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Thousands of Syrians flee as two major battles rage

Thousands of civilians streamed out of their towns to escape battles at opposite ends of Syria on Saturday, where two different offensives have prompted an exodus in recent days. Air strikes pounded a rebel pocket in eastern Ghouta near the capital Damascus, rescuers and a war monitor...

Air strikes on Eastern Ghouta kill 30 civilians: monitor

Syrian regime air strikes on Eastern Ghouta killed at least 30 civilians on Saturday, a monitor said, almost a month into a blistering Russia-backed regime assault on the Syrian rebel enclave outside Damascus. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights could not say who...

Syria rebels open to UN-backed talks with Russia on Ghouta

The rebel groups left in Syria's Eastern Ghouta said Friday they would be willing to negotiate with regime backer Russia on a ceasefire for their one-time stronghold outside Damascus. In a joint statement, factions Jaish al-Islam, Failaq al-Rahman, and Ahrar al-Sham said the United...