News: Syria
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Syria: news
Jordan plane 'not shot down by IS'
Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 21:54related countries:
Jordan, 
United StatesThe Jordanian air force plane that crashed in Syria was not shot down by Islamic State militants, the US says.
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IS captures Jordan warplane pilot
Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 12:36Islamic State (IS) militants have captured the pilot of a Jordanian warplane that crashed in northern Syria, Jordan's military confirms.
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VIDEO: Doctor's gloom in Syrian siege city
Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 17:28related places: Aleppo
A Red Cross doctor who returned to help treat victims of the Aleppo siege in Syria gives a gloomy assessment of the almost complete breakdown of medical treatment in the city.
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Syria strikes 'kill 1,100 militants'
Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 15:43related countries:
United Kingdom, United StatesThree months of US-led air strikes have killed at least 1,171 people, mostly Islamic State militants in Syria, a UK-based monitoring group says.
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Syria 'approves medicine deliveries'
Tuesday, December 23rd 2014, 6:17related places: Aleppo
Syria has authorised the delivery of medicine to opposition-held districts of Aleppo and two other areas, the World Health Organization says.
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Mass grave 'found in eastern Syria'
Wednesday, December 17th 2014, 23:35The bodies of more than 230 people thought to have been killed by Islamic State (IS) have been found in a mass grave in eastern Syria, activists say.
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The strange normality of life in the middle of Syria's war
Wednesday, December 17th 2014, 0:39How everyday life continues despite Syrian civil war
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Spain targets IS women recruiters
Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 10:58related countries:
Iraq, 
Morocco, 
SpainSeven people are detained in a series of raids by Spain and Morocco on a suspected network recruiting women to join Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.
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Syria rebels capture key Idlib bases
Monday, December 15th 2014, 16:40related places: Idlib
Al-Qaeda's affiliate in Syria and allied rebel groups have taken control of two key army bases in the northern province of Idlib, activists say.
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Syria battle over Aleppo supply hill
Sunday, December 14th 2014, 18:12related places: Aleppo
Forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad close in on a hill controlling a vital rebel supply line into the divided city of Aleppo.
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Three journalists killed in Syria
Wednesday, December 10th 2014, 16:04Three journalists from the Syrian opposition TV channel Orient News are killed while covering clashes in the country's south-west.
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West to accept more Syrian refugees
Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 23:33The UN says Western countries will increase the number of Syrian refugees they will accept to up to 100,000, but warns this is not enough.
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Syria war: Southern rebels see US as key to success
Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 5:22related countries:
United StatesWill US make or break march of the rebels in Syria's south?
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'Three Turkish border troops killed'
Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 4:51related countries:
Turkeyrelated places: Ceylanpinar
Three Turkish soldiers are killed by gunfire in the town of Ceylanpinar on the border with Syria, Turkish news agencies report.
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Australian recruits 'used' by IS
Tuesday, December 9th 2014, 1:04related countries:
Aruba, IraqAt least 20 Australians have been killed fighting alongside militants in Iraq and Syria who use them as "cannon fodder", Australian officials say.
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UN appeals for record $16bn in aid
Monday, December 8th 2014, 19:20The UN asks for $16.4bn for its aid operations in 2015, much of it for Syria, in its biggest-ever annual request.
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EU pledges aid to Syria refugees
Monday, December 8th 2014, 16:56related countries:
TurkeyEU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini pledges more aid to help Syrian refugees in Turkey during a two-day visit there.
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VIDEO: Syria: 'EU can play a role'
Monday, December 8th 2014, 7:33related countries:
TurkeyEU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini is in Turkey to urge it to participate fully in the fight against Islamic State militants in Syria.
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Israeli jets 'strike near Damascus'
Sunday, December 7th 2014, 18:18related countries:
Israelrelated places: Damascus
The Syrian army accuses Israel of air strikes on areas near Damascus, but there is no confirmation from Israel.
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Mother 'betrayed' by terror sentence
Sunday, December 7th 2014, 17:42The mother of a man jailed for 12 years and eight months for going to Syria to join rebel fighters tells the BBC she feels betrayed by the length of his sentence.
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VIDEO: UN reinstates Syrian refugees aid
Friday, December 5th 2014, 20:55The UN World Food Programme says it will reinstate food aid this month to the very poorest Syrian refugees.
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Two men jailed over Syria terror trip
Friday, December 5th 2014, 16:48related countries:
United KingdomTwo British men who went to Syria to join rebel fighters have been jailed for 12 years and eight months each.
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Rich nations 'fail Syria refugees'
Friday, December 5th 2014, 13:51Rights group Amnesty International criticises the world's wealthiest nations for taking in a "pitiful" number of Syria's most vulnerable refugees.
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IS leader's wife held in Lebanon
Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 19:07related countries:
Lebanonrelated places: Abu Bakr, Baghdadi
Lebanese security forces have detained a wife and child of Islamic State (IS) leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi near the border with Syria, the army says.
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Lebanese soldiers shot near Syria
Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 18:53related countries:
LebanonAt least six Lebanese soldiers have been killed in an ambush by gunmen near the border with Syria, officials say.
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VIDEO: Jordan drawn into conflict with IS
Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 5:04related countries:
IraqIn four months, the jihadists who call themselves Islamic State has swept through significant chunks of Syria and Iraq, winning themselves what is in effect a state
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VIDEO: Life in Kobane after airstrikes
Tuesday, December 2nd 2014, 1:06related countries:
Iraq, United StatesAlan Johnston reports on life in the Syrian town of Kobane, following airstrikes targeting IS militants in the town.
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WFP suspends Syria refugee food aid
Monday, December 1st 2014, 13:58The UN's World Food Programme suspends a critical food aid scheme for more than 1.6 million Syrian refugees because of a funding crisis.
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Most-wanted Nazi war criminal 'dead'
Monday, December 1st 2014, 12:48The chief investigator pursuing top Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner tells the BBC that the he is "99% sure" that he died four years ago in Syria.
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IS steps up key Syrian town assault
Sunday, November 30th 2014, 3:10Fighting intensifies in the besieged Syrian border town of Kobane, as Islamic State launches at least four suicide attacks against Kurdish defenders.
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Air strikes 'failed to weaken' IS
Saturday, November 29th 2014, 8:41related countries:
Turkey, United StatesTwo months of US-led air strikes have failed to weaken Islamic State militants, Syria's foreign minister says, urging Turkey to tighten border controls.
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Pope call to combat fanaticism
Friday, November 28th 2014, 15:30related countries:
Iraq, TurkeyPope Francis calls for all faiths to enter a dialogue to counter fanaticism and fundamentalism, at the start of a key visit to Turkey.
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Austria arrests 13 jihadi suspects
Friday, November 28th 2014, 12:00related countries:
AustriaPolice in Austria arrest 13 people suspected of radicalising young people and recruiting them to fight in Syria.
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Syrian hack attack forces pop-ups
Thursday, November 27th 2014, 15:22A number of websites have been compromised to display a message from a group identifying itself as the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA).
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Britons jailed over Syria terror camp
Wednesday, November 26th 2014, 17:47related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: London
Two brothers from east London become the first Britons to be jailed for terrorism training in Syria.
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Concerns over terror exclusion plans
Wednesday, November 26th 2014, 16:27related countries:
Iraq, United KingdomThe UK's reviewer of terrorism laws raises concerns about plans to exclude people from the UK if they go abroad to fight with extremist groups, as a new counter-terror bill is published
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Raqqa air strikes 'kill dozens'
Tuesday, November 25th 2014, 17:58At least 36 civilians have been killed in air strikes by Syrian government warplanes on the Islamic State-held northern city of Raqqa, activists say.
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UK fighters in Syria 'not mercenaries'
Monday, November 24th 2014, 2:56related countries:
United KingdomA British man fighting with Kurdish troops against Islamic State militants in Syria tells the BBC he is not a mercenary.
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British IS fighters 'killed in Syria'
Saturday, November 22nd 2014, 0:25related countries:
United KingdomTwo British men are reported to have been killed while fighting alongside Islamic State militants in Syria.
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Dutch 'Syria bride' custody extended
Friday, November 21st 2014, 15:38related countries:
NetherlandsA judge in the Netherlands agrees to extend the period police can hold a Dutch teenager who travelled to Syria to marry an Islamist fighter.
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Islamic State video draws attention to Syrian victims
Thursday, November 20th 2014, 10:57What do we know about the Syrians beheaded in IS video?
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Second Frenchman in IS video named
Wednesday, November 19th 2014, 21:04related countries:
France, United Statesrelated places: Frenchman
France names another Frenchman in a video showing the killing of Syrian prisoners by IS militants as Muslim convert Mickael Dos Santos, 22.
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Dutch mum rescues daughter from IS
Wednesday, November 19th 2014, 17:41related countries:
Netherlands, TurkeyA Dutch mother arrives with her daughter in the Netherlands, after travelling to Syria to bring her back from the Islamic State stronghold of Raqqa.
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VIDEO: IS defector: 'I joined out of fear'
Sunday, November 16th 2014, 23:13related countries:
TurkeyThe BBC's Paul Wood reports from Turkey's border with Syria, where a defector from Islamic State has been speaking about the brutality of the militant group.
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'Hero boy' video faked by Norwegians
Friday, November 14th 2014, 20:16related countries:
NorwayNorwegian director admits he staged a "Syrian" viral video
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UN says IS imposing rule of terror
Friday, November 14th 2014, 14:49The militant group Islamic State is committing war crimes and imposing a "rule of terror" in areas it controls in Syria, the UN says.
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Will Aleppo finally fall?
Friday, November 14th 2014, 12:17Rebels at risk in an icon of Syria's uprising
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VIDEO: 'Progress made in degrading Isil'
Thursday, November 13th 2014, 19:53related countries:
Iraq, United Statesrelated places: Congress
The US and coalition forces are making progress in the fight against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel has told Congress.
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Frenchman jailed for Syria jihad
Thursday, November 13th 2014, 17:40related countries:
FranceA Frenchman is jailed for seven years for joining an Islamist militant group in Syria - the first such sentence in France.
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Woman jailed for funding Syria jihad
Thursday, November 13th 2014, 14:48related countries:
United Kingdomrelated places: London
A London woman convicted of funding her husband's jihad in Syria has been jailed at the Old Bailey for 28 months.
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'Door closing' for Syrian refugees
Thursday, November 13th 2014, 13:13Syria's neighbours are sharply cutting numbers of refugees they allow in as the world community fails to share the burden, say two prominent NGOs.
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VIDEO: Istanbul misery for Syria refugees
Thursday, November 13th 2014, 10:07related countries:
Turkeyrelated places: Istanbul
Turkey is home to more than a million Syrian refugees, with many living in camps near the border or in cities such as Istanbul.
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Through teenagers' eyes - unique snapshots of Syrian refugee life
Thursday, November 13th 2014, 5:59Smartphone snapshots of life in Syrian desert camp
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Syrian conflict story told by refugees
Thursday, November 13th 2014, 1:23How displacement has become the story of the Syria war
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The bitter struggle for Syria
Wednesday, November 12th 2014, 2:09How Syria's president has survived a brutal war
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New hope in Syria war, says UN envoy
Tuesday, November 11th 2014, 17:09The UN mediator in the Syrian conflict, Staffan de Mistura, tells the BBC he believes there is a fresh opportunity to resolve the country's crisis.
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Syria's disappeared
Tuesday, November 11th 2014, 15:18The story of the people snatched from Syria's streets
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Syria 'to study' Aleppo truce plan
Monday, November 10th 2014, 14:38related places: Aleppo
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad says he will study a UN proposal for "local ceasefires" in the war-ravaged northern city of Aleppo.
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US strikes target militants in Syria
Thursday, November 6th 2014, 19:20related countries:
United StatesThe US says it has carried out air strikes against the al-Qaeda-linked Khorasan group in Syria, whom it accuses of planning attacks on the West.
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The 13-year-old on 'righteous path' to Islamic State
Thursday, November 6th 2014, 7:16Meet the 13-year-old jihadi preparing to join IS in Syria
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VIDEO: Lebanese fear attacks from Syria
Wednesday, November 5th 2014, 13:35related countries:
LebanonThere is a growing fear that the conflict in neighbouring Syria will spill over into Lebanon, and that has left some communities taking up arms themselves.
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Inside Kobane: Eyewitness account in besieged Kurdish city
Wednesday, November 5th 2014, 1:08Kurdish defenders vow to defy siege in northern Syrian town
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Jihadists edging out US allies in Syria
Tuesday, November 4th 2014, 16:55related countries:
United StatesUS' moderate rebel allies no match for jihadists in Syria
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VIDEO: The village hosting Kobane refugees
Monday, November 3rd 2014, 9:45related countries:
TurkeyJiyar Gol visits a Turkish border village and hears from refugees from the besieged Syrian city of Kobane.
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VIDEO: Syria kids' art project goes global
Monday, November 3rd 2014, 8:01Activists are offering the world a look at events in Syria through the eyes of children in the form of a giant canvas covered with their original art work.
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VIDEO: Tackling extremism at its roots
Monday, November 3rd 2014, 6:39related countries:
Iraq, United Kingdomrelated places: London
A project in London is trying to stop the number of young people going to fight in Syria and Iraq by tackling extremism.
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VIDEO: Peshmerga fighters 'in Kobane'
Saturday, November 1st 2014, 4:47related countries:
Iraq, TurkeyIraqi Kurdish Peshmerga fighters cross the Turkish border to help defend the Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State.
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Iraqi Kurds 'in Kobane to fight IS'
Friday, October 31st 2014, 21:28related countries:
Iraq, TurkeyIraqi Kurdish Peshmerga forces cross the Turkish border to help defend the Syrian town of Kobane from Islamic State militants.
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VIDEO: 'Peshmerga generate hope' in Kobane
Friday, October 31st 2014, 17:14related countries:
IraqThe arrival of Iraqi Kurd Peshmerga fighters has "generated hope in the Kurdish community" reports Jiyar Gol from the Syria-Turkey border
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Iraqi Kurd fighters 'enter Kobane'
Thursday, October 30th 2014, 18:59related countries:
IraqAn advance party of 10 Iraqi Kurd fighters have entered the Syrian border town of Kobane to join the battle against Islamic State militants, activists say.
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Rebels reinforce besieged Kobane
Wednesday, October 29th 2014, 13:05Free Syrian Army fighters arrive in Kobane to help the defence of the Syrian border town under siege by Islamic State militants, sources there say.
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