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The Russian military recently took foreign media, including CBC, on a tour of its operations in Syria. The trip showed that despite fierce criticism from human rights groups and ambivalence back home, Russia is planning for a lengthy stay, Chris Brown writes. CBC | World News
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Kurds mobilize in Syria as Turkey poised for imminent attack
The Kurdish-led civilian administration in northeastern Syria issued a “general mobilization” call along the Syrian border with Turkey on Wednesday as Ankara poised for an imminent invasion of the area in the latest major escalation in the war-ravaged country. CBC | World News
Read More »UN calls for protecting civilians in northeast Syria
Civilians must be spared in any Turkish military operation in northeast Syria, where the United Nations hopes that displacement and atrocities can be prevented, a senior UN aid official said on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. withdraws troops from northeast Syria ahead of Turkish offensive
The United States said it was pulling troops from northeast Syria, in a major shift which clears the way for a Turkish military offensive against Kurdish-led forces and hands Turkey responsibility for thousands of Islamic State captives. CBC | World News
Read More »U.S. troops start pullout from along Turkey’s border in Syria
U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces in Syria say American troops have begun withdrawing from areas along Turkey’s border. CBC | World News
Read More »Nearly 1 in 4 civilians killed in Syria is a child, Lancet study says
Evidence that aerial bombing has killed more civilians — one quarter of them children — than opposition fighters in Syria has been published in one of the world’s best known medical journals. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel ‘target’ Syria military with MISSILE ATTACK as Middle East tensions rise
ISRAEL has launched three missiles at a Syrian military facility, Damascus’ state media has claimed as tensions in the Middle East continue to rise. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Russia’s Putin holds summit on how to stabilize Syria
The mini-summit of the three countries that earlier this year helped broker a truce between Syrian government troops and the opposition in several pockets of fighting across the war-torn country comes two days after Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited Putin in Sochi. CBC | World News
Read More »Israel ‘fires WARNING SHOT’ at Syria for ‘violating ceasefire agreement’ amid WW3 fears
ISRAEL has fired a ‘warning shot’ at Syrian forces for violating a ceasefire agreement, a source from the country’s defence forces has claimed. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Dozens killed in bombings in Damascus, eastern Syria
At least five children and two rescue workers were killed Friday in a Damascus suburb during a government bombing campaign amid escalating violence in and around the capital despite a truce, activists reported. CBC | World News
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