Syrian Conflict
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Chemical weapons watchdog demands answers from Syria after chlorine cylinders destroyedThe Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons said Syria's government had reported that two cylinders were destroyed by a June 8 airstrike on a Syrian military facility.WorldAug 4, 2021
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Canadian woman released from ISIS camp cooperating with police, former ambassador saysThe woman detained by U.S.-backed forces in northeast Syria has already been assisting law enforcement, former ambassador Peter Galbraith said.CanadaJun 29, 2021
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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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Airstrike kills ISIS leader linked to beheading of American aid worker Peter KassigA senior Islamic State figure implicated in the 2014 killing of American aid worker Peter Kassig has been killed in a coalition airstrike, a Pentagon official confirmed.WorldDec 3, 2018
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Canadian ‘agreed to join’ husband in ISIS capital, alleged fighter saysAt least three Canadians married to suspected ISIS fighters are being held by U.S.-backed forces in northern Syria.CanadaNov 15, 2018
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U.N. aid trucks reach Syrian refugee camp to deliver food, health supplies to 50,000 peopleThe United Nations said it was delivering food, sanitation and hygiene supplies, nutrition and health assistance to 50,000 people in Rukban, an area under rebel control, in an operation expected to take three to four days.WorldNov 4, 2018
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Vladimir Putin, Angela Merkel meet near Berlin to discuss Syria, other diplomatic issuesBoth leaders raised concerns about Syria and the plight of the many refugees created by the seven-year-old war there.PoliticsAug 18, 2018
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Syria’s Assad says White Helmets are terrorists, will be killed if they don’t surrenderHundreds of members of the White Helmets group were evacuated out of Syria by the Israeli military last week, with around 50 of them expected to be resettled in Canada.WorldJul 26, 2018
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Syrians flee to Israeli-occupied Golan Heights seeking refuge from offensive, are turned awayTens of thousands of Syrians have thronged to the Golan in the past month, fleeing a rapidly advancing offensive which has defeated rebels across a swathe of territory near Jordan and Israel and generated pressure on both neighbors to extend aid.WorldJul 17, 2018
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Syrian girl, born without legs who walked with the aid of tin cans, receives prosthetics"Maya will walk," Dr. Mehmet Zeki Culcu, the prosthetics specialist treating her at an Istanbul clinic, told Agence France-Presse (AFP) . "God willing, in three months time."WorldJul 7, 2018
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