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Islamist gains in Syria alarm some Assad allies

(Reuters) - A mounting death toll in President Bashar al-Assad's armed forces is causing alarm among some government loyalists who are worried about Islamic State's territorial gains and are turning their anger on the authorities in Damascus. The execution of scores of Syrian...

Activists: Car bomb explodes in north Syria town

BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb exploded in a northern Syrian town near the Turkish border Saturday, killing and wounding a number of people hours after Syrian rebels shot down a helicopter gunship over a slum in the northern city of Aleppo, activists said. The Aleppo Media Center...

Syria Red Crescent, ICRC deliver rare aid in rebel Aleppo

The International Committee of the Red Cross and Syria's Red Crescent have made rare aid deliveries in rebel-held territory in northern Aleppo province with government consent, a spokesman said Monday. "Together with the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), we were able to deliver...