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UN official calls for inquiry into air strike on Syria refugee camp

Humanitarian affairs chief Stephen O'Brien says attack 'could constitute a war crime'.

06/05/2016

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Russian orchestra performs concert at Palmyra in Syria

A Russian orchestra played in the ruins of the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra on Thursday. Hundreds of people listened to musicians from St

06/05/2016

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Syria: Russian orchestra holds concert in Palmyra ruins

Playing for Syria, in Syria: Russia’s Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra has staged a surprise classical music concert in the Roman amphitheatre in Palmyra

06/05/2016

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Air strike kills dozens in Syrian refugee camp

Activists and eyewitnesses say at least 28 people have been killed by the attack on the refugee camp in the rebel-held north of the country.

05/05/2016

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Playing for Palmyra - Russia holds a concert in the ruins

The orchestra from Russia's Marinsky Theatre has staged a surprise concert in the amphitheatre of the historic Syrian city.

05/05/2016

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Dozens dead in air strikes on camp for internally displaced in Syria

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights is reporting at least 28 people have been killed in air strikes on a camp for the internally displaced in

05/05/2016

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Work at the Russian airbase Hmeymim in Latakia to advance the truce in Syria

The Russian airbase Hmeymim in Latakia is preparing to celebrate WWII Victory Day. Marking the anniversary comes after more than six months of air

05/05/2016

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Euronews visits frontline village in Syria

Euronews has visited Kaukab where village leaders said they have renounced armed struggle against the Assad government after rebels lost control of the area.

05/05/2016

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Syrian army announces 48-hour 'regime of calm' in Aleppo

The Syrian army has announced it is implementing what it calls “a regime of calm” in the city of Aleppo for 48-hours. It follows intense discussions

04/05/2016

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Rebels launch surprise attack on Aleppo - Syrian state TV

Reports of several deaths and injures, including an attack on a hospital. Civilian areas have also been targeted.

04/05/2016

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Aleppo a city of slaughter as diplomats struggle for solutions

Fighting raged in the battle scarred Syrian city of Aleppo as the UN envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura held talks with Russian Foreign Secretary Sergei Lavrov.

04/05/2016

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Ceasefire in Aleppo in "the next few hours"

US Secretary of State John Kerry warned that, without a cessation of hostilities, the violence in the city "is in danger of spiraling out of control."

03/05/2016

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Aleppo - hopes a truce is only "hours away"

Russia's Foreign Minister tells reporters it is hoped a unilateral truce declared by the Syrian military could be extended to Aleppo within a matter of hours.

03/05/2016

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US urges Russia to rein in Damascus after upsurge in Syria violence

There have been stark warnings about the war in Syria following the recent increase in fighting in Aleppo that’s sabotaged a ceasefire and peace

03/05/2016

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Kerry arrives in Geneva to push for Syrian ceasefire to include Aleppo

Kerry in Geneva to get ceasefire for Aleppo “Regime of calm” said to be under negotiation 250 people killed in Aleppo in recent days Attempts are

02/05/2016

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Syria: Russia 'seeks truce for Aleppo' after wave of deadly bombings

Russia says talks are taking place to include Syria’s Aleppo province in the latest temporary truce – as once again the diplomatic machine cranks

01/05/2016

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Russia will not ask Syria to halt air strikes on Aleppo

Media reports claim Russia will not try to persuade Bashar al-Assad to call a halt to air strikes on Aleppo. The bombardment of Syria’s second city

30/04/2016

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Air strikes and shelling cause more deaths in Aleppo

Aleppo sustained another day of air strikes and shelling on Friday. A week of fierce fighting in Syria’s second city has seen at least 200 people

30/04/2016

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The United Nations appeals to save the truce and negotiations in Syria

The United Nations has appealed to the United States and Russia to act to save the “cessation of hostilities” and the negotiations between the Syrian

29/04/2016

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Syria: Aleppo hit again as death toll from earlier hospital attack 'rises to 50'

There was more chaos and panic on the streets of Aleppo on Friday as fresh airstrikes hit the northern Syrian city after only a brief respite

29/04/2016

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Aleppo airstrike agony

The aftermath of an airstrike in the Kallasa and Bustan al-Qasr neighbourhoods of Aleppo, Syria. The attack follows the deadly bombing of a hospital

29/04/2016

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Aid lifeline at risk for millions in Syria

NGOs and Aid agencies say up to a quarter of a million people are trapped in Aleppo and that the aid lifeline that delivers supplies to them and

29/04/2016

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Aleppo - six days of air strikes kill an estimated 200 people

The United Nations has described the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo as ‘catastrophic’. A human rights group estimates that six days of air

28/04/2016

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'Catastrophic' situation in Syria after hospital airstrikes, says UN

The United Nations says the situation in the Syrian city of Aleppo is “catastrophic” after deadly airstrikes on a hospital. Activists say the dead

28/04/2016

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Fatal airstrikes destroy hospital in the Syrian city of Aleppo

At least 30 people have been killed after a series of airstrikes hit a hospital in the the rebel-held area of the disputed Syrian city of Aleppo.

28/04/2016

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Tensions flare in Syria as peace talks limp on

An amateur video has emerged purporting to show chaos in Syria as fragile peace talks limp on in Geneva. A clip posted on social media claims to give

24/04/2016