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U.S.-led strikes kill 9 civilians west of Raqqa: activists

(Zaman Al Wasl)- Nine civilians, including 5 of one family, have been killed in a U.S.-led air strike on Raqqa province, activists said Thursday. The strikes hit the ISIS-held village of Ja'bar in the western countryside, such raids that mainly kill civilians despite U.S. statements that its...

Aleppo evacuations in heavy snow end brutal war chapter

Hundreds of rebel fighters and civilians, including small children swaddled in thick blankets, were bused out of war-ravaged Aleppo in heavy snow on Wednesday as the evacuation of former rebel strongholds entered its final phase. Scenes of buses slowly driving out of Aleppo in a shroud...

Syrian girl blogger, 7, meets Erdogan at Ankara palace

Seven-year-old Bana al-Abed, whose Twitter account gave a tragic description of the bombing of Aleppo in Syria, on Wednesday met Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at his palace in Ankara. Erdogan received Bana and her family at his palace, the state-run Anadolu agency said,...

ISIS in Mosul targets civilians as it retreats

An international watchdog says ISIS militants in Mosul are deliberately targeting civilians who refuse to join them as they retreat ahead of advancing Iraqi forces. Human Rights Watch also says that Mosul civilians are increasingly being caught in the crossfire, and that at least 19 have...