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Syrian government seizes area in Aleppo attack, death toll climbs

EghtesadOnline: Syrian government forces seized ground from rebels north of Aleppo on Saturday, tightening their siege on the city's opposition-held east as it came under fierce air strikes in a major offensive by the Russian-backed army.
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Publish Date:24/September/2016 | 11:37

Jets pound Aleppo's rebel-held areas, defying U.S.

EghtesadOnline: Warplanes mounted the heaviest air strikes in months against rebel-held districts of the city of Aleppo overnight, rebel officials and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday.
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Publish Date:22/September/2016 | 10:36

UN chief calls for Iran's help to end regional crises

EghtesadOnline: UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon during his meeting on Wednesday with President Hassan Rouhani called for Iran's help to end the ongoing crises in Syria and Yemen.
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Publish Date:22/September/2016 | 05:14

Failing Syrian Truce Fuels Question of Whether It Had Chance

EghtesadOnline: A cease-fire meant to instill trust between the U.S. and Russia and clear the way for talks on ending Syria’s civil war has only deepened suspicion on all sides and raised fears that the country will collapse even further into violence.
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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 17:34

Iran’s move in Syria in coordination with Damascus

EghtesadOnline: Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab-African Affairs, Hossein Jaberi Ansari, said on Tuesday that any action taken by the Islamic Republic of Iran in connection with Syria is absolutely in coordination with the Syrian government.
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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 04:35

Qatar's emir, a U.S. ally, assails Obama's Syria policy

EghtesadOnline: Qatar's emir criticized U.S. President Barack Obama's policy on Syria on Tuesday, highlighting the growing frustration among U.S. allies at what they perceive to be Washington's lackluster action towards the protracted civil war.
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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 04:21

US believes Russian aircraft hit Syria convoy

EghtesadOnline: The United States believes two Russian aircraft attacked an aid convoy near Aleppo in a strike that shattered a one-week truce, U.S. officials said on Tuesday, but Russia denied involvement.
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Publish Date:21/September/2016 | 04:17

Moscow says strikes on Syria army threaten U.S.-Russia ceasefire plan

EghtesadOnline: Moscow stepped up its war of words with Washington on Sunday, saying air strikes by a U.S.-led coalition on the Syrian army threatened the implementation of a U.S.-Russian ceasefire plan for Syria and bordered on connivance with Islamic State.
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Publish Date:19/September/2016 | 05:35

U.S.-led forces strike Syrian troops, prompting emergency U.N. meeting

EghtesadOnline: U.S.-led coalition air strikes reportedly killed dozens of Syrian soldiers on Saturday, endangering a U.S.-Russian brokered ceasefire and prompting an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting as tensions between Moscow and Washington escalated.
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Publish Date:18/September/2016 | 08:30

Russia, U.S. seek to prolong Syria truce but aid blocked, violence spreads

EghtesadOnline: The United States and Russia said on Friday they wanted to extend the four-day-old ceasefire in Syria they have co-sponsored, although the agreement looked increasingly shaky, undermined by increasing violence and a failure to deliver aid.
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Publish Date:17/September/2016 | 07:44

Syria truce largely holds as aid preparations begin

EghtesadOnline: A new ceasefire in Syria brought a full day with no combat deaths in the war between President Bashar al-Assad and his opponents, a monitoring body said on Tuesday, as efforts to deliver aid to besieged areas got cautiously under way.
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Publish Date:14/September/2016 | 05:17

At Least 45 Killed in Syria After US-Russia Agreement

EghtesadOnline: The Aleppo Media Center, an activist collective, said 45 people were killed Saturday, just hours after the new U.S.-Russian agreement was reached to try and end the violence in Syria. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said 30 people were killed in Aleppo province and another 39 were killed by airstrikes in neighboring Idlib province.
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Publish Date:11/September/2016 | 08:54

U.S.-Russian Syria peace deal raises rebel doubts as fighting rages

EghtesadOnline: The United States and Russia reached a breakthrough deal early on Saturday to try to restore peace in Syria, but air strikes hours later on a busy market place that killed and injured dozens added to rebels' doubts that any ceasefire could hold.
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Publish Date:11/September/2016 | 06:03

Living like ghosts in the ruins of Syria's besieged Aleppo

EghtesadOnline: Even if it were somehow possible to escape eastern Aleppo, Abdullah Shiyani, a 10-year-old boy who dreams of being a doctor, says he wouldn't leave. It would mean leaving behind too many people who need help.
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Publish Date:10/September/2016 | 06:43

Lavrov turns pizza man to show up 'slow' Kerry

EghtesadOnline: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov used pizza and vodka to have a dig at his U.S. counterpart Secretary of State John Kerry on Friday, as talks between the two veteran diplomats on Syria dragged on towards midnight in Geneva.
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Publish Date:10/September/2016 | 06:40

U.S., Russia clinch Syria deal, aim for truce from Monday

EghtesadOnline: The United States and Russia hailed a breakthrough deal on Saturday to put Syria's peace process back on track, including a nationwide truce effective from sundown on Monday, improved humanitarian aid access and joint military targeting of banned Islamist groups.
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Publish Date:10/September/2016 | 06:19

U.S., Russia 'not there yet' on Syria deal: State Department

EghtesadOnline: The United States and Russia have not reached a ceasefire deal for Syria, the U.S. State Department said on Wednesday, saying it could not confirm Moscow's announcement that the U.S. and Russian foreign ministers would meet in Geneva on Thursday.
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Publish Date:08/September/2016 | 08:38