The U.S.-backed Syrian rebel forces have seized Deir ez-Zor in the latest setback for President Bashar al-Assad. Follow ...

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Russia said Monday that it has granted political asylum to former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad soon after the rebels ...

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Syrian insurgents reached Damascus as part of a rapidly moving offensive that saw them take over some of Syria's largest ...

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