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Israeli missiles down rockets fired from Syria: army ASIA

Israeli missiles down rockets fired from Syria: army

Israel's Iron Dome missile defence system destroyed two rockets fired from Syria at the Israeli-held zone of the Golan Heights Saturday in an apparent rise in tension between the uneasy neighbours.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria truce "will not hold out" says senior rebel source ASIA

Syria truce "will not hold out" says senior rebel source

Syria's ceasefire "will not hold out", a senior rebel official in Aleppo warned on Saturday, as air strikes and shelling continued in some places and promised aid deliveries failed to come through.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Spotlight on Syria as world leaders gather at UN ASIA

Spotlight on Syria as world leaders gather at UN

The spotlight will be on Syria when world leaders gather at the United Nations next week as the United States and Russia try to shore up a fragile truce deal and President Barack Obama pushes for a boost in global refugee aid.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Air strikes, clashes test fragile Syria truce deal ASIA

Air strikes, clashes test fragile Syria truce deal

Air strikes and clashes tested a fragile ceasefire in Syria on Friday as civilians waited for aid and the UN Security Council was to discuss whether to endorse the US-Russian truce.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Fierce shelling, clashes in east of Syria capital ASIA

Fierce shelling, clashes in east of Syria capital

Fierce fighting and clashes between regime forces and rebels rocked the eastern edge of Syria's capital on Friday, an AFP correspondent and military source said, despite a fragile truce across the country.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Man jailed in Austria for murdering wife in Syria ASIA

Man jailed in Austria for murdering wife in Syria

An Austrian court on Wednesday sentenced a Syrian man to life in jail for murdering his wife in his homeland in 2011, after Vienna refused to extradite him because of the country's civil war.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Aid for Syria waits on Turkish border as warring sides bicker ASIA

Aid for Syria waits on Turkish border as warring sides bicker

Two convoys of aid for the Syrian city of Aleppo were waiting in no-man's land on Wednesday after crossing the Turkish border, as disagreements between warring sides and security fears held up deliveries on the third day of a ceasefire.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Syria warns Turkey against providing Aleppo aid without coordination ASIA

Syria warns Turkey against providing Aleppo aid without coordination

Syria's government on Tuesday warned that all aid going to the divided city of Aleppo, particularly assistance sent by Turkey, must be coordinated with Damascus and the United Nations.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Turkey welcomes Russia-US Syria truce plan ASIA

Turkey welcomes Russia-US Syria truce plan

Turkey, which has sent dozens of tanks and hundreds of troops into Syria in an unprecedented incursion, on Saturday welcomed a deal between the United States and Russia for a ceasefire in its conflict-torn neighbour.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
Air strike kills top jihadist rebel commander in Syria ASIA

Air strike kills top jihadist rebel commander in Syria

An air strike near Syria's battleground second city Aleppo has killed the commander of the largest rebel alliance in the biggest blow since its formation early last year, a monitor said on Friday.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US, Russia eye fresh Syria peace push INTERNATIONAL

US, Russia eye fresh Syria peace push

The US and Russia conducted last-minute negotiations Thursday over a fresh bid for a Syrian peace deal ahead of an expected high-level meeting in Geneva.

4:45 AM November 25 2016
US pushes Russia on 'true' Syria peace deal ASIA

US pushes Russia on 'true' Syria peace deal

The US pressed Russia on Thursday for a "true cessation of hostilities" in Syria ahead of a expected high-level peace talks in Geneva, warning that its patience is running thin.

4:45 AM November 25 2016