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Syrian health sector workers hold banners during a rally in the village of Atmeh in the northern Idlib province, demanding that hospitals be protected in the case of an upcoming offensive, on September 16, 2018 (AFP PHOTO / OMAR HAJ KADOUR)
September 17, 2018, 5:21 pm
Iran vows to protect civilians in Syria’s Idlib province
Tehran says ‘humanitarian issue is of significant importance’ as Assad regime mulls launching offensive on country’s last rebel stronghold
By AFP
Pro-government supporters and regime forces attend a flag raising ceremony at the entrance of the Hajar al-Aswad neighborhood on the southern outskirts of the capital Damascus on May 24, 2018 (AFP/Louai Beshara)
May 25, 2018, 4:12 pm
War, displacement reshuffle Syria’s demographic map
Assad’s minority Alawite regime has long ruled over Sunni-majority, but country is now still more divided after 11 million driven from homes
By Maya Gebeily and Rouba El Husseini
Turkish-backed Syrian Arab fighters stand in the back of a vehicle after seizing control of the northwestern Syrian city of Afrin from the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) on March 18, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC)
March 19, 2018, 1:14 am
What does Turkey’s seizure of Afrin mean for Syria war?
Ankara may move refugee populations back over border after taking control of Kurdish area, enlarging its territory
By AFP
A picture taken on February 16, 2018, shows a Syrian man receiving treatment at a hospital in the town of Afrin. Six men were treated for breathing difficulties in the main hospital in Afrin after shelling by a Turkish-led offensive on their village, the general director of the Afrin hospital said. (AFP PHOTO / Ahmad Shafie BILAL)
February 17, 2018, 4:41 pm
Turkey denies using chemical weapons against Kurds in Syria
On Friday, hospital officials in northern Syria reported treating 6 with symptoms in line with exposure to toxic agents
By AFP
The remains of the ancient Ain Dara temple in Syria. (CC BY-SA 3.0, Odilia, Wikipedia)
January 28, 2018, 8:19 pm
Ancient Syrian temple damaged in Turkish raids against Kurds
‘3,000 years of civilization destroyed in an airstrike,’ ex-head of Syria’s antiquities department says of destruction at Ain Dara
By AFP
Syrian opposition fighters drive past Turkish troops in Syria near the Syrian border in Hassa, Hatay province, on January 22, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC)
January 22, 2018, 4:37 pm
Turkey in new assault on Kurdish militia in Syria
US, Russia, urge restraint, France calls for UN Security Council meet, as Syrian rights group reports 21 civilian dead, including 6 children
By Bulent Kilic, Stuart Williams and Fulya Ozerkan
Turkish army troops gather near the Syrian border at Hassa, in Hatay province on January 21, 2018. (AFP Photo/Bulent Kilic)
January 22, 2018, 4:09 am
Turkish tanks roll into Syria to fight Kurdish militia
18 civilians reported killed so far in two-day operation, including 8 members of same family sheltering in building flattened by airstrike
By Bulent Kilic, Stuart Williams and Fulya Ozerkan
A Syrian rebel fighter stands in the Tal Malid area, north of Aleppo, as he watches smoke billow from a Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) position in the area of Afrin, on January 20, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nazeer al-Khatib)
January 21, 2018, 12:25 pm
Turkey presses Syria offensive as rockets hit border town
10 said killed in initial strikes as Turkish military bears down on Kurdish-controlled Afrin region in Syria’s north
By Bulent Kilic and Stuart Williams
Smoke billows on the Syrian side of the border at Hassa near Hatay, southern Turkey on January 20, 2018 as Turkish jet fighters hit the People's Protection Units (YPG) positions. ( AFP PHOTO / BULENT KILIC)
January 20, 2018, 6:10 pm
Turkey launches air, ground offensive against US-backed Kurdish militia in Syria
Operation ‘Olive Branch’ draws expressions of concern from Washington and Moscow
By Bulent Kilic
A photo made available by the Dogan New Agency shows Turkish army military trucks transporting armored vehicles to reinforce the border units close to the Syrian border on January 16, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / DHA / DHA)
January 20, 2018, 3:28 pm
Erdogan says Turkey has launched new ground operation in Syria
Ankara defies US warnings that action against Kurdish militia risks destabilizing the area
By Kadir Demir, Stuart Williams and Fulya Ozerkan
This photo released by the press office of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, shows protesters waving giant flags of the YPG and other parties and militias, during a demonstration against Turkish threats, in Afrin, Aleppo province, Syria, on January 18, 2018. (YPG Press Office via AP)
January 18, 2018, 6:25 pm
Syria threatens to down Turkish jets over its Kurdish region
Amid Turkish military buildup on Syrian border, Damascus warns an incursion into the country will be ‘no picnic’
By PHILIP ISSA and Suzan Fraser
US forces, accompanied by Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) fighters, drive their armored vehicles near the northern Syrian village of Darbasiyah, on the border with Turkey on April 28, 2017 (AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN)
January 18, 2018, 4:47 am
US insists it’s not forming new ‘army’ in Syria
Both Ankara and the main Syrian opposition forces condemn the US-led coalition’s plan to create a 30,000-strong border force
By AFP
US-made armored vehicles are seen on a road near the northern Syrian village of Ain Issa on June 3, 2017. (AFP PHOTO / DELIL SOULEIMAN)
June 4, 2017, 3:28 pm
Turkey PM says battle to retake IS capital in Syria has begun
Binali Yildirim says ‘long-planned’ US-backed offensive to drive jihadist group from Raqqa started over weekend
By AFP
In this Wednesday, March 22, 2017 photograph, crew bring an F-18 below deck on the USS George H.W. Bush as it travels through the Persian Gulf. The carrier soon will begin launching airstrikes targeting the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)
May 5, 2017, 12:26 pm
Moscow says Syria safe-zone deal bans US-led coalition aircraft
Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish areas across the war-torn country where Assad’s air force would be barred from flying
By AP
Turkish officials with chemical clothes carry an injured man on April 4, 2017 in Hatay province, near the Syrian border. (AFP/Dogan News Agency)
April 19, 2017, 7:02 pm
New tests indicate sarin used in Syria attack
Assessment by chemical weapons watchdog reinforces findings from Britain and Turkey
By AP
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