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US-led air strikes against Isis in Syria 'killed 10 civilians' - The Guardian Sat, 18 Oct 2014 21:55:50 GMT

The Guardian

US-led air strikes against Isis in Syria 'killed 10 civilians'
The Guardian
The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said seven civilians were killed when an air strike hit a gas plant near the town of al-Khasham is the eastern Deir al-Zor province on Friday, and three civilians were killed in an air strike on Thursday ...
Airstrikes target Islamic State oil facilities in SyriaUSA TODAY
10 civilians killed in US-led airstrikes in Syria – watchdogRT
US-led strike kills 8 in IS-held Syria townThe Detroit News
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Bashar Assad may be weaker than he thinks - The Economist Sat, 18 Oct 2014 08:48:58 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

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ISIS Militants in Syrian Border Town Begin to Retreat After a Monthlong Battle - New York Times Sat, 18 Oct 2014 05:07:15 GMT

New York Times

ISIS Militants in Syrian Border Town Begin to Retreat After a Monthlong Battle
New York Times
SURUC, Turkey — The advance of Islamic State forces on the Syrian city of Kobani has stalled as the militants have been forced to retreat on several fronts, shifting the monthlong battle increasingly in favor of the Kurdish fighters defending the city ...


Islamic State Militants Have Been Flying 3 Captured Warplanes Over Syrian ... - Huffington Post Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:07:43 GMT

Islamic State Militants Have Been Flying 3 Captured Warplanes Over Syrian ...
Huffington Post
BEIRUT, Oct 17 (Reuters) - Iraqi pilots who have joined Islamic State in Syria are training members of the group to fly in three captured fighter jets, a group monitoring the war said on Friday, saying it was the first time the militant group had taken ...


Syria's 'Moderate Rebels' Say They Are Willing, But Need Weapons - NPR (blog) Sat, 18 Oct 2014 11:54:15 GMT

NPR (blog)

Syria's 'Moderate Rebels' Say They Are Willing, But Need Weapons
NPR (blog)
At a park in the shadow of the Urfa fortress, Ahmed Askar, a 29-year-old commander recounts his battle experience in Syria. Above him are cliffs that contain the ruins of the palace where legend has it that the pagan king Nimrod ordered the burning of ...

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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

Fox News

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 ...


Russian spying from Syria: Why and for whom? - The Times of Israel Sat, 18 Oct 2014 08:55:09 GMT

The Times of Israel

Russian spying from Syria: Why and for whom?
The Times of Israel
The Free Syrian Army revealed in an October 5 video that the Russian Main Intelligence Directorate's OSNAC unit – its signals intelligence unit, much like the American NSA or Unit 8200 in Israel – had been operating from within a Syrian regime base ...


US airstrikes in Syria are now dwarfing those in Iraq, thanks to the fight for ... - Washington Post Thu, 16 Oct 2014 17:12:14 GMT

US airstrikes in Syria are now dwarfing those in Iraq, thanks to the fight for ...
Washington Post
The Syrian border town of Kobane is still in danger of falling to the Islamic State, more than a week after the U.S. military began launching airstrikes on militants there regularly. Hundreds of fighters have been killed, the Pentagon's press secretary ...


Airstrikes hit ISIS targets in Syria, Iraq - CNN Sat, 18 Oct 2014 15:39:02 GMT

Airstrikes hit ISIS targets in Syria, Iraq
CNN
(CNN) -- Airstrikes like those that have helped slow the advance of ISIS fighters in the Syrian town of Kobani rocked the city again Saturday. A huge plume of smoke rose over the city's center in the aftermath of an apparent airstrike that hit the area ...


Fight for Syrian City Strains Jihadists - Wall Street Journal Sat, 18 Oct 2014 09:32:41 GMT

Fight for Syrian City Strains Jihadists
Wall Street Journal
Islamic State's protracted battle for the Syrian city of Kobani against an expanding U.S.-led military campaign and Kurdish militia is straining the insurgency, Syrian opposition activists, Kurdish politicians and U.S. officials said. The militant ...