Syrian troops ousted Islamic State extremists Friday from Deir el-Zour, a major city in eastern Syria, while Iraqi forces retook Qaim, the group’s last big town across the border in Iraq, in simultaneous assaults that dealt further territorial losses to the retreating militants. CBC | World News
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US-LED coalition forces have found ISIS chemical weapons in both Iraq and Syria, a military spokesman has revealed. Daily Express :: News Feed
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Russia has been at war in Syria since September 2015, supporting President Bashar al-Assad. Ever since, its military has been bringing reporters from Moscow to showcase what it says are the positive aspects of Russia’s involvement in Syria’s six-year civil war. CBC | World News
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Russia’s military fired seven cruise missiles Thursday at Islamic State targets in the eastern Syrian province of Deir el-Zour as pro-government forces closed in on the militants holed up in the eponymous capital. CBC | World News
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Last Thursday, massive explosions rocked the Syrian town of Masyaf as precision guided missiles hit their targets. According to The Washington Post, this was in fact an incursion by Israeli fighter jets against a site that had been producing chemical weapons and missiles for the Syrian government and its allies. Damascus has already declared that there will be “dangerous repercussions”. ...
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Two bomb blasts claimed by ISIS hit the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish border on Wednesday, killing at least 44 people and injuring 170 others, state television reported. CBC | World News
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Two bomb blasts claimed by ISIS hit the northeastern Syrian city of Qamishli near the Turkish border on Wednesday, killing at least 31 people and wounding 170 others, state television reported. CBC | World News
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