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Obama rules out alliance with Syria's Assad against ISIS - Al-Arabiya Mon, 17 Nov 2014 02:57:15 GMT

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Obama rules out alliance with Syria's Assad against ISIS
Al-Arabiya
Obama has built an international coalition against IS as it rampages across both Syria and Iraq. The coalition in September launched its first air strikes against the militants, using Syrian air space, and Obama is deploying up to 1,500 more U.S ...
PM says received strong signals from US over changing Syria policyToday's Zaman
Obama rules out alliance with Syria's Assad against Islamic StateChannel News Asia
Obama's Syria zigzagIsrael Hayom
The Straits Times
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UN: ISIL committing war crimes in Syria - Aljazeera.com Sun, 16 Nov 2014 09:24:09 GMT

Aljazeera.com

UN: ISIL committing war crimes in Syria
Aljazeera.com
In its first report focused squarely on acts by ISIL, the UN Commission of Inquiry on Syria presented on Friday a horrifying picture of what life was like in areas controlled by the group, including massacres, beheadings, torture, sexual enslavement ...
UN says Islamic State imposing rule of terror in SyriaBBC News
Military Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL in Syria, IraqDepartment of Defense
Obama seeks review of Syria strategy, sees Assad removal as necessary: CNNReuters
The Independent -RT -The Times of Israel
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ISIS beheading, stoning and crucifying Syrian residents, UN report says - Fox News Sun, 16 Nov 2014 23:08:17 GMT

Fox News

ISIS beheading, stoning and crucifying Syrian residents, UN report says
Fox News
ISIS is beheading and stoning men, women and children in Syria, leaving crucified bodies in public squares for days and engaging in rape and torture, according to a new U.N. report released Friday. The report, entitled the “Rule of Terror: Living under ...
Obama, Khamenei and the making of Syrian tragedyAl-Arabiya
November 14th, 2014 · 2 min read Syria: The Executive Summary, 11/14Syria Deeply
'Americans do not have any coherent policy in Syria'RT
Sun News Network -Daily Sabah -PJ Media
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Peter Kassig killed by ISIS, Obama confirms - CBS News Sun, 16 Nov 2014 20:30:44 GMT

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Peter Kassig killed by ISIS, Obama confirms
CBS News
BEIRUT - The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS, or ISIL) released a graphic video on Sunday in which a black-clad militant claimed to have beheaded U.S. aid worker Peter Kassig, who was captured last year and changed his name to Abdul-Rahman while ...
ISIL beheads Syria troops and US aid workerAljazeera.com
He found his calling in SyriaThe Hindu
Peter Kassig's aid work in Syria, in his own wordsThe Independent
Firstpost -Hindustan Times -McClatchy Washington Bureau
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US weighs expanded CIA training, arming of Syrian allies struggling against Assad - Washington Post Sat, 15 Nov 2014 15:43:36 GMT

Reuters

US weighs expanded CIA training, arming of Syrian allies struggling against Assad
Washington Post
The Obama administration has been weighing plans to escalate the CIA's role in arming and training fighters in Syria, a move aimed at accelerating covert U.S. support to moderate rebel factions while the Pentagon is preparing to establish its own ...
What are al-Nusra Front's plans in Syria?Aljazeera.com (blog)
Syria rebels in south emerge as West's last hope as moderates crushed elsewhereReuters
Western-backed Syrian rebels hemorrhaging on multiple fronts: assassinations ...Fox News
Los Angeles Times -Telegraph.co.uk
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Lebanon's Druze, unhappily, are being dragged into Syria's war - Christian Science Monitor Sun, 16 Nov 2014 18:29:46 GMT

Christian Science Monitor

Lebanon's Druze, unhappily, are being dragged into Syria's war
Christian Science Monitor
The minority Druze are split over whom to support in Syria - with some community leaders backing Assad as the best chance for their own survival. But others, like Druze leader Walid Jumblatt, disagree.
Druze leaders debate Jumblatt's approach to SyriaAl-Monitor
Lebanon's Druze Are Being Dragged Into Syria's WarAINA

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New US-led strikes on Syria's Kobani: monitor - The Daily Star Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:37:46 GMT

The Daily Star

New US-led strikes on Syria's Kobani: monitor
The Daily Star
He said the explosions could be heard 20 kilometers from Kobani, and shook the cars of people with him on the border between Turkey and Syria. In southern Kobani, meanwhile, the Britain-based Observatory said fierce clashes underway for the past three ...
New US-led strikes on Syria's KobaneAl-Arabiya
Child soldiers fight against Islamic State in SyriaUSA TODAY
Syria: Some 1200 killed in Kobanei24news
Hurriyet Daily News
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Qatari Official Warns on US-Led Airstrikes in Syria - Wall Street Journal Mon, 17 Nov 2014 00:22:13 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Qatari Official Warns on US-Led Airstrikes in Syria
Wall Street Journal
DOHA, Qatar—Airstrikes against Islamic State militants in Syria are strengthening President Bashar al-Assad and risk further stoking tensions between the Middle East's Sunni and Shiite communities, said the foreign minister of Qatar, an Arab member of ...

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Sydney brothers are 'simple boys' who missed flight to join Islamic State in ... - Sydney Morning Herald Mon, 17 Nov 2014 02:00:28 GMT

The Guardian

Sydney brothers are 'simple boys' who missed flight to join Islamic State in ...
Sydney Morning Herald
Four Sydney brothers who are believed to have joined Islamic State jihadists in Syria are "simple boys" who were so disorganised they missed their original flight out of Australia and had to rebook tickets for the following day, according to their ...
Four Sydney brothers suspected of travelling to Syria to fight with IsisThe Guardian
Four Australian brothers believed to join ISIS in Syria, family devastatedDaily Sabah
Islamic State: Four Sydney brothers believed to have joined IS fighters in SyriaABC Online

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'Jihadi John' and British extremists in Syria and Iraq face a violent death ... - Telegraph.co.uk Sun, 16 Nov 2014 10:53:53 GMT

'Jihadi John' and British extremists in Syria and Iraq face a violent death ...
Telegraph.co.uk
He declined to comment on the reports that he had been wounded, but said: “I think the point is clear that if people travel to Syria or Iraq in order to conduct terror operations against British people,. British citizens or people back here in Britain ...

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