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U.S. Launches 10 Air Strikes In Syria, Iraq - Huffington Post Sat, 01 Nov 2014 22:44:37 GMT

ABC News

U.S. Launches 10 Air Strikes In Syria, Iraq Huffington Post A photograph taken from Suruc district of Sanliurfa, Turkey, shows smoke rising from an explosion in the Syrian border town of Kobani (Ayn al-Arab) following a US-led coalition airstrike hits an Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) targets on ... Iraqi Peshmerga Fighters Prepare for Syria BattleABC News Iraqi Kurds reinforce Kobani; US planes pound Islamic State targetsReuters US bombs Isis positions in Syria and IraqThe Guardian Yahoo News -Washington Post -BBC News all 4,183 news articles »

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US Spying on Syria Yields Bonus: Intelligence on Islamic State - Wall Street Journal Sun, 02 Nov 2014 02:23:05 GMT

Wall Street Journal

US Spying on Syria Yields Bonus: Intelligence on Islamic State Wall Street Journal WASHINGTON—With a limited ability to gather intelligence in Syria, U.S. spies have been tapping an unlikely source for information on Islamic State militants: the communications of President Bashar al-Assad 's regime. The U.S. initially set up its spy ... Syria's Alawites Pay Heavy Price as They Bury SonsABC News White House says Syria strategy working, policy on Assad clearAl-Arabiya Are anti-ISIS airstrikes in Syria aiding Assad?CNN U.S. News & World Report all 270 news articles »

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Syria 'moderate' rebels lose ground to Qaeda - Aljazeera.com Sat, 01 Nov 2014 11:57:29 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Syria 'moderate' rebels lose ground to Qaeda Aljazeera.com "[The al-Nusra Front] seized SRF arms and tanks, and some of the rebels swore allegiance to al-Nusra, while others fled," the Britain-based organisation said. Western-backed rebel groups in Syria are coming under growing pressure as Assad forces ... US-backed forces in Syria suffer big setbackNews & Observer Al-Qaeda drives moderate Syria rebels from northern bastionAl-Arabiya all 58 news articles »

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Syrian's Photos Spur Outrage, but Not Action - New York Times Sat, 01 Nov 2014 03:03:55 GMT

New York Times

Syrian's Photos Spur Outrage, but Not Action New York Times WASHINGTON — Wearing a blue hood to shield his identity, a former Syrian police photographer briefed a congressional committee over the summer on the photos he had smuggled out of the country to document the deaths of thousands of prisoners killed in ...

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Peshmerga Fighters Enter Syria's Kobani To Join ISIS Fight - Huffington Post Sat, 01 Nov 2014 16:32:23 GMT

Peshmerga Fighters Enter Syria's Kobani To Join ISIS Fight Huffington Post The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and Kobani-based activist Mustafa Bani said 10 vehicles carrying Iraqi peshmerga fighters and their weapons have entered the town. They said the Iraqi Kurdish force entered from an area west of the ...

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'Afghan' in Syria: Iranians pay us to fight for Assad - CNN Fri, 31 Oct 2014 12:49:04 GMT

'Afghan' in Syria: Iranians pay us to fight for Assad CNN Gaziantep, Turkey (CNN) -- It is like many of the images of aftermath in Syria's chaotic war -- a man being pulled from the rubble of the building. But this one is different. The panic is muted, the men dig not slowly, but leisurely. This is because ...

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Kurdish peshmerga forces enter Syria's Kobani after further air strikes - Reuters Fri, 31 Oct 2014 21:29:08 GMT

Reuters

Kurdish peshmerga forces enter Syria's Kobani after further air strikes Reuters SURUC Turkey/BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A convoy of Iraqi Kurdish forces in Turkey rolled late on Friday across the border into Syria to help Syrian Kurds defend the besieged town of Kobani that has become the focus of a Western-backed war against Islamic ...

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Brighton jihadi vows to fight to the death in Syria despite family pleas - The Guardian Fri, 31 Oct 2014 21:50:19 GMT

The Guardian

Brighton jihadi vows to fight to the death in Syria despite family pleas The Guardian Amer Deghayes, 20, the last surviving member of a group of four jihadis from Brighton who secretly travelled to Syria this year to fight for al-Qaida-affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra, told the Guardian: “I didn't come here ... [for the] experience,” adding ... British jihadi whose brothers died in Syria aims to 'follow them to martyrdom'Mirror.co.uk British jihadist who has already lost two brothers in Syria reveals he will ...Daily Mail all 33 news articles »

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Flying Blind in Iraq and Syria - New York Times Sat, 01 Nov 2014 18:30:38 GMT

Center for Research on Globalization

Flying Blind in Iraq and Syria New York Times THE Islamic State, also known as ISIS and ISIL, has accompanied its brutal takeover of large swaths of Iraq and Syria with the kidnapping and beheading of journalists. Any Western journalists who would dare to venture into ISIS territory today would be ... US Destroying Syria's Oil Infrastructure Under Guise of Fighting The Islamic ...Center for Research on Globalization all 21 news articles »

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For Turkey and US, at odds over Syria, a 60-year alliance shows signs of ... - Washington Post Thu, 30 Oct 2014 18:33:26 GMT

For Turkey and US, at odds over Syria, a 60-year alliance shows signs of ... Washington Post ANKARA, Turkey — The increasingly hostile divergence of views between Turkey and the United States over Syria is testing the durability of their 60-year alliance, to the point where some are starting to question whether the two countries still can be ...