Syria
Latest news from Syria as covered by the Guardian. News and stories about the country, people and politics
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Wary optimism at pullout but Kremlin maintains key role with airstrikes on Isis near Palmyra as Assad forces advance
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Omar al-Shishani, one of the Isis leaders most wanted by Washington with a $5m bounty on his head, had been declared ‘clinically dead’ for several days prior
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Vladimir Putin’s announcement took many with close links to the military hierarchy by surprise and some observers question if it’s even real
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Putin’s airstrikes were supposed to hurt Islamic State but also helped keep Assad in place and divided other powers
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Russian president Vladimir Putin orders the withdrawal of the majority of Russian troops from Syria, during a statement in Moscow on Monday
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Senior Isis commander is reportedly not able to breathe on his own, following a US air strike in northern Syria
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Syrian officials refuse to discuss future of presidency, in stance criticised by western governments as a ‘provocation’
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The previous two rounds of Geneva talks failed. But today, with President Assad’s position no longer in question, they can bear fruit
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One listed as a former trainee pilot and construction worker, the other as a computing and HR specialist, in papers reportedly stolen by ex-member
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Oliver Bridgeman says he has been ‘painted as a terrorist’ by the authorities and the justification for cancelling his passport is ridiculous
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People to be moved from Macedonian border within a week after image shows newborn being washed over bare earth
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Foreign minister says opposition must ‘abandon delusions’ of a Syria without Assad as president or talks will fail
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The deteriorating refugee crisis in Europe, Maria Sharapova’s positive drug test, International Women’s Day, Paris fashion week – the best photography in news, culture and sport from around the world this week
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In this exclusive extract from his hotly anticipated book, counterinsurgency expert David Killcullen maps out the characteristics of the ‘Isis Internationale’
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HNC says it expects talks will focus on creating transitional government that did not include Assad and his inner circle
The Guardian view on Russia’s Syria U-turn: no kind of victory