News: Syria

We have started to collect the most important news related to Syria in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Syria: news

UN warns over refugees in Jordan

Wednesday, January 14th 2015, 20:08
related countries: Jordan

The UN refugee agency urges the international community to help alleviate the "desperate living conditions" of Syrian refugees in Jordan.
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China 'breaks Turkish passport plot'

Wednesday, January 14th 2015, 11:49
related countries: China, Turkey

China arrested a group of Uighurs and Turks in November over a plot to use fake passports to smuggle people to Syria, state media report.
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Video 'of Paris suspect' in Turkey

Monday, January 12th 2015, 22:16
related countries: France, Turkey
related places: Paris

New CCTV appears to show a key suspect in the Paris attacks passing through Turkey, as the cover of the latest Charlie Hebdo issue is released.
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Bomb blast hits northern Lebanon

Saturday, January 10th 2015, 23:50
related countries: Lebanon, Libya
related places: Tripoli

A suicide bomb attack in the northern Lebanese city of Tripoli has killed at least seven people, in the latest violence linked to Syria's civil war.
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Winter ordeal for Syrian refugees in makeshift camps

Thursday, January 8th 2015, 14:47
related countries: Lebanon

Winter ordeal for Syrian refugees in Lebanon's camps
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VIDEO: Syrian refugees in flip flops in snow

Thursday, January 8th 2015, 12:46
related countries: Lebanon

Thousands of Syrian refugees are spending their fourth winter in tents in Lebanon as heavy snow continues to fall in the area.
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IS police 'kidnapped' in Syria

Wednesday, January 7th 2015, 23:10

Reports from Syria say some members of the religious police force set up by the militant group Islamic State have been kidnapped.
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Syria crisis: A new year without hope

Wednesday, January 7th 2015, 0:23

Why 2015 offers little chance for an end to Syria's war
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Syria family's scars begin to heal

Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 18:09

Physical and emotional scars of injured Syrian girls begin to heal
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Kurds 'seize key Kobane district'

Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 16:55

Kurdish fighters battling Islamic State in Kobane, northern Syria, have seized a key district and now control 80% of the town, activists say.
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VIDEO: Syrian war horrors on show in US

Tuesday, January 6th 2015, 8:02
related countries: United States
related places: Washington

Syria atrocities on display in the US
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VIDEO: Lebanon backlash over Syrian refugees

Monday, January 5th 2015, 22:54
related countries: Lebanon

The Lebanese authorities have imposed restrictions on Syrian refugees crossing its border, aimed at slowing the influx of asylum seekers escaping civil war.
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Fears over vulnerable Syria refugees

Monday, January 5th 2015, 17:21
related countries: Lebanon

The UN expresses concern as Lebanon enacts new restrictions on Syrians entering the country, slowing the flow of asylum seekers trying to escape the war.
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Syria opposition elects new leader

Monday, January 5th 2015, 11:49

Syria's main Western-backed opposition group, the National Coalition, elects businessman Khaled Khoja as its new leader at a meeting in Istanbul.
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VIDEO: Why migrant risked Italy ship crossing

Sunday, January 4th 2015, 12:43
related countries: Italy

A Syrian dental student explains why he chose to make the dangerous journey to Italy on board a ship that was abandoned by its crew at sea.
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VIDEO: Abandoned migrants shelter in Italy

Saturday, January 3rd 2015, 15:07
related countries: Italy

Refugees from the Syrian conflict, who were abandoned by people traffickers on an animal cargo ship in the Mediterranean, are being found accommodation in Italy.
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Syria war 'killed 76,000' in 2014

Thursday, January 1st 2015, 19:52
related countries: Iraq

Deaths in Syria's conflict hit a record level in 2014 - more than 76,000 - activists say, as figures also reveal a deadly year in Iraq.
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Migrant freighter docks in Italy

Wednesday, December 31st 2014, 11:54
related countries: Italy, Federated States of Micronesia

A cargo ship said to be carrying 700 clandestine migrants docks in the Italian port of Gallipoli under coastguard control after the crew abandoned ship.
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Syria bombs 'kill dozens in IS area'

Friday, December 26th 2014, 15:10

Syrian aircraft drop barrel bombs on Islamic State-held areas in the north-east, killing some 40 people, activists say.
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VIDEO: Pope highlights plight of war

Thursday, December 25th 2014, 17:29
related countries: Iraq

Pope Francis emphasises the plight of victims of war, particularly in Iraq and Syria, in his traditional Christmas blessing.
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Father urges IS to free Jordan pilot

Thursday, December 25th 2014, 15:14
related countries: Jordan

The father of a Jordanian pilot seized by Islamic State in Syria pleads with the militants to treat his son as a "guest" and release him.
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Pope condemns religious persecution

Thursday, December 25th 2014, 12:19
related countries: Iraq

Pope Francis delivers his traditional Christmas Day address, denouncing violence against religious and ethnic minorities - notably in Syria and Iraq.
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VIDEO: Islamic State captures Jordanian pilot

Thursday, December 25th 2014, 0:52
related countries: Jordan

Islamic state militants have captured a Jordanian pilot after his fighter jet crashed in Syria, Jordan's military has confirmed.
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Jordan plane 'not shot down by IS'

Wednesday, December 24th 2014, 21:54
related countries: Jordan, United States

The 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, 12:36

Islamic 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, 17:28
related 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, 15:43
related countries: United Kingdom, United States

Three 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, 6:17
related 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, 23:35

The 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, 0:39

How everyday life continues despite Syrian civil war
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Spain targets IS women recruiters

Tuesday, December 16th 2014, 10:58
related countries: Iraq, Morocco, Spain

Seven 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, 16:40
related 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, 18:12
related 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, 16:04

Three 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, 23:33

The 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, 5:22
related countries: United States

Will 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, 4:51
related countries: Turkey
related 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, 1:04
related countries: Aruba, Iraq

At 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, 19:20

The 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, 16:56
related countries: Turkey

EU 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, 7:33
related countries: Turkey

EU 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, 18:18
related countries: Israel
related 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, 17:42

The 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, 20:55

The 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, 16:48
related countries: United Kingdom

Two 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, 13:51

Rights 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, 19:07
related countries: Lebanon
related 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, 18:53
related countries: Lebanon

At 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, 5:04
related countries: Iraq

In 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, 1:06
related countries: Iraq, United States

Alan 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, 13:58

The 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, 12:48

The 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, 3:10

Fighting 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, 8:41
related countries: Turkey, United States

Two 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, 15:30
related countries: Iraq, Turkey

Pope 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, 12:00
related countries: Austria

Police 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, 15:22

A 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, 17:47
related countries: United Kingdom
related 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, 16:27
related countries: Iraq, United Kingdom

The 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, 17:58

At 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, 2:56
related countries: United Kingdom

A 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, 0:25
related countries: United Kingdom

Two 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, 15:38
related countries: Netherlands

A 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, 10:57

What do we know about the Syrians beheaded in IS video?
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Second Frenchman in IS video named

Wednesday, November 19th 2014, 21:04
related countries: France, United States
related 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, 17:41
related countries: Netherlands, Turkey

A 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, 23:13
related countries: Turkey

The 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, 20:16
related countries: Norway

Norwegian director admits he staged a "Syrian" viral video
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UN says IS imposing rule of terror

Friday, November 14th 2014, 14:49

The 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, 12:17

Rebels at risk in an icon of Syria's uprising
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VIDEO: 'Progress made in degrading Isil'

Thursday, November 13th 2014, 19:53
related countries: Iraq, United States
related 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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