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‘No breakthrough, no breakdown’ in Syria peace talks

The seventh round of intra-Syria talks aimed at helping end the country's six-year-old war have ended with "no breakthrough, no breakdown, no-one walking out...

Syrian forces capture Islamic State-held town

A US-backed, Kurdish-led militia has driven Islamic State militants from a northern Syrian town where the extremists had once run a training camp named...

Ceasefire in southern Syria comes into effect

An open-ended ceasefire in southern Syria brokered by the United States and Russia has come into effect. The ceasefire, announced after a meeting between US...

Blaze destroys Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon and kills at least one

At least one person has been killed after a fire broke out in a Syrian refugee camp in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley. Ahmed Salloum, a...

Syria denies chemical attack allegations

Syria has denied White House allegations that it may be preparing a new chemical attack, insisting again that it has never used such arms....

Syrian fighters seize parts of Islamic State ‘capital’ Raqqa

A US-backed Syrian force has captured a neighbourhood of the Islamic State group's de-facto capital of Raqqa after two days of fierce fighting. The Kurdish-led...

Russian ships hit Islamic State positions in Syria with cruise missiles

Russian warships in the Mediterranean Sea have fired four cruise missiles at the Islamic State group's positions in Syria, the defence ministry in Moscow...

Syrian civilians ‘paying the price for increased air strikes on IS’

The UN's human rights chief has appealed for more careful selection of military targets after a fresh wave of air strikes against Islamic State...

Syria denies US allegations of ‘depraved’ mass executions at prisons

The Syrian government has "categorically" denied US accusations of mass killings at a prison near Damascus, including executing political opponents and burning the victims...

Syrian Kurdish force ‘planning to capture Islamic State capital this summer’

A US-backed Syrian Kurdish force expects to push on and capture Islamic State's de facto capital of Raqqa in northern Syria this summer, a...

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