Syria War
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UN seeks greater refugee support from Canada amid ‘enormous’ global needsThe United Nations is bracing for a further increase in the number of refugees this year, as last month's earthquake in Turkey and Syria adds to a series of crises.CanadaMar 4
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Ottawa responds to UN pressure about well-being of Canadian detained in SyriaJack Letts is one of several Canadian citizens among the many foreign nationals in Syrian camps run by Kurdish forces that reclaimed the war-torn region from ISIL.CanadaSep 14, 2022
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Syria denies holding missing U.S. journalist Austin Tice despite Biden ‘certainty’Joe Biden's comments last week came in a statement released by the White House to mark the 10th anniversary of Austin Tice's abduction while covering the Syrian Civil War.PoliticsAug 17, 2022
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Drone attack hits American base in Syria, no casualties reported: U.S. militaryThe military said there were no casualties or damage in the attack in the vicinity of al-Tanf base near where the borders of Syria, Jordan and Iraq meet.WorldAug 15, 2022
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Al-Qaeda-linked fighters, Syrian troops clash near country’s last rebel strongholdThe fighting was among the worst since early March, when a agreement between Turkey and Russia halted the Syrian government's three-month air and ground campaign into rebel-held northwestern Idlib province.WorldMay 10, 2020
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Canadian aid to Syria stolen by Al Qaeda-linked terrorist group, documents showSuspected Hayat Tahrir al-Sham gunmen walked off with thousands of dollars worth of Canadian-financed electronics devices, according to declassified documents.CanadaNov 7, 2019
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Trump suggests he abandoned Kurds because they ‘didn’t help us with Normandy’"With all of that being said, we like the Kurds," Trump said.WorldOct 10, 2019
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Thousands flee Syrian border towns as Turkish military launches offensiveErdogan dubbed the operation as "#OperationPeaceSpring," in his tweet.WorldOct 9, 2019
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Syrian father, whose twins were killed in poison gas attack, displaced by violence againAs Syria’s civil war edges toward a bloody end, many displaced persons fear that a government win will bring little relief — or sense of closure.WorldSep 3, 2019
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At least 27 killed by airstrikes in rebel-controlled Syrian townThe high death toll marked a sharp increase in the escalation between the two sides amid intense fighting.WorldJul 22, 2019
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