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Explosive device kills army commander,7 soldiers in Damascus

Syrian army commander came under attack by Ahrar al-Sham Sunday, when an explosive device was detonated near his car in al-Diwaniyah neighborhood of Damascus, killing him and 7 of his escorts, the Islamist group said in statement. Ahrar al-Sham said Brigadier General, Bassam Mehanna al-Ali, and...

Syrian dissidents to form new coalition at Cairo meet

A number of Syrian opposition factions will gather in Cairo next month to form a new coalition as an alternative to an exiled West-backed alliance, officials said Saturday. More than 200 figures from the armed and civilian opposition factions are to attend the June 8-9 gathering and discuss a...

Islamic State expands its 'state'

Almost a year after Islamic State's shock capture of Mosul, Iraq's second city, the black flags of the jihadis have been raised over Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province to the west of Baghdad, seat of Iraq’s increasingly theoretical central government. Nobody talks of Mosul or recapturing...