The women and children from the Druze minority were reportedly rescued in an operation near Palmyra.
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About 50,000 civilians are trapped in the makeshift camp, and have not received aid since January.
Read moreStudying with a mobile phone instead of textbooks in Syria, Abdullah Kattineh got into Cambridge.
Security concerns delay a convoy carrying aid for 50,000 civilians stranded on the Jordanian border.
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The dual US-Saudi citizen was seized by Kurdish forces in Syria in 2017 and then transferred to Iraq.
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Jeremy Bowen
BBC Middle East editor, Damascus
The Syrian president's forces believe the country's seven-year civil war is close to ending.
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Soldiers enter the rebel-held part of Deraa, the city where the anti-Assad revolt began.
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Jumpei Yasuda, who was seized by militants three years ago, confirms he is safe and well.
Read moreEight Britons are known to have been killed fighting with the Kurdish militia against the Islamic State group.
Jonathan Beale
Defence correspondent, BBC News
A year after its recapture from Islamic State forces, the Syrian city remains largely ruined.
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