Region | Syria
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Monday May 20
Qusayr battle claims 30 Hezbollah fighters
Opposition claims to have largely repulsed regime forces to original positions
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Monday May 20
Syrian army assaults rebel stronghold Qusayr
The Syrian army, backed by Hezbollah fighters, attacked Qusayr, a town on the border with Lebanon, with rebel soldiers trying to push them back
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Monday May 20
Three killed as Syria clashes spill into Lebanon
Forty injured after two days of fighting in Tripoli
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Monday May 20
23 Hezbollah members killed in Syria
Regime launched offensive Sunday to regain control of town near Lebanese border
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Sunday May 19
Four Hezbollah fighters killed in Syria's Qusayr: source
At least four members of Lebanese militant group Hezbollah have been killed in the Syrian town of Qusayr
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Sunday May 19
Clashes kill two in Lebanon’s Tripoli
Running gun battles in the flashpoint northern city
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Sunday May 19
Troops enter Syria rebel-held town of Qusayr
Arab League calls emergency meeting for Thursday, ahead of peace conference
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Sunday May 19
Syria President Bashar Al Assad says no info on missing journalists
We continue to search for them through our military operations, he says
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Sunday May 19
UN chief hopes for Syria meet in early June
Neither the government nor the opposition has committed to attend
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Sunday May 19
Syria army launches assault on rebel-held Qusayr
Opposition condemns attempts to invade the town which could threaten peace talks
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Sunday May 19
Netanyahu: Israel will act to prevent arms ‘leakage’
Jewish state preparing for ‘every scenario’ in Syria’s war
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Sunday May 19
Syria military pounds rebel town killing 13
Damascus car bomb on Saturday night kills 8
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Saturday May 18
Syria rebels seize Alawite villages in Hama
Residents abandoned the villages at the beginning of the fighting
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Saturday May 18
Turkey softens opposition to Syria conference
Ankara agreed to global gathering ‘in return for some guarantees’ from US, report says
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Saturday May 18
UN Security Council mulls cross-border aid appeal for Syria
Vote on resolution likely after planned Syria peace conference in Geneva next month
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Saturday May 18
Troops release Syrian actress, lawyer says
Skaf was arrested on Thursday afternoon, on her way home in Damascus
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Saturday May 18
US slams delivery of Russian anti-ship missiles
Defence Secretary Hagel urges Russia to rethink military aid to Syria
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Friday May 17
Turkey bomb prime suspect detained
Two vehicles used in bombings ‘registered to the man detained’
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Friday May 17
Syria: no date for talks despite urgency
Human Rights Watch says evidence of torture found in regime prisons
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Friday May 17
Heart-eating Syria rebel ‘ready to face trial when Bahsar does’
'Cannibal' claims he is willing to appear in court alongside President Al Assad
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Friday May 17
Iraq mourns fighters killed in Syria
One killed by sniper fire near shrine
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Friday May 17
Golan peacekeepers see third abduction
All the UN observers released unharmed
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Friday May 17
UN asks Security Council to approve cross-border relief operations
Syria requires that two ministers sign approval papers for every truck allowed into country
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Friday May 17
Kuwait gives $15m for Syria’s Palestinian refugees
It is one of the largest single donations UNRWA has received for work in Syria
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Thursday May 16
Israel warns Syria to stop sending arms to Hezbollah
‘Israel is determined to continue to prevent the transfer of advanced weapons to Hezbollah’
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