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Iranian aid trucks targeted on Iraqi-Syrian border

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A convoy of Iranian trucks carrying aid items, came under drone attacks in eastern Syria Sunday night shortly after it crossed into the country from Iraq. Sources told Al-Mayadeen three Iranian aid trucks loaded with flour and rice were hit in the ambush.
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Syria rejects OPCW report on 2018 chemical attack in Douma

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The Syrian foreign ministry has categorically rejected a report by the international chemical weapons watchdog that claims Damascus carried out a 2018 chemical attack against its own people.
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Intergovernmental body says Syria carried out chlorine attack on Douma in 2018, Damascus denies

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Syrian forces were the perpetrators of a chlorine attack on the city of Douma in April 2018, a two-year investigation by the global chemical weapons watchdog claimed. The Damascus government has denied having used chemical weapons.
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Syria says US policy of “creative riots” inflaming tensions in ME

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Syria's ambassador to the United Nations has slammed the United States' "destructive policies" towards his country and the wrongful attitude's repercussions for millions of Syrian civilians.
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Building collapse in Syria leaves 15 dead

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A five-story residential building collapsed in the Syrian city of Aleppo on Sunday, killing at least 15 people, including five children.
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CENTCOM confirms drones attack US base in Syria

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The US Military's Central Command has confirmed that one of the country's bases in a strategic southern Syrian region has come under drone attacks.
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Syria condemns US sanctions on its health sector

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The Syrian foreign ministry has condemned the United States for targeting its health sector with unilateral sanctions. Damascus has called for urgent international actions and stressed that the fresh “inhumane measures” fall within the context of Washington’s cruel and unethical blockade against the Syrian nation.
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UNSC extends critical aid to Syria

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The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to keep a key border crossing from Turkey to Syria’s rebel-held northwest open for critical aid deliveries for another six months.
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UAE FM meets with Syria president as sign of normalization with Damascus

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The United Arab Emirates' foreign minister has visited Syria and met with President Bashar al-Assad in the capital Damascus, in yet another sign of Arab countries' efforts to normalize ties with Syria.
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Damascus Airport shut down following Israel attack on Syrian capital, two soldiers killed

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Syria’s military has announced that Israeli raids have killed at least two Syrian soldiers and put the country’s main international airport out of service.
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Turkey says troops withdrawal from Syria requires Damascus political steps

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The withdrawal of Turkish forces from Syria requires steps in the political process, Turkey’s Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has stated.
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Turkish FM says Erdogan, Assad to meet soon

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A meeting between the Turkish, Syrian and Russian presidents has been scheduled, but not for January, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu has said.
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Syria, Russia, Turkey defence chiefs hold meeting in Moscow

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Defence ministers of Syria, Russia and Turkey have held talks in Moscow in a clear sign of normalisation between Ankara and Damascus in the decade-long Syrian war.
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Syria says two soldiers injured in Israeli airstrikes near capital

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Two soldiers were injured by Israeli air raids in the vicinity of the Syrian capital of Damascus early Tuesday, the first such an attack in more than a month, according to a Syrian military statement.
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Turkey’s Erdogan proposes trilateral meeting with Russia and Syria leaders

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has revealed that he proposed to his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that they meet with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
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US says 2 Daesh ‘officials’ killed in Syria raid

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The US forces have killed two members of the Daesh terror group in in a helicopter raid in eastern Syria, the US military announced in a statement on Monday without specifying the location of the overnight operation.
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Turkey sets deadline for Kurds to withdraw from northern Syria: Source

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Ankara has set a final deadline for Russia and the United States to force Kurdish forces to leave three strategic towns in northern Syria, a Turkish source has claimed. Turkey has warned that the alternative will be a military operation against the Washington-backed forces.
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Syrian president Assad rejected Russian requests to meet with Turkey’s Erdogan: Report

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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has rebuffed his Russian allies' efforts to hold a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, citing Turkey’s upcoming elections and the presence of Ankara's troops on Syrian soil.
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Kurdish forces halt joint operation with US after Turkish attack

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A spokesman for the so-called Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) has confirmed all joint military operations with the US-led coalition have been put on hold following Turkish bombardment of its positions in northern Syria.
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US military reports attacks on its site in Syria

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The United States military has reported two rocket attacks targeting its patrol bases in northeastern Syria, but announced there were no injuries to its forces.
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Turkish military operation in Syria threatens US forces: Army

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The US military has announced recent Turkish airstrikes in Syria “threatened the safety” of American soldiers still in the country. It claimed that further escalations could “compromise efforts to defeat the remnants of the Islamic State (Daesh) terrorist group.”
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Turkey’s Erdogan says meeting with Syria’s Assad possible

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has not ruled out meeting with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, although the two countries have been regional foes since the war broke out in Syria in 2011.
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Turkish army hits targets in Syria, Iraq after Istanbul blast

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The Turkish military has conducted a series of airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, targeting several towns and villages in in the war-torn countries.
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Four Syrian soldiers killed in Israeli raid in coastal districts

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Four Syrian military servicemen have reportedly lost their lives in an Israeli military attack targeting several sites in the war-torn country’s central and western regions.
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10 killed in air raid on fuel convoy near Iraq-Syria border

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An airstrike on a convoy carrying fuel across the Iraqi border into Syria killed at least 10 people late Tuesday, members of paramilitary groups operating in the area confirmed.
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