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A missile struck a school building in northwestern Syria on Tuesday morning, killing eight civilians, opposition activists said, as government forces captured a key village held by al-Qaeda insurgents in the war-torn country’s last rebel stronghold. CBC | World News
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British founder of Syrian White Helmets found dead in Istanbul
The British founder of an organization that trained the Syrian White Helmets emergency response group has died in Istanbul, three people with knowledge of his death said on Monday. CBC | World News
Read More »Car bomb in Syrian town along border with Turkey kills 13
A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town along the border with Turkey on Saturday killing 13 people, Turkey’s Defence Ministry said. CBC | World News
Read More »Syrian Kurds accuse Turkey of not abiding by ceasefire
The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) accused Turkey on Thursday of launching a large land offensive targeting three villages in northeast Syria despite a truce, but Russia said a peace plan hammered out this week was going ahead smoothly. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkey wants Syrian forces to leave border areas, aide says
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan wants Syrian government forces to move out of areas near the Turkish border so it can resettle up to two million refugees there, his spokesperson told The Associated Press on Saturday, adding that Erdogan will raise the issue in talks next week with Syria’s ally, Russian President Vladimir Putin. CBC | World News
Read More »Kurdish fighters evacuate besieged Syrian border town
Kurdish fighters and civilians have evacuated a besieged Syrian town on Sunday, the first pullback under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal, opening the way to a broader withdrawal of the Kurdish-led forces from regions along the Turkish border. CBC | World News
Read More »Syrian forces take Kurdish-held town of Manbij as Turkish offensive enters 7th day
Syrian government forces have entered the centre of the once Kurdish-held northern town of Manbij, about 30 kilometres south of the Turkish border, and raised the national flag, Syrian state media say. CBC | World News
Read More »Syrian army moves to confront Turkish forces as U.S. withdraws
Syria’s army deployed near the Turkish border on Monday, hours after Syrian Kurdish forces previously allied with the U.S. said they had reached a deal with Damascus to help them fend off Turkey’s invasion. CBC | World News
Read More »Turkey-backed Syrian rebels seize border town’s centre
Turkish-backed Syrian rebels seized control of Ras al-Ayn’s town centre in northeast Syria on Saturday, a senior Turkish security official said as Turkey’s offensive against a Kurdish militia in the region entered its fourth day. CBC | World News
Read More »ISIS capital Raqqa liberated by Syrian forces
A commander with the U.S.-backed Syrian forces battling ISIS says the city of Raqqa has been liberated from militants and that combing operations are underway to clear the city of land mines and extremist sleeper cells. CBC | World News
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