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For Syria regime, Raqa still occupied despite IS ouster

Damascus said Sunday it still considers Raqa an occupied city, less than two weeks after a US-backed alliance drove the Islamic State group out of its onetime Syrian capital. Troops loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad kept out of the offensive led by the Kurdish-dominated Syrian...

Fresh Syria talks open in Astana

A fresh round of peace talks seeking to end Syria's war opened in the Kazakh capital Astana Monday, as part of a Moscow-led push supported by Iran and opposition backer Turkey. The latest round of talks begins days after Daesh (ISIS) was forced out of its de facto capital Raqqa in...

Syrian regime shelling kills 11, hits school

At least 11 civilians were killed and a school day violently interrupted amid intensive Syrian regime shelling of a rebel-held enclave north of the capital Damascus Sunday, sending panicked kindergarten children scurrying for shelter, opposition activists reported. The Britain-based...