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Hundreds of bodies exhumed from mass grave in Raqqa

 A local official in Raqqa says more than 500 bodies have so far been exhumed from one of the largest mass graves discovered near the Syrian city, once the capital Daesh’s (ISIS) self-styled caliphate. Raqqa was liberated in a U.S.-backed campaign that ended more than a year ago,...

Car bomb blast kills 8 in Somali capital

At least eight people were killed, 15 others wounded in a car bomb blast in Somalia capital Mogadishu, officials said. Hassan Gulled, a police officer in Mogadishu, told Anadolu Agency via phone that the car bomb targeted a crowded marketplace in Kawo Godey area in Wadajir neighborhood....

Daesh kills 60 US-backed fighters in eastern Syria

(Zaman Al Wasl)- At least 60 U.S.-backed fighters were killed by Daesh (ISIS) and 30 more were taken captive in the past two days  as clashes intensified in eastern Deir Ezzor province , Amaq news agency said Sunday. The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) pressed to uproot...

Turkey welcomes mutual prisoner releases in Syria

Turkey on Saturday welcomed the prisoner swap in Syria, saying mutual and simultaneous release of the detainees builds confidence between the sides in the war-torn country.  In a written statement, Turkish Foreign Ministry said several persons detained by the opposition groups and...

Syrian rebels dismiss poison-gas claims

Syrian rebels have dismissed government accusations they used poison gas to attack government-held Aleppo city. Rebel commander Abdel-Salam Abdel-Razak says the opposition doesn’t possess poisonous gases or the capabilities to lob them. Abdel-Razak served in Syria’s chemical weapons...