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Read MoreOn 21 March 2021, forces loyal to the Syrian government carried out artillery strikes targeting a hospital in the town of Al-Atareb in Idlib Governora
Read MoreOn 21 January 2021, local Syrian sources reported that the Syrian government had deployed new military reinforcements and mercenaries from its units
Read MoreOn 5 January 2021, violent incidents continued at the same pace compared to previous days across Syria, especially in and around Idlib in northern Syr
Read MoreMore than 190,000 work permits have been issued to Syrian refugees in Jordan, said Jordan’s Minister of Foreign and Expatriate Affairs, Ayman Safadi
Read MoreOn 30 June 2020, the UN raised a total of $7.7 billion in humanitarian aid for Syria at the virtual UN donor conference on Syria in Brussels, Belgiu
Read MoreOn 21 June 2020, the Cairo Criminal Court sentenced 16 people for links with the terrorist Al-Nusra group in Syria. The court sentenced 13 defendants
Read MoreEarly June saw Syria erupt into nationwide demonstrations against the president, Bashar al-Assad. A beleaguered population, exhausted by years of civi
Read MoreDuring its heyday in 2014-2015, Islamic State (IS) conquered great tracts of Iraq and Syria and ruled over some 11 million people. It took four yea
Read MoreOn 3 June 2020, Russia confirmed the delivery of more MiG-29 combat aircraft to Syria; just days after the US military had accused Moscow of using S
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