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    Syrian army takes strategic town from rebels in new advance

    Syrian army takes strategic town from rebels in new advance

    11 Aug 2019

    Syria's army has captured a strategically important town in Idlib in the rebels' last major enclave, a war monitor and a military media unit run by its ally Hezbollah reported...

    Over 100,000 detained and missing in Syria, says UN

    Over 100,000 detained and missing in Syria, says UN

    08 Aug 2019

    Reports suggest more than 100,000 people in Syria have been detained, abducted or gone missing during the eight-year conflict, with the government mainly responsible, the UN political chief said on...

    Surprisingly, ‘guns don’t kill people, bullets do’

    Surprisingly, ‘guns don’t kill people, bullets do’

    08 Aug 2019

    The “manifesto” purportedly posted by the shooter accused of last weekend’s mass murder in El Paso, Texas, is in many respects typical of the genre – a dim mix of...

    Damascus rejects Turkey-US buffer zone plan: State media

    Damascus rejects Turkey-US buffer zone plan: State media

    08 Aug 2019

    Damascus said on Thursday it rejects a US-Turkish plan to establish a buffer zone in northern Syria, blaming Syria’s Kurds for the proposal, state media said. “Syria categorically and blatantly...

    Turkey says meeting with US on Syria ‘positive’

    Turkey says meeting with US on Syria ‘positive’

    07 Aug 2019

    Turkey’s Defence Minister Hulusi Akar said on Wednesday that talks with the US aimed at averting the need for a Turkish military intervention into northern Syria had been “positive,” according...

    Regime advances after scrapping northwest Syria truce: Monitor

    Regime advances after scrapping northwest Syria truce: Monitor

    07 Aug 2019

    Regime loyalists captured a town and a village from extremists and allied rebels in northwest Syria on Wednesday, after fierce clashes that killed nearly 30 combatants overnight, a war monitor...

    Turkey readies for Syria action as talks on safe zone fail

    Turkey readies for Syria action as talks on safe zone fail

    06 Aug 2019

    Deep differences between Turkey and the United States over the scope and command of a planned “safe zone” in northeast Syria raise the prospect of Turkish military action unless the...

    Sophie the robot whips up oodles of Singapore noodles

    Sophie the robot whips up oodles of Singapore noodles

    30 Jul 2019

    A Singaporean engineering company has built a robot that can serve up a piping hot bowl of laksa, one of the city-state's most well-known dishes, in just 45 seconds. The...

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    'Lion King' still on top at the US box office

    30 Jul 2019

    "The Lion King" maintained its reign over North American theaters, taking in $76.6 million over the three-day weekend, industry watcher Exhibitor Relations said Monday. The massive haul brings its domestic...

    Greta Thunberg to sail the Atlantic for UN summit

    Greta Thunberg to sail the Atlantic for UN summit

    30 Jul 2019

    Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Monday that she would cross the Atlantic on a racing sailboat to attend a UN climate summit in New York in September.It will be...

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