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A car bomb in a Syrian opposition-held town kills at least 3 people, including 2 children

Mar. 31, 2024 15:49 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — A car bomb exploded in a busy market in a northern Syrian town controlled by Turkey-based Syrian opposition fighters early Sunday, killing at least three people, rescue workers and a war monitor said. The bomb exploded in the town of Aziz in Aleppo province....

Syria reports Israeli airstrikes near the city of Aleppo. A war monitor says 44 people are dead

Mar. 29, 2024 09:58 AM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — The Syrian army says Israeli airstrikes on Friday near the northern city of Aleppo killed or wounded “a number of” people and caused damage. A war monitor said the strikes killed 44, most of them Syrian troops. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human...

Dutch court convicts pro-Syrian government militia member of illegally detaining, torturing civilian

Jan. 22, 2024 10:13 AM EST

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court convicted Monday a former high-ranking member of a pro-Syrian government militia of illegal detention and complicity in torture, sentencing him to 12 years in prison. The defendant, identified only as Mustafa A. in line with Dutch privacy...