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U.N. to seek multi-billion dollar aid pledges for Syria

The United Nations will seek billions of dollars in additional aid for Syria on Thursday, seeking to overcome fatigue among donors after eight years of civil war and divisions over how to deal with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. With 11.7 million people needing emergency aid in Syria,...

Civilians killed as regime air raids hit Idlib

The death toll in Syria's northwestern Idlib province has risen to 15 following Syrian regime forces launched air strikes in the rebel-held area, the Syria Civil Defence said on Thursday. Along with artillery barrages, Russian warplanes attacked central Idlib and its rural outskirts...

Syria's Assad struggles to reap spoils after military gains

Eight years since Syria began its descent into war, many of President Bashar al-Assad’s enemies have been defeated and the bulk of the country is back under his control. But he isn’t celebrating. “We must not wrongly think, as happened in the last year, that the war is over. I say...

U.S.-backed Syria forces say advanced into IS enclave

U.S.-backed fighters besieging Islamic State’s final shred of territory in eastern Syria said they had pushed further into the enclave following clashes and air strikes by the U.S.-led coalition. “Our fighters advanced deep into areas controlled by the terrorist organization and...