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Assad's troops sweep into key Damascus suburb

Damascus, July 12 (IANS) The Syrian army has advanced into a key Damascus suburb, completely surrounding all militants in the area, a military official said Saturday. The eastern town of Mleiha in the countryside of the capital Damascus has been captured by the Syrian troops,...

Islamic militants on offensive against Kurds

BEIRUT (AP) — Islamic militants using weapons they recently seized in neighboring Iraq intensified an offensive against Kurdish areas in northern Syria as they fight to expand the territory under their control, activists said Thursday. The clashes came as a Syrian watchdog...

20 jihadis killed in Syria airstrikes

Damascus, July 9 (IANS) As many as 20 fighters from the Islamic State (IS), formerly known as the Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria, were killed Wednesday morning in Syrian airstrikes on the northern city of al-Raqqa, according to the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...

Diplomats: Staffan de Mistura is new Syria envoy

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Veteran Italian-Swedish diplomat Staffan de Mistura has been chosen by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to replace Lakhdar Brahimi as the international point man on Syria, U.N. diplomats said Wednesday. The diplomats, speaking on condition of anonymity ahead of...