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Syria Detains Opponents as It Reasserts Control

(Wall Street Journal)- Weeks after he disappeared while fleeing the devastated city of Aleppo, Abdulhadi Kamel of the Syrian civil-defense group White Helmets turned up last month in an online video posted by a Russian-language news agency. His hair and beard disheveled, Mr. Kamel denounced...

Airstrikes kill 21 civilians in Idlib

At least 21 civilians were killed Tuesday by airstrikes in northwestern Idlib city, a pro-opposition civil defense member said.  Speaking to Anadolu Agency, Omer Ulwan said suspected Russian warplanes carried out ten airstrikes on populated areas in Idlib’s Kusur district. ...

Al-Assad says Trump's priority of fighting ISIS promising

Syrian President Bashar Assad said U.S. President Donald Trump's priority of fighting Islamist fundamentalists led by ISIS was promising but it was too early to expect stronger steps, state news agency SANA reported Tuesday. Assad was also quoted as telling a group of Belgian reporters...