the "Aleppo button" — one of the names used for the welts caused by leishmaniasis.

'The Aleppo Evil' Is Making A Comeback

11:59am June 29, 2016

by Vicky Hallett

It's a disfiguring disease spread by the bite of sand flies. And there are fears that the Syrian refugee problem is triggering a dramatic increase in cases.