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  20 Syrian soldiers killed in IS attack

  World | April 11, 2015 17:04 IST

  Damascus: At least 20 Syrian soldiers were killed when repelling an attack by extremist groups against a military airbase in Syria's southern province of Sweida, a monitor group reported on Saturday.Among those killed, 12 were

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  Obama confirms killing of American hostage by IS

  World | November 17, 2014 7:46 IST

  Washington: US President Barack Obama Sunday confirmed that American hostage Peter Kassig had been killed by the Sunni radical group Islamic State (IS).Kassig, a US aid worker, "was taken from us in an act of

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  ISIS executes 'more than 160' captured Syrian soldiers: NGO

  World | August 29, 2014 9:52 IST

  Beirut: Islamic State jihadists have executed more then 160 fleeing Syrian soldiers, a monitor said today, the latest in a string of brutal abuses alarming Western powers who fear a global spread of the terror.News

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  85 Syrian soldiers killed by Islamic State militants

  World | July 26, 2014 18:59 IST

  Damascus: As many as 85 Syrian soldiers have been killed over the past two days in attacks launched by the so-called Islamic State (IS) on a military base in Syria's northern al-Raqqa province, activists said

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  At least 50 Syrian soldiers killed in suicide car bomb blast

  World | November 05, 2012 22:14 IST

  Beirut, Nov 5 : A suicide car bomber killed at least 50 Syrian soldiers on Monday  at a rural development centre in Sahl al-Ghab in Syria's Hama province. Syrian state media however reported that only 

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  7 Syrian Soldiers, Police Killed In Restive Town

  World | September 30, 2011 18:24 IST

  Beirut, Sept 30: Two days of clashes between Syrian troops and forces opposed to President Bashar Assad in a rebellious central town have killed seven soldiers and policemen, a Syrian military official said Friday.The official