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July 16th, 2018 - 06:38 GMT

19 Syrian Kids From Eastern Ghouta Given Certificates for Memorizing Quran

At least 19 Syrian children evacuated from Eastern Ghouta received a certificate on Sunday for memorizing the Holy Quran.

Turkey-backed Syrian opposition fighters take position during their advance in the city of Al-Bab, 30 km from the Syrian city of Aleppo. (AFP/File)

February 25th, 2017 - 06:24 GMT

Update: Death toll from car bomb in Syria’s Al-Bab rises to 51

The incident comes a day after Turkish-backed rebels claimed full control of the city from the Daesh extremist militia. (AFP/File)

February 24th, 2017 - 09:52 GMT

Car bomb on Syrian town Al Bab leaves at least 29 dead

A large number of civilians are forced to flee their homes every day as Turkish-backed militants make advances in the city. (AFP/File)

February 21st, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Turkey airstrikes on al-Bab, Syria, leave 11 family members dead

US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters advance into the Daesh bastion of Manbij, in northern Syria, in June 2016. (AFP/File)

February 19th, 2017 - 01:00 GMT

Turkey plans to attack Kurdish town in northern Syria after securing al-Bab

Erdogan linked the resolution of the Syrian crisis with confronting 'terrorism', especially the Daesh group inside Syria. (AFP/File)

February 18th, 2017 - 12:00 GMT

Erdogan sets sights on Manbij following liberation of al-Bab, Syria

In Geneva, UN humanitarian adviser Jan Egeland called on parties to allow aid convoys to reach besieged and hard-to-reach areas of Syria to demonstrate "goodwill" before envoys gather for talks on 23 February. (AFP/File)

February 17th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Syrian facts meet in Astana amid build up to Syrian peace negotiations

Turkey backed Syrian opposition fighters walk with their weapons in the northeastern outskirts of the Syrian town of al-Bab, Daesh's last stronghold in Syria's Aleppo's province, on February 15, 2017. (AFP/Rafat Ahmed)

February 16th, 2017 - 04:00 GMT

Turkey: Daesh completely surrounded in al-Bab

178 targets were destroyed over 24 hours of Operation Euphrates Shield. (AFP/File)

February 14th, 2017 - 02:00 GMT

Twenty Daesh militants killed in northern Syria as part of Operation Euphrates Shield

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan. (AFP/File)

February 14th, 2017 - 08:00 GMT

Turkish President Erdogan calls for safe zones in Syria

Syrians walk past destroyed buildings in Al-Bab in the northern province of Aleppo on 1 September 2012. (AFP/Achilleas Zavallis)

February 7th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

Daesh under siege in Al-Bab as members of Astana talks fail to reach ceasefire agreement

Government forces have now encircled the militants in the towns of al-Bab, Bizaah, Qabasin and Tedif. (AFP/File)

February 7th, 2017 - 06:00 GMT

Syrian army lays siege to Daesh-held town of al-Bab

Smoke billows in the town of Qabasin, located northeast of the city of Al-Bab on January 8, 2017, during fighting against Daesh. (AFP/Nazeer al-Khatib)

January 18th, 2017 - 09:00 GMT

US carries out airstrikes in al-Bab, Syria