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Syrian regime army uses new Russian jets to strike ISIS

Syrian government forces used newly arrived Russian warplanes to bombard Islamic State fighters in Aleppo province in northern Syria, Reuters said on Thursday, in an attempt to break a siege on a nearby air base. Russia is bolstering its ally Damascus with military aid that U.S. officials...

At busy Lebanese port, Syrians set their sights on Europe

Hundreds of Syrians gather at dusk for a passenger ferry from Lebanon's northern port of Tripoli to Turkey, the next step on their long trek toward what they hope will be a better, safer life in western Europe. For more than four years, Lebanon has drawn refugees fleeing Syria but...