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Trump Says U.S. Seeks a Syria Cease-Fire in a Second Area

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump said the U.S. is working to expand a regional cease-fire in the Syrian civil war to a second zone, saying it may prove to be the first step toward ending a civil war that has killed more than 400,000 people and sent millions more fleeing.
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Publish Date:14/July/2017 | 10:37

U.N. lauds U.S.-Russian truce in Syria, but warns on partition risk

EghtesadOnline: Agreements to de-escalate the fighting in Syria could simplify the conflict and help to stabilise the country, but such accords must be an interim measure and avoid partition, U.N. envoy Staffan de Mistura told a news conference on Monday.
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Publish Date:11/July/2017 | 05:33

Tillerson Says Syria Progress Could Be Replicated With Turkey

EghtesadOnline: The U.S. and Turkey are beginning to rebuild trust and could come to an agreement about northern Syria, where the U.S. backs a Kurdish militia that Turkey considers a terrorist organization, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson told staff at the U.S. consulate-general in Istanbul.
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Publish Date:10/July/2017 | 24:24

This Is What Putin Wants From His Syria Deal With Trump

EghtesadOnline: Russia is hoping that the “breakthrough” Syrian ceasefire deal it brokered this week will align the U.S. with President Vladimir Putin’s plans for the war-torn country.
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Publish Date:09/July/2017 | 04:23

Tillerson Says Trump, Putin to Seek Common Ground Over Syria

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump will raise the possibility of U.S. and Russian cooperation on easing the Syria conflict when he meets his Russian counterpart in Hamburg, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said.
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Publish Date:06/July/2017 | 19:45

Iran urges UN technical aid for Syria de-escalation zones

EghtesadOnline: Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari has called for the United Nations’ technical aid for the establishment of de-escalation zones in Syria.
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Publish Date:05/July/2017 | 10:59

U.S.-Backed Force Breaches Islamic State Stronghold in Old Raqqa

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed forces in Syria breached the Old City of Raqqa, Islamic State’s self-declared capital, in the most significant advance since the battle for the city began last month, a monitoring group said.
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Publish Date:05/July/2017 | 04:55

Syrian army announces ceasefire in south ahead of Astana talks

EghtesadOnline: The Syrian army said on Monday it would suspend combat operations in southern Syria until Thursday ahead of a new round of peace talks in the Kazakh capital Astana, but rebels said the army had already violated the ceasefire by striking areas under their control.
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Publish Date:04/July/2017 | 05:22

Iran cautions US on arbitrary actions in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Deputy Foreign Minister for legal and international affairs Abbas Araqchi said that Iran has cautioned US over arbitrary actions in Syria.
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Publish Date:03/July/2017 | 04:57

Three car bombs hit Damascus, seven people killed

EghtesadOnline: Three car bombs exploded in Damascus on Sunday, state media reported, and seven people were killed in one of the blasts, a police officer said, the biggest such attack in the Syrian capital since a series of suicide attacks in March.
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Publish Date:02/July/2017 | 09:01

By keeping U.S. focus on Islamic State, Trump risks wider Syria war

EghtesadOnline: President Donald Trump has ordered stepped-up military operations against Islamic State and delegated more authority to his generals, but without a comprehensive Syria strategy, his approach risks further confrontation with Syria, Iran and even Russia, according to U.S. officials and analysts.
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Publish Date:20/June/2017 | 05:47

U.S. Moves Jets to Ease Syria Tensions Amid Russian Threat

EghtesadOnline: The American-led military coalition in Syria said it has repositioned aircraft after Russia threatened to treat its warplanes as targets in response to the U.S. downing of a Syrian government jet.
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Publish Date:20/June/2017 | 04:00

Russia Says It May Have Killed Islamic State Leader in Syria

EghtesadOnline: Russia is verifying intelligence that Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was killed near Raqqa, Syria, during a bombing raid by its forces in May, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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Publish Date:17/June/2017 | 04:05

Syrian army and allies step up bombing of rebels in Deraa city

EghtesadOnline: The Syrian army and Iran-backed militia forces have escalated attacks against a rebel-held part of the southern city of Deraa, a possible prelude to a large-scale campaign to wrest full control of the city, rebels and residents said on Monday.
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Publish Date:12/June/2017 | 05:14

U.S.-Backed Push on Islamic State's Raqqa Stronghold Begins

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-backed forces in Syria have begun the long-anticipated push to remove Islamic State from its self-declared capital of Raqqa, a city the jihadist group has brutalized since 2013, and used as a base to plot terrorist attacks in Europe.
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Publish Date:06/June/2017 | 13:37