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Longing to learn: Syrian refugee children in crisis

Refugee children can enroll in schools without proof of legal status. However, stringent residency regulations remain a significant barrier for Syrian families.

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Update | Suicide bomber kills four in Kurdish-held Syrian northeast

AsuicidecarbomberkilledfourpeopleatacheckpointinaKurdish-controlledareaofnortheasternSyriaonTuesday,theSyrianObservatoryforHumanRightssaid.ObservatoryDirectorRa

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Syrian army captures five oil fields in Raqqa from IS

TheSyrianarmyonMondaycapturedfiveoilfieldssouthofthenortherncityofRaqqa,followingbattleswiththeIslamicState(IS)group,amilitarysourcesaid.TheSyrianarmycapturedth

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Syria peace process moves ahead

A new round of talks will be convened in early September to end the war that has ravaged Syria since 2011, the UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura told a press conference Friday.

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Syrian government troops advance into de-escalation zones

SyriangovernmenttroopshavereportedlyrecapturedseveralstrategicvillagesandkeypointsinthesouthofthecountryfromISILmilitants.Therecapturedareaislocatedinoneoftheth

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Mosul's loss deals huge blow to IS, but its threat to last longer time

Iraq'sliberationofMosuldealtahugeblowtoIslamicState(IS),buttheterrorgroupwillremainathreatforlongertimeasitisstillholdingitsgroundinSyriaandcouldseektolaunchrev

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APD REVIEW | Trump & Putin at G20: Honeymoon ends, life has to go on

ByAPDWriterWangPengToday,attheG20SummitHamburg,astrange'couple'whohavebeensufferedendlessquarrelsandstrugglesforalongtime,cametogetherandshookhandseventually.Ho

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US-led strikes kill 224 civilians since allies entered Raqa

US-ledcoalitionairstrikeshavekilledatleast224civilianssincetheSyrianforcesitbacksenteredISILbastionRaqaamonthago,amonitorsaidonThursday.Butthecoalitionpushedbac

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Turkish military operation imminent in Kurdish-held Afrin in Syria

Following Turkey's deployment of troops around the Kurdish-held Afrin Canton in northwestern Syria, many feel a Turkish military operation is imminent, a sense augmented by reported withdrawal of most Russian troops from the canton.

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Turkish military operation imminent in Kurdish-held Afrin in Syria

FollowingTurkey'sdeploymentoftroopsaroundtheKurdish-heldAfrinCantoninnorthwesternSyria,manyfeelaTurkishmilitaryoperationisimminent,asenseaugmentedbyreportedwith

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Syria warns U.S. to calculate reactions in case of new aggression

Syria'sDeputyForeignMinisterFaisalMekdadsaidMondaythathisgovernmentwouldnotbesurprisediftheU.S.carriedoutanewattackonSyria,as"thecrazycandoanything."Mekdad'srem

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Syria denies U.S. claim of intentions to use chemical weapons

Syria's Foreign Ministry denied the U.S. claim of Damascus' intention to use chemical weapons, slamming it as baseless, according to state news agency SANA.

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U.S. brings up chemical attack issue to quell Syrian army progress

TheUnitedStateshasbroughtupthechemicalweaponsissueinSyria,bysuggestingthattheSyriangovernmentforcesareuptolaunchachemicalattackagainstrebels,warningretributiona

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Syria's President Assad says Syrians won't forget Russian support

Syria'sPresidentBasharal-AssadsaidTuesdaythatSyrianswon'tforgettheRussiansupporttoSyria,accordingtotheSyrianpresidentialmediaoffice.Thepresidentmadetheremarksdu

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US, France vow 'joint response' if chemical attack in Syria

USPresidentDonaldTrumpandhisFrenchcounterpartEmmanuelMacronagreedTuesdayonajointresponseintheeventofanotherchemicalattackinSyria,asWashingtonwarnedDamascuswould

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Russia slams US warning over impending Syria chemical attack

RussiaonTuesdayslammedanddismissedaUSwarningagainsttheSyriangovernmentforso-calledpreparationsofafreshchemicalattack.TheWhiteHousewarnedonMondaynightthatSyrianP

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Chinese FM: Middle East crisis ‘a danger on the whole world’

ChineseForeignMinisterWangYisaystheMiddleEastcrisisposesadangertothewholeworld.HemadetheremarksduringajointnewsconferencewithhisJordaniancounterpartAymanSafadii