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Syria buffer free of heavy arms as jihadists face deadline

A planned buffer zone in northwest Syria has been cleared of heavy armaments ahead of time but a new deadline loomed Wednesday for the tougher task of Turkey convincing jihadists to pull out their fighters. The demilitarised zone ringing the Idlib region is the result of a deal reached...

Syrians in ex-rebel zones struggle for aid

Tens of thousands of Syrians in areas recaptured by government troops this year remain starved of humanitarian aid, with the relief agencies helping them for years now unable to reach them. As towns switched from opposition to regime control, international aid groups were forced to halt their...