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Putin Jumps on Trump’s Syria Pivot to Strengthen Hand in Mideast

EghtesadOnline: Vladimir Putin is seizing on President-elect Donald Trump’s pledge to reverse U.S. policy on Syria to press for a military victory that could mark Russia’s return as a great-power rival in the wider Middle East.
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Publish Date:06/December/2016 | 16:40

Russia seeks full withdrawal of Aleppo rebels

EghtesadOnline: Russia said on Saturday it was ready for talks with the United States about a withdrawal of all Syrian rebels from eastern Aleppo, where advances by the Russian-backed Syrian army and its allies threaten to deal a crushing blow to the rebellion.
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Publish Date:04/December/2016 | 12:01

Syrian government drives rebels from swath of Aleppo

EghtesadOnline: The Syrian army and its allies announced the capture of a large swath of eastern Aleppo from rebels on Monday in an accelerating attack that threatens to crush the opposition in its most important urban stronghold.
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Publish Date:29/November/2016 | 06:20

Syrian Army about to liberate Aleppo: Speaker advisor

EghtesadOnline: The Syrian Army is about to completely liberate Aleppo, Majlis (Parliament) Speaker's Special Advisor for International Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said on Monday.
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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 19:29

Syrian state TV says army takes key Aleppo district

EghtesadOnline: Syrian state media said on Monday the army and its allies had captured the al-Sakhour district from rebels in eastern Aleppo, an advance that risks splintering the opposition-held area in two. Rebel sources could not immediately be reached for comment.
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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 08:39

Syrian army captures part of rebel-held east Aleppo

EghtesadOnline: The Syrian army said it had taken control of an important district in rebel-held eastern Aleppo on Saturday after fierce fighting, with rebels blaming intense air strikes and lack of hospitals for their collapsing frontline.
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Publish Date:26/November/2016 | 21:23

Syrian family, pupils among dozens killed in Aleppo attacks

EghtesadOnline: Rebel shelling killed eight children at a school in the government-held part of Aleppo on Sunday and a barrel bomb killed a family of six in the rebel-held area, part of a heavy government bombardment that has knocked out all the hospitals.
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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 06:00

Battle for Aleppo escalates, U.N. sees 'bleak moment'

EghtesadOnline: Syrian rebels fought fiercely with pro-government forces trying to advance into opposition-held areas of eastern Aleppo and warplanes kept up their bombardment of the area on Friday in a renewed bid by Damascus to retake the entire city.
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Publish Date:19/November/2016 | 06:04

UN envoy, Zarif deputy discuss Syrian crisis in Tehran

EghtesadOnline: United Nations special envoy for the Syrian crisis Staffan de Mistura met with Iran’s Deputy foreign minister for Arab-African Affairs Hossein Jaberi Ansari and discussed recent developments in the Middle East region.
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Publish Date:13/November/2016 | 05:21

Watchdog condemns Syrian government, IS use of banned chemical weapons

EghtesadOnline: The executive body of the global chemical weapons watchdog voted on Friday to condemn the use of banned toxic agents by the Syrian government and by the militant group Islamic State, a source who took part in the closed session said.
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Publish Date:12/November/2016 | 06:14

Mogherini says meeting with Zarif beginning of EU work on Syria

EghtesadOnline: The European Union Foreign Policy Chief Federica Mogherini said her meeting with the Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif focused not just on mutual ties but rather was the beginning of a cooperation the European body is planning to have with regional powers on the Syrian issue.
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Publish Date:30/October/2016 | 07:48

Whose Rebels Will Fight for Raqqa Deepens U.S.-Turkey Divisions

EghtesadOnline: With the battle for the Iraqi city of Mosul barely begun, the U.S. and its allies say they need to move within weeks on the other remaining Islamic State stronghold, Raqqa in Syria. The trouble is that no one can agree on who should do the actual fighting.
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Publish Date:29/October/2016 | 06:02

Russia says it extends moratorium on Aleppo air strikes

EghtesadOnline: Russia said on Tuesday it would extend a moratorium on air strikes on Syria's Aleppo into a ninth day, but a monitor and a civil defense official said that rebel-held parts of the divided city had been struck in recent days.
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Publish Date:26/October/2016 | 13:04