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Syria votes in local elections as bloody battle looms
Speed Read First vote since 2011 comes as Russia-backed government forces prepare major assault on Idlib
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Trump wants 'military options' if Assad uses chemical weapons again, general says
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Is Nicaragua the new Syria?
In Depth Nikki Haley warns that Central American nation is travelling ‘down the same path’ to civil war
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Why Russia is sending its biggest fleet of warships to the Mediterranean
Speed Read US and Moscow trade chemical attack warnings ahead of strike on Syria’s Idlib
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Why the UK is halting foreign aid to rebel-held areas of Syria
In Depth The decision suggests Britain has accepted that the Syrian opposition faces imminent defeat
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Explosion in Syria kills 39
Speed Read Blast occurs in a weapons depot at the base of a residential building
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Syrian jet downed by Israel over Golan Heights
Speed Read Rare confrontation could provoke tensions as Assad forces fight to regain border territory
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Isis Beatles: UK ‘drops opposition to death penalty’ for the jihadists
Speed Read Home Secretary will seek ‘no assurances’ that two British fighters are not executed under US law
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Syrian government forces retake Deraa, birthplace of revolt
Speed Read Rebels in the southern city have surrendered in a major victory for President Bashar al-Assad
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Armed groups on the rise: how battlefield dynamics are changing
Speed Read New figures show there are both more conflicts and more sides within each one
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Syria’s Bashar al-Assad ‘planning state visit to North Korea’
Speed Read Controversial president reportedly admires the ‘outstanding political calibre’ of Kim Jong Un
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Russia shows its teeth with Victory Day parade
Speed Read Why this year’s Red Square event was worth watching
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Hezbollah and allies win majority in Lebanon election
Speed Read Gains for Shia group further boosts Iran’s influence in the region
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Friends cast suspicion over balcony fall death of Russian reporter
Speed Read Local police deny foul play after journalist Maksim Borodin plummets from fifth-floor flat
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