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What Obama Doesn't Understand About Syria - Foreign Policy Wed, 26 Nov 2014 15:56:53 GMT

Foreign Policy

What Obama Doesn't Understand About Syria Foreign Policy The current U.S. strategy to destroy the Islamic State is likely doomed to fail. In fact, it risks doing just the opposite of its intended goal: strengthening the jihadis' appeal in Syria, Iraq, and far beyond, while leaving the door open for the ... Syrian Regime Bombards Islamic State StrongholdWall Street Journal Syria Airstrikes On IS 'Capital' Kill 95Sky News Syria regime raids on Islamic State 'capital' kill 95Daily Mail BBC News -Aljazeera.com -Washington Post (blog) all 687 news articles »

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Affidavit: US Man Kept Syria Travel Plot Secret - ABC News Thu, 27 Nov 2014 02:21:08 GMT

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Affidavit: US Man Kept Syria Travel Plot Secret ABC News An 18-year-old Minnesota man accused of trying to travel to Syria to join fighters with the Islamic State group had left some clues on Facebook that authorities said hinted at radical ideals but was still able to hide weeks of planning from his parents ... Affidavit: 18-Year-Old Minn. Man Left Clues about Syria PlanKSTP.com FBI Accuses Two Young Minnesotans of Planning to Join Extremists in SyriaNational Journal Affidavit: Young man left clues about Syria plansLancasterOnline all 275 news articles »

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Russia's new push for Syria dialogue unlikely to be fruitful - Reuters Wed, 26 Nov 2014 06:48:51 GMT

Reuters

Russia's new push for Syria dialogue unlikely to be fruitful Reuters A Western diplomat who tracks Syria said Moscow had not offered anything substantially new. Moscow had only recently repeated a proposal that Assad stay in power for two years with a provisional government, before presidential elections in which he ... Russia Vows Support For Syria's Bashar AssadHuffington Post Lavrov Says Russia Will Keep Supporting Syria In Countering 'Terrorism'RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Syria FM: Russia to boost ties with AssadThe Times of Israel The Moscow Times all 142 news articles »

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British brothers jailed for training at Syria terror camp - BBC News Thu, 27 Nov 2014 01:42:15 GMT

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British brothers jailed for training at Syria terror camp BBC News Two brothers have become the first Britons to be jailed for terrorism training in Syria. Mohommod Nawaz, 30, and Hamza Nawaz, 24, both from Stratford, east London, were sentenced to four-and-a-half years and three years respectively. They had admitted ... British brothers jailed for attending militant training camp in SyriaReuters UK Brothers Jailed for Attending Syria Terror CampABC News British Brothers Imprisoned for Attending Terrorist Training Camp in SyriaNew York Times Daily Mail -Aljazeera.com all 144 news articles »

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Qatar runs covert desert training camp for Syrian rebels - Reuters Wed, 26 Nov 2014 14:15:45 GMT

Reuters

Qatar runs covert desert training camp for Syrian rebels Reuters DOHA (Reuters) - At a desert base, Gulf state Qatar is covertly training moderate Syrian rebels with U.S. help to fight both President Bashar al-Assad and Islamic State and may include more overtly Islamist insurgent groups, sources close to the matter ... Syria militants trained on Qatari soil: ReportPress TV all 28 news articles »

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As Syrian army closes in, Douma residents turn against rebels - Al-Monitor Thu, 27 Nov 2014 00:00:00 GMT

As Syrian army closes in, Douma residents turn against rebels Al-Monitor DAMASCUS, Syria — For the first time in two years, protests broke out Nov.15 in the rebel-held stronghold of Douma, 9 kilometers (5.6 miles) northeast of Damascus. Yet, this time the demonstrations weren't held against the Syrian regime, but against ...

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Why I went back to Syria Syria's youngest refugees - CNN Wed, 26 Nov 2014 20:30:34 GMT

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Why I went back to Syria Syria's youngest refugees CNN (CNN) -- A year after leaving Syria, and I had almost forgotten how it feels to be under pressure and terrified all the time. How so easily you can become one of the nameless victims, considered lucky if you were even counted among the dead. But a year ... and more »

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Two arrested at Heathrow over Syria terror offences - BBC News Wed, 26 Nov 2014 12:51:40 GMT

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Two arrested at Heathrow over Syria terror offences BBC News Two arrested at Heathrow over Syria terror offences. Two people have been arrested at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of terrorism offences connected to Syria. The married couple, from Walsall, were detained at about 22:30 GMT on Tuesday as they got off ... Walsall couple arrested on Syria terror claimsexpressandstar.com Couple arrested at Heathrow over 'Syria-related terror' as security crackdown ...Express.co.uk Couple arrested at Heathrow Airport over Syria terror offencesThe Independent Daily Mail -The Guardian all 51 news articles »

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Airstrikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq - Department of Defense Wed, 26 Nov 2014 18:45:30 GMT

Airstrikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense TAMPA, Fla., Nov. 26, 2014 – U.S. military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria yesterday and today using bomber and fighter aircraft to conduct 10 airstrikes, U.S. Central Command officials reported ... and more »

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Middle East|Syria: Scores Are Killed in Airstrikes by Government on Islamic ... - New York Times Wed, 26 Nov 2014 01:14:30 GMT

Middle East|Syria: Scores Are Killed in Airstrikes by Government on Islamic ... New York Times Syrian government warplanes killed at least 60 people Tuesday in airstrikes on Raqqa in northeastern Syria, the de facto capital of the Islamic State, activists said. The air raids struck a popular market and an industrial neighborhood, shattering shop ...