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Thousands displaced as battles rage in Hasakah

  Dozens of fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Syrian government forces have been killed in ongoing battles in Hasakah province, a monitoring group and activists said. The fighting has displaced more than 100,000 people, the UN said. At least nine ISIL...

Syria rebel attack on Damascus kills 4: monitor

A rebel mortar attack killed four civilians on Sunday in the Syrian capital as government forces battled Islamic State group jihadists in the northern city of Hasakeh, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said a mortar round struck Revolution Street in central Damascus,...

Double bombing kills 4 in Syria's Homs: governor

DAMASCUS (AFP) - At least four people were killed and 17 wounded in a double bomb blast in Syria's central city of Homs on Tuesday, the provincial governor told AFP. Governor Talal Barazi said the blasts were caused by motorbikes rigged with explosives in the Wadi Dahab and Al-Zahra...

Opinion: Assad's last battle

The long-planned spring battle of Qalamoun - between Hezbollah and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's forces on one hand, and Syrian rebels on the other hand - started last weekend. Though the Assad regime and Hezbollah are striving for a victory to regain momentum, it will be a lengthy and...