Syria crisis
Complete coverage of the multi-front war in the heart of the Middle East
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Airstrike kills ISIS militant behind American Peter Kassig's murder
U.S. Central Command confirms airstrike in Syrian desert has killed man linked to the 2014 killing of the U.S. Army Ranger turned aid worker
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Russia launches airstrikes after alleged poison gas attack in Syria
More than 100 people stream into Aleppo hospitals with symptoms pointing to likely chlorine gas attack, as new violence tests fragile truce
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Iran fires missiles into Syria over attack on military parade
Revolutionary Guard says targets were ISIS militants it blames for assault on parade in Iran that killed at least 24 people and wounded dozens
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Blaming Israel for downed jet, Russia to sell Syria advanced missiles
Moscow says long-frozen sale of modern missile defense system to Assad regime will go ahead as regional tension mounts
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Russia blames Israel for missile strike that downed Russian plane
Moscow accuses Israeli military of "intentional provocation" over downing of surveillance plane hit by Syrian missile
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Humanitarian crisis worsens in Syria as crippling assault continues
Emergency workers resume the grim routine of collecting the dead, saving the injured and putting out fires
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Humanitarian crisis in Syria worsens with attacks on Idlib
For days, Russian air strikes and Syrian barrel bombs have pummeled Idlib, prompting a dire warning from the United Nations. The attacks have displaced 30,000 people with nowhere to go. CBS News foreign correspondent Debora Patta reports.
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UN: Syria's Idlib could face worst catastrophe this century
"There needs to be ways of dealing with this problem that don't turn the next few months in Idlib into... the biggest loss of life of the 21st century," official says
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U.S. to keep military presence in Syria
On Friday, the U.S. military announced it is conducting exercises in southern Syria in response to the recent Russian airstrikes in Idlib and threats of further attacks. The show of force is a departure from the Trump administration's previous stance. Ilan Goldenberg, director of the Middle East Security Program at the Center for a New American Security, joined CBSN to discuss.
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U.S. warns against "reckless" Syria assault as Russia hammers rebels
New U.S. envoy claims "lots of evidence that chemical weapons are being prepared" for regime attack on rebel holdouts in Idlib
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Russia dismisses Trump's warning over expected Syria offensive
President says it would be "grave humanitarian mistake" for Russia and Iran to take part in "potential human tragedy" in Idlib
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Two Americans develop vast network to alert Syrians of incoming airstrikes
Their computer-generated alerts now reach more than 2 million Syrians, they believe, via warnings on smartphones and air raid sirens
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Russia says it will hold war games in Mediterranean this week
Moscow blames U.S. for forcing its "powerful" military build-up in the Med as West and Moscow trade warnings over looming Syria offensive
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What a chemical attack in Syria looks like
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has reportedly used internationally banned chemical weapons 200 times over seven years. Now, rare footage shows just how brutal those attacks are. Scott Pelley reports.
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Dozens killed as reported arms cache blast levels buildings
Britain-based war monitoring group says 17 kids among dead in catastrophe caused by apparent rebel weapons depot
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When hospitals become targets in Syria's civil war
Syria's dictator is trying to quash the remnants of rebellion by bombing hospitals. Still, brave doctors in the country, many of them American volunteers, are risking everything to save lives
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ISIS kidnaps dozens of women, girls in deadly Syria raids
Islamic terror group stormed minority Druze villages, murdering at least 220 and seizing 36 women and girls
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Dozens killed in string of bombings blamed on ISIS
State-run media in Syria say biggest attack in southern province of Sweida targeted shoppers at a busy vegetable market
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Israel shoots down Syrian fighter jet
1st such shoot-down in 4 years comes as Syrian forces battle to Golan Heights border for first time during Syria's civil war
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Israel helps hundreds of Syrian White Helmets evacuate from Golan Heights
Hundreds of members of White Helmets and their families were rescued from Golan Heights, where they faced in danger from the Syrian government.
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Israeli military evacuates Syrian White Helmets
State Department welcomed the rescue of "these brave volunteers" and cited the U.N., Israel and Jordan for helping with the operation
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Will refugees ever be able to return to Syria?
Though migration rates have declined since 2015, Syrian refugees are slow to return to their country and homes. Mona Yacoubian of the U.S. Institute of Peace joins Tanya Rivero to discuss the plight of the Syrian people for CBSN Originals: Out Of Aleppo.
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How the Syrian conflict is fueling its migrant crisis
An estimated 13 million people have been displaced since the start of the civil war in Syria in 2011. The ongoing conflict continues to fuel the country's refugee crisis. Jamine El-Gamal, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council and a former Syria adviser for the Pentagon, joins Tanya Rivero to discuss more for CBSN Originals: Out Of Aleppo.
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$1.4M ISIS cache of "jihadist's drug" seized, U.S. says
Pentagon says allied forces in Syria found huge haul of "Captagon" pills, an amphetamine-type narcotic used on battlefield
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Trump authorizes release of some funds for Syria's White Helmets
Release of approximately $6.6 million for the White Helmets and a U.N. agency accounts for a fraction of some $200 million in frozen funds for Syria stabilization programs
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U.S. to keep military presence in Syria
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U.S. warns against "reckless" Syria assault in Idlib as Russia hammers rebels
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2 Americans develop vast network to alert millions of Syrians of impending airstrikes
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Hundreds of Syrian White Helmets evacuated to Jordan through Israel
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Russia accused of blocking access to alleged chemical attack site
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Missile strike on alleged Syrian chemical weapon sites
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Why nobody is escaping through Syria's "humanitarian corridors"
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Russia offers bogus "evidence" that U.S. is helping ISIS
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U.S. soldier dies in Syria after vehicle rolls over
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Clashes at the U.N. between Western nations, Russia over Syria's chemical weapons use
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Rebel fighters evacuate, Assad strengthens hold on Syria's big cities
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U.S. faces challenges backing battle against ISIS
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Hundreds of rebel fighters evacuate Homs, Syria
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Inside ISIS' self-proclaimed capital
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Inside Syria's capital
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