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Russia says 88,000 Syria rebels killed
Britain-based war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says close to 365,000 people have been killed during the 7-year civil war.
Dozens dead as rebels fight to break Aleppo siege
3rd UPDATE UN peace envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura is appalled and shocked by the high number of rockets fired by rebels
Truce extended in Aleppo but UN delays evacuations
Syria and Russia accuse opposition fighters of preventing civilians from leaving the conflict torn city while the United Nations calls for a probe into incidents in Aleppo
Russia offers to secure rebel evacuation from Syria's Aleppo
Analysts say however that the offer is simply a gambit to relieve the pressure by appearing to present diplomatic alternatives
Russia hopes to host Syria talks in January
Russia wants to broker peace talks between the Syrian opposition and the Syrian government in Moscow in January 2015
Syria rebels, Qaeda capture key southern town: monitor
The town of Nawa is in Daraa province bordering Jordan Damascus province and Quneitra which has a boundary on the Israeli occupied Golan Heights
UN chief to hear out PH peacekeeping issues
Ban Ki Moon s spokesman says the UN chief will discuss the Philippines peacekeeping concerns with Foreign Secretary Albert del Rosario next week
US action in Syria without consent would be 'attack': Minister
The Syrian minister s comments followed a speech in which US President Barack Obama pledged a relentless war against ISIS including air strikes in Syria and support for Syrian rebels
PH 'taking steps' to address peacekeeping concerns
The Department of Foreign Affairs also says the Philippines should now focus on supporting efforts to secure the freedom of the Fijian peacekeepers held by Syrian rebels
AFP stands by Golan troops, to analyze actions during crisis
Philippine military chief General Gregorio Catapang says they have submitted to Malacañang a blow by blow account of what happened in the Golan Heights
Filipino UNDOF chief of staff quits after peacekeepers' escape
The Filipino chief of staff of the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force UNDOF submits a courtesy resignation after troops defied the UNDOF commander
PH peacekeepers defied UN commander, want him probed
Armed Forces chief of staff General Gregorio Catapang Jr says he thinks they did the right thing because we are all safe now
Fiji says captured peacekeepers moved from UN territory
Fiji military officials confirmed on Saturday that they no longer know the whereabouts of 44 peacekeepers seized by Al Qaeda linked Syrian rebels in the Golan Heights
Russia tells US it will continue backing Assad
Russia s ties to Syria stretches back decades and involves weapons sales worth billions of dollars a year
US offers 'military support' to Syrian rebels
President Barack Obama has decided to provide more support to the opposition a top official says
US says Syrian regime used chemical weapons
The use of chemical weapons has allegedly killed up to 150 people a top US official says
Syrian army kills 3 Westerners, two of them Muslims
Troops shot them in an ambush
US provides Syrian rebels $10-M food, medicine
President Obama notes that the war in Syria had reached a critical point
One condition for Pinoys' release
Rebels want the Red Cross to step in Syria s opposition leader says
UN to leave Golan after PH troops seized?
Filipino members of the UNDOF peacekeeping force were taken hostage by Syrian rebels on Wednesday March 6
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Syrian rebels seize oilfield, down warplane
Syrian rebels seize a major oilfield and shoot down a warplane November 4
87 die in highest death toll for Syrian army
The Syrian army suffers its highest death toll since the start of rebel hostilities
Syria rebels claim downing of helicopter
Syrian rebels claim they shot down an army helicopter in Damascus
Obama signs covert action backing Syrian rebels
President Barack Obama has signed a covert document authorizing US support for Syrian rebels according to CNN and NBC reports
