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Turkish media reports said Tuesday that Turkish jets shot down a warplane that violated national airspace at the border with Syria. Video footage of the incident showed a warplane crashing onto a hill and two crew members apparently parachuting safely.

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Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes seized control of a village in central Syria on yesterday amid fierce clashes with rebels, part of a ground offensive launched earlier this week.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-10 17:06:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1112583 [AuthorName] => Albert Aji [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1488746 [Title] => Syrian rebel group says cease-fire with Hezbollah over [Summary] =>

A rare cease-fire negotiated with Hezbollah fighters in a Syrian town and two villages collapsed yesterday after several days during which guns fell silent, a rebel group involved in the talks and activists said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-15 13:43:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1440197 [Title] => Syrian rebels capture main border crossing with Jordan [Summary] =>

Activists say Syrian rebels and members of al-Qaida's local affiliate have captured the only functioning border crossing with Jordan and three nearby military posts.

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Islamic State militants have abducted at least 70 Assyrian Christians after overrunning a string of villages in northeastern Syria, two activist groups said Tuesday.

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The UN's World Food Program says it is "extremely concerned" about images circulating on social media showing Islamic State labels affixed to its food aid boxes in Syria.

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Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to the front line of his country's civil war, spending New Year's Eve with his troops in a tense eastern Damascus neighborhood, state media said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-02 04:40:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1112591 [AuthorName] => Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1397888 [Title] => Coalition airstrikes pound IS stronghold in Syria [Summary] =>

US-led coalition warplanes carried out as many as 30 airstrikes overnight against Islamic State militants in and around the group's de facto capital in northeastern Syria, activists said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-01 03:51:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1376793 [Title] => US strikes kill 35 IS fighters in Syria: activists [Summary] =>

At least 35 fighters of the Islamic State (IS) militant group were killed Saturday by the strikes of the US-led anti-terror coalition in northern Syria, the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was cited by the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV as saying.

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The number of refugees seeking shelter in Turkey from the Islamic State group's advance across northern Syria has hit 100,000 in less than a week, an official said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-22 04:13:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1266956 [AuthorName] => Desmond Butler and Suzan Frazer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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                    [Title] => Report: Turkey shoots down warplane over airspace intrusion
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Turkish media reports said Tuesday that Turkish jets shot down a warplane that violated national airspace at the border with Syria. Video footage of the incident showed a warplane crashing onto a hill and two crew members apparently parachuting safely.

[DatePublished] => 2015-11-24 01:59:53 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1759652 [AuthorName] => Suzan Fraser [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => http://media.philstar.com/images/the-philippine-star/world/20151124/syria-russia-planes.jpg ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1509567 [Title] => Fierce battles in central Syria amid Russian airstrikes [Summary] =>

Syrian troops backed by Russian airstrikes seized control of a village in central Syria on yesterday amid fierce clashes with rebels, part of a ground offensive launched earlier this week.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-10 17:06:36 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1112583 [AuthorName] => Albert Aji [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1488746 [Title] => Syrian rebel group says cease-fire with Hezbollah over [Summary] =>

A rare cease-fire negotiated with Hezbollah fighters in a Syrian town and two villages collapsed yesterday after several days during which guns fell silent, a rebel group involved in the talks and activists said.

[DatePublished] => 2015-08-15 13:43:39 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1440197 [Title] => Syrian rebels capture main border crossing with Jordan [Summary] =>

Activists say Syrian rebels and members of al-Qaida's local affiliate have captured the only functioning border crossing with Jordan and three nearby military posts.

[DatePublished] => 2015-04-02 01:56:51 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1427192 [Title] => Activists: IS militants kidnap dozens of Assyrians in Syria [Summary] =>

Islamic State militants have abducted at least 70 Assyrian Christians after overrunning a string of villages in northeastern Syria, two activist groups said Tuesday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-02-24 17:33:30 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1420064 [Title] => UN agency alarmed over images of IS distributing its food [Summary] =>

The UN's World Food Program says it is "extremely concerned" about images circulating on social media showing Islamic State labels affixed to its food aid boxes in Syria.

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Syrian President Bashar Assad made a rare visit to the front line of his country's civil war, spending New Year's Eve with his troops in a tense eastern Damascus neighborhood, state media said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2015-01-02 04:40:41 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1112591 [AuthorName] => Albert Aji and Bassem Mroue [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1397888 [Title] => Coalition airstrikes pound IS stronghold in Syria [Summary] =>

US-led coalition warplanes carried out as many as 30 airstrikes overnight against Islamic State militants in and around the group's de facto capital in northeastern Syria, activists said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-12-01 03:51:31 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1376793 [Title] => US strikes kill 35 IS fighters in Syria: activists [Summary] =>

At least 35 fighters of the Islamic State (IS) militant group were killed Saturday by the strikes of the US-led anti-terror coalition in northern Syria, the oppositional Syrian Observatory for Human Rights was cited by the pan-Arab al-Mayadeen TV as saying.

[DatePublished] => 2014-10-05 10:01:06 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1371890 [Title] => Syria refugee flood to Turkey hits 100,000 [Summary] =>

The number of refugees seeking shelter in Turkey from the Islamic State group's advance across northern Syria has hit 100,000 in less than a week, an official said yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-09-22 04:13:38 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1266956 [AuthorName] => Desmond Butler and Suzan Frazer [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) ) )
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