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On Monday, 400 ISIS fighters began to be evacuated from the Lebanese border to eastern Syria, as part of an agreement with Lebanon, Hezbollah and Syria's government (AFP)

August 29th, 2017 - 11:28 GMT

Feature: Could Lebanon's ISIS Evacuation Deal Turn Iraqis Against Iran?

Most media coverage has failed to mention that the fighters are being moved to near the Iraqi border.

Syrian National Coalition Members November 2012 (Source: Wikimedia/SNC)

July 6th, 2013 - 10:38 GMT

Syrian National Coalition to elect new leader

Russian President Vladimir Putin with his ally Assad. (Al Bawaba file photo)

June 12th, 2013 - 08:46 GMT

'Assad could have prevented war': Putin speaks out on Syrian ally

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June 3rd, 2013 - 06:07 GMT

Denied: Syria rejects Red Cross support

On Tuesday, Nasrallah said Syria’s friends would not let the embattled regime of President Bashar al-Assad fall.

May 1st, 2013 - 09:37 GMT

Syrian opposition denounces Hezbollah leader's remarks as 'nothing but threats'

Nasrallah met with Khamenei in Tehran to discuss the ongoing Syrian crisis. (archive photo)

April 22nd, 2013 - 09:10 GMT

Nasrallah "secretly" meets Khamenei for Tehran talks: discuss Syria crisis

Lebanese security forces and civilians inspect the scene of a bus crash, killing and wounding several people, in the town of Kahaleh, ten kilometres east of Beirut on March 15, 2013, that was carrying Syrian refugees upon their arrival from Syria to Lebanon. (AFP PHOTO/ ANWAR AMRO)

March 15th, 2013 - 09:15 GMT

Syrian government threatens strike on Lebanese "armed gangs"

A Syrian girl stands at the entrance of a makeshift home set up in the catacombs of the ruins of a building in the ancient Roman city of of Serjilla, in northwestern Syria, on Monday. (AFP Photo/Daniel Leal-Olivas)

February 14th, 2013 - 01:54 GMT

The truth behind the UN's $1.5bn aid pledge to Syria

Iran and Hezbollah are trying to build a network of militias inside Syria to protect their interests there in case President Bashar Assad falls.

February 12th, 2013 - 05:32 GMT

'Big operation': Iran, Hezbollah creating militias in Syria for after the fall

Signs of torture continue to emerge in Syria

January 1st, 2013 - 08:44 GMT

What 2013 washed in for Syria: dozens of tortured corpses show up in Damascus

“No chemical or biological weapons will ever be used, and I repeat, will never be used, during the crisis in Syria no matter what the developments inside Syria,” (picture courtesy of Turkey Tribune)

December 9th, 2012 - 09:46 GMT

Syria's foreign ministry answers back: No chemical weapons 'will ever be used' against our people

The Syrian regime is 'interested in exploring a ceasefire' but only if the rebels and their backers are too

October 17th, 2012 - 12:30 GMT

Too little too late: Syrian regime says ceasefire would take two to tango

Celebration time for the rebel fighters as they get missiles for the first time

August 1st, 2012 - 05:14 GMT

Changing the game plan: now the FSA get missiles