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While regime forces and Russian firepower was concentrated on a rebel enclave in Aleppo, the Islamic State group walked into Palmyra capturing a city steeped in history.
As US-backed SDF fighters push on towards the IS bastion in Syria, Islamic State militants are hiding behind civilians, effectively using the entire population of Raqqa as human shields.
The US-European military alliance NATO issued another warning to Moscow on Thursday after more Russian jets entered the airspace of a member state Turkey.
The dead included both prisoners and prison guards, while a number of prisoners were shot dead as they attempted to flee after airstrikes struck the prison.
Comment: You cannot reduce the rise of IS to Assad’s malevolent politics. You cannot ignore it either, writes Ibrahim Halawi
Comment: With an array of armed groups fighting to topple IS in Raqqa, the risk of an ensuing security vacuum bodes ominously, writes James Denselow
An envoy for the anti-IS US coalition is visiting Kurdish fighters in Syria in what may be an attempt to compensate for not including them in the Geneva talks.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will visit Russia next week for talks with President Vladimir Putin on the expanding Russian military presence in Syria, an Israeli official confirmed on Wednesday.
Turkey's war against the PKK is raging, but the military action has galvanised support for the Turkish president Recep Erdogan as the country closes ranks.
Comment: For tyrants around the world, Assad is reasserting their right to power by the most brutal means, writes Sam Hamad.