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Syrian Civil War

In Syria's Ghouta, hard-hit but home again 20 Mar 2018 - 02:49 pm
A Syrian boy puts off a fire amid destroyed buildings following government air strikes in the Eastern Ghouta rebel-held enclave of Douma, on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 19, 2018.   AFP / HAMZA AL-AJWEH
Syria monitors: IS militants seize Damascus neighborhood 20 Mar 2018 - 12:17 pm
The fighting in Qadam, which is south of Damascus, comes as eastern Ghouta suburbs of the country's capital is under attack. AFP / HAMZA AL-AJWEH
Turkey insists 'won't stay' in Syria's Afrin 19 Mar 2018 - 02:59 pm
A picture taken on March 19, 2018, shows a man walking near broken glass next to Turkish-backed Syrian fighters in the seized Kurdish-majority city of Afrin.  AFP
Syria's President Assad visits troops on Ghouta's front line 18 Mar 2018 - 07:49 pm
A handout picture released by the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency on March 18, 2018, shows Syrian President Bashar al-Assad (C) talking with government troops in Eastern Ghouta
UN 'failed to prevent' Syria crimes: opposition 17 Mar 2018 - 04:12 pm
RA picture taken on March 17, 2018, shows portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and Lebanese Hezbollah Leader Hassan Nasrallah at a jewellery shop in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo. / AFP / George OURFALIAN
More than 200,000 civilians flee Syria's Afrin in three days: monitor 17 Mar 2018 - 01:36 pm
Civilians fleeing the city of Afrin in northern Syria walk at the mountainous road of al-Ahlam while heading towards the check point in az-Ziyarah, in the government-controlled part of the northern Aleppo province, on March 16, 2018.  AFP / George OURFALI
Syria's war enters its eighth year 15 Mar 2018 - 02:28 pm
A general view shows smoke billowing in Hazeh, in the rebel enclave of Eastern Ghouta on the outskirts of Damascus on March 15, 2018 during reported shelling by Syrian government forces.  AFP / AMER ALMOHIBANY
Syrians stream out of rebel-held Ghouta town as army advances 15 Mar 2018 - 02:24 pm
An elderly Syrian man looks for a safe place to take shelter in the rebel-held town of Hamouria in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus during bombardment by government forces on March 14, 2018. / AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
After painful wait, civilians evacuated from Syria's besieged Ghouta 13 Mar 2018 - 08:38 pm
Aid workers wait for busses carrying rebel fighters and their families to arrive in the Qalaat al-Madiq village in the province of Hama, on March 13, 2018, after being evacuated from the Qadam neighbourhood on the outskirts of Damascus under a deal agreed
7 years on, Syria war shifting gears but still deadly 13 Mar 2018 - 02:11 pm
(FILES) This file photo taken on October 20, 2017 shows a general view of heavily damaged buildings in Raqa, after a Kurdish-led force expelled Islamic State (IS) group fighters from the northern Syrian city, formerly their
Syrian forces press Ghouta advance despite calls to end 'bloodbath' 12 Mar 2018 - 09:27 pm
A displaced Syrian child runs at a government-run shelter after they were evacuated by the army from areas in the Eastern Ghouta region recently recaptured from rebels by government forces, on March 12, 2018 in Ad Duwayr on outskirts of Damascus. Syrian g
France will strike Syria chemical arms sites if used to kill: Macron 12 Mar 2018 - 05:17 pm
French President Emmanuel Macron addresses a press conference in the Indian city of Varanasi on March 12, 2018. AFP / MONEY SHARMA
Syria's Douma faces catastrophe, says council, as assault grinds on 12 Mar 2018 - 02:10 pm
A boy is seen in the besieged town of Douma, Eastern Ghouta, in Damascus, Syria March 8, 2018. REUTERS/Bassam Khabieh/File Photo
Syria army bombs splintered Ghouta enclave as bodies pile up 11 Mar 2018 - 05:42 pm
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Fierce fighting in Syria's Ghouta as Assad presses assault 11 Mar 2018 - 01:56 pm
Smoke billows following Syrian government bombardment on the rebel-held besieged town of Harasta, in the Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of Damascus on March 10, 2018.  AFP / Ammar SULEIMAN
Syria's Eastern Ghouta: 18 days under attack 07 Mar 2018 - 04:41 pm
Syrians walk in the street covered in dust following reported government bombardments on the rebel-held town of Hamouria, in the besieged Eastern Ghouta region on the outskirts of the capital Damascus on March 5, 2018. / AFP / ABDULMONAM EASSA
Turkey expects US to stop shifting terrorists to Afrin 07 Mar 2018 - 02:48 pm
Smoke billows during fighting between Turkish-led forces and Syrian Kurdish fighters, on the outskirts of the town of Jandairis, in the region of Afrin, near the Turkish border on March 7, 2018.  AFP / OMAR HAJ KADOUR
Russian attack on Syrian market may be war crime: UN 06 Mar 2018 - 07:02 pm
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