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                    [Title] => With Russian help, Syrian army pushes into rebel bastion
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Backed by relentless Russian airstrikes, Syrian troops and allied militiamen on yesterday pushed deeper into a major rebel stronghold in the northwestern province of Latakia, a day after seizing a key rebel-held town in the strategic region overlooking the coast, the government and opposition activists said.

[DatePublished] => 2016-01-13 17:00:18 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1796237 [AuthorName] => Zeina Karam [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [1] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1514659 [Title] => New Russian military might on full display in Syria [Summary] =>

Sleek combat jets loaded with precision bunker-buster bombs roar into the skies as soldiers in desert-style uniforms march past rows of neat housing at this Russian military base at one of Syria's largest airports.

[DatePublished] => 2015-10-24 16:51:23 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1788576 [AuthorName] => Vladimir Isachenkov [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [2] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1335129 [Title] => Syria rebels withdraw from border town near Turkey [Summary] =>

Most Syrian rebels have withdrawn from a northern border town near Turkey as a result of the advancement of Syrian government troops, activists and the state news agency SANA said on Saturday.

[DatePublished] => 2014-06-15 15:00:00 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [3] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 1273436 [Title] => Syria evacuates 5,000 from town near Damascus [Summary] =>

The Syrian government evacuated some 5,000 people yesterday from an embattled industrial town near Damascus where al-Qaida-linked rebels have been battling government troops for more than two weeks, the state news agency said.

[DatePublished] => 2013-12-30 06:18:07 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [4] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 949652 [Title] => Hezbollah, Syrian rebels in worst clash in Lebanon [Summary] =>

Syrian rebels and Hezbollah guerrillas battled yesterday in their worst clashes yet inside Lebanon, a new sign that the civil war in Syria is increasingly destabilizing its fragile neighbor.

[DatePublished] => 2013-06-03 04:12:09 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1436501 [AuthorName] => Karin Laub [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [5] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 945031 [Title] => Syrian, Hezbollah troops fight rebels in key town [Summary] =>

Backed by elite troops of Lebanon's militant Hezbollah group, Syrian government forces fought rebels in a strategic opposition-held Syrian town near the Lebanese border for the third straight day yesterday.

[DatePublished] => 2013-05-22 04:20:10 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1163084 [AuthorName] => Barbara Surk [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [6] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 923138 [Title] => Syria's Assad vows to cleanse nation of extremists [Summary] =>

President Bashar Assad vowed Friday to "wipe out" Muslim extremists in Syria, blaming them for a suicide bombing at a mosque that killed dozens of people, including a top cleric who supported the embattled regime in the civil war.

[DatePublished] => 2013-03-23 07:00:13 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [7] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 886726 [Title] => Growing presence of extremists in Syria sends chills down Syrians' spines [Summary] =>

With the growing presence of radical Islamists affiliated with al-Qaeda in Syria, fear and apprehension have crept up among the moderate Syrians, sending chills down their spines about the vague and uncertain future of their country.

[DatePublished] => 2012-12-16 11:00:22 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => [SectionUrl] => [URL] => ) [8] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 875875 [Title] => Syria: Twin car bombs in Damascus kill 34 people [Summary] =>

Twin car bombs ripped through a Damascus suburb on Wednesday, killing at least 34 people and leaving dozens critically wounded, according to state media and hospital officials.

[DatePublished] => 2012-11-28 19:00:26 [ColumnID] => 0 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => [AuthorName] => [SectionName] => World [SectionUrl] => world [URL] => ) [9] => Array ( [ArticleID] => 817516 [Title] => Civil war [Summary] =>

The UN observer mission to Syria is just about ready to concede that this forsaken country is in a state of civil war.

[DatePublished] => 2012-06-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 134157 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1804783 [AuthorName] => Alex Magno [SectionName] => Opinion [SectionUrl] => opinion [URL] => ) ) )
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