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Islamic State flying three jets in Syria: monitor - Reuters Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:19:27 GMT

Reuters

Islamic State flying three jets in Syria: monitor Reuters The group, which has seized swathes of land in Syria and Iraq, has been flying the planes over the captured al-Jarrah military airport east of Aleppo, said Rami Abdulrahman, who runs the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. Reuters was ... Former Iraqi pilots training ISIS fighters to fly captured Syrian jets, rights ...Fox News AOL.com Article - Pentagon readying for long war in Iraq, SyriaAOL News Islamic State Militants Have Been Flying 3 Captured Warplanes Over Syrian ...Huffington Post Aljazeera.com -The Guardian -Washington Post all 7,269 news articles »

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Old rivalries keeping Turkey on sidelines of Syria fight, analysts say - Fox News Fri, 17 Oct 2014 16:19:14 GMT

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Old rivalries keeping Turkey on sidelines of Syria fight, analysts say Fox News Old geopolitical rivalries are throwing a wrench into U.S. efforts to bring Turkey on board with the mission to "degrade and destroy" the Islamic State in a Syrian border town. The country's bigger enemy, some analysts say, is still Bashar al-Assad. So ...

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Bashar Assad may be weaker than he thinks - The Economist Fri, 17 Oct 2014 23:47:22 GMT

The Economist

Bashar Assad may be weaker than he thinks The Economist The Syrian Observatory, a British-based monitoring group, reckons the regime carried out 40 air strikes (from both jets and helicopters dropping barrel-bombs) in the provinces of Hama and Idleb on October 13th, double the usual daily number of 13-20 ... Fareed Zakaria: Obama needs to dial back his Syria strategyWashington Post Syria: The Danger of Fighting Both Sides At OnceThe National Interest Online US$50m projects in Syria draw ireThe National Syria Direct -Yahoo! Maktoob News all 14 news articles »

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US Commander Reports Heavy ISIS Losses in Syrian City of Kobani - New York Times Fri, 17 Oct 2014 18:20:52 GMT

New York Times

US Commander Reports Heavy ISIS Losses in Syrian City of Kobani New York Times Defense officials noted that the more Islamic State fighters that the United States and its allies were able to kill in Kobani, the fewer they would have to fight in other parts of Syria and in Iraq. They also attributed the increase in airstrikes in ...

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Kosovan boy taken to Syria by jihadi father back home - BBC News Fri, 17 Oct 2014 03:54:23 GMT

BBC News

Kosovan boy taken to Syria by jihadi father back home BBC News An eight-year-old boy form Kosovo has been reunited with his mother after returning from Syria. Erion Abazi had been at a jihadi camp, after being taken there by his father who has gone to fight in the Middle Eastern country. Kosovo's Prime Minister ... Kosovo Rescues Boy Whose Jihadi Dad Took Him to SyriaNBCNews.com 8yo Kosovo boy returns to mother after 5 months in Syria with jihadist fatherRT Boy held in Syria captivity by jihadist father returned to mother by Kosovo ...National Post The Times (subscription) -Fox News all 94 news articles »

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Letter from Syria - The Economist Thu, 16 Oct 2014 22:18:49 GMT

The Economist

Letter from Syria The Economist The author is the Syria coordinator for the Institute for War and Peace Reporting (IWPR), a charity. I recently spent a few days in Gaziantep in Turkey. The town is full of Syrians these days. Some are refugees and others are working for one of the ... A New Front in the War on ISIL: Syria's Lost Generation of University StudentsHuffington Post all 2 news articles »

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ISIS fight intensifies as fighter jets roar over Kobani, Syria - CBC.ca Thu, 16 Oct 2014 16:57:50 GMT

CBC.ca

ISIS fight intensifies as fighter jets roar over Kobani, Syria CBC.ca The advance of Islamic State in Iraq and Syria fighters on Kobani stalled on Thursday according to a monitoring group, after U.S.-led coalition warplanes launched their heaviest bombardment yet on the militants, who have been assaulting the Syrian ...

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Opposition group: ISIS militants training to fly warplanes in Syria - CNN Fri, 17 Oct 2014 11:52:22 GMT

Opposition group: ISIS militants training to fly warplanes in Syria CNN Near Suruc, Turkey (CNN) -- Could ISIS fighters be training as warplane pilots capable of turning their weapons on coalition aircraft? That's the worrying prospect suggested by an unverified report from the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human ...

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American Civilians Take Up Arms in Syria, But With Whom? - ABC News Wed, 15 Oct 2014 20:33:15 GMT

ABC News

American Civilians Take Up Arms in Syria, But With Whom? ABC News Far from a two-sided affair, numerous groups are vying for power and territory in Syria and Iraq, including the countries' respective governments, an official al Qaeda affiliate, a powerful al Qaeda splinter group, “moderate” opposition forces, Kurdish ... A Guide to the Many Groups Fighting in Iraq and SyriaNew York Magazine Syria hails India's position on fight against ISIS militantsEconomic Times Syrian Ambassador Calls ISIS An 'American Myth'Daily Caller all 121 news articles »

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US Still Searching for Credible Allies in Syria - ABC News Thu, 16 Oct 2014 20:07:09 GMT

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US Still Searching for Credible Allies in Syria ABC News Despite years of diplomacy and a CIA operation to vet and train moderate rebels, the U.S. finds itself without a credible partner on the ground in Syria as it bombs the Islamic State group. That's a potentially serious flaw in its strategy to ... and more »