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May 24, 2016

Death toll rises to 161 in bombings of Syrian government strongholds

A suicide bomber who targeted a hospital in a Syrian coastal city the previous day killed 43 people, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, as an activist group raised the overall death toll from the day's unprecedented wave of attacks on government strongholds to 161.

May 23, 2016

Syria bombings kill at least 80, ISIS claims responsibility

A series of coordinated explosions including suicide bombings rocked two normally quiet coastal government strongholds in Syria Monday, killing more than 80 people and wounding 200 others, state media and opposition activists said. The Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attacks.

May 16, 2016

Germany welcomes refugees with sex education website

A website launched by the German government earlier this year aims to show refugees and other foreign visitors the right ways and the wrong ways to have sex -- but critics now warn it could do much more harm than good.

May 13, 2016

Hezbollah says its top military commander killed in Syria

Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group said Friday that its top military commander who was supervising its military operations in Syria, Mustafa Badreddine, was killed in an explosion in Damascus, a major blow to the Shiite group which has played a significant role in the conflict next door.

May 12, 2016

Court considers forced medication for suspect accused of turning to terror

An attorney for a mentally ill man accused of trying to join al-Qaida-linked fighters in Syria asked a federal appeals court Thursday to overturn a ruling that would allow his client to be forcibly medicated, arguing that neither the public nor the government would be harmed if the man was civilly committed instead of prosecuted.

May 11, 2016

ISIS pushes toward Syrian city of Palmyra after government capture

Islamic State militants advanced toward the central Syrian city of Palmyra on Wednesday, threatening to besiege the world-famous ancient site several weeks after the government recaptured it from the extremists.

May 11, 2016

Elite Turkish forces carry out rare anti-ISIS raid

Turkey’s special military force carried out an unusual weekend operation against Islamic State fighters in Syria as part of a deepening campaign against the extremist group, U.S. officials said on Tuesday.

May 10, 2016

Mercy Corps director: World must protect desperate Syrians who have no place left to go

I am not a military expert; I am a humanitarian. I cannot tell you who dropped the bombs here and what their intention was.

May 10, 2016

Airstrikes in northern Syria kill at least 10, activists say

Two airstrikes struck a northwestern Syrian town Tuesday, killing at least 10 people, wounding many others and knocking out the dome of a mosque, opposition activists said.

May 10, 2016

Iran lets citizens pose for photos in front of Syrian war scenes

A scene of devastation – or a great photo opportunity?