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13 rebels killed in northern Syria

 (Indo Asian News Service) - At least 13 rebels were killed Friday when the Syrian army pounded their positions in the country's northern region of Jisr al-Shughur, media reports said. The Syrian army forces targeted terrorists' positions near the town of Tal al-Dahab in...

Damascus facing daily rebel mortar and rocket fire

After a long period of relative calm, Syria's capital is coming under daily mortar and rocket fire from rebels seeking to make the regime ease its attacks on areas they hold near Damascus. "It is in response to regime air raids on rebel districts around Damascus," said Rami...

Watchdog: Syria chemicals near three-quarters destroyed

Almost three quarters of Syria’s entire chemical stockpile has been destroyed, the world’s chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday, after another 190 tonnes of agents were incinerated in Britain. “The OPCW confirmed today (Thursday) that 74.2 percent of Syria’s entire...

US neutralizes 60 percent of toxic Syria chemicals

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States informed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that it has neutralized about 60 percent of Syria's most toxic chemicals. British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, the current president of the Security Council, said the U.S. made the report...