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Syria conflict: Journalists killed in missile attack - BBC News Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:55:11 GMT

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Syria conflict: Journalists killed in missile attack
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While most of the world's attention has been focused on battles between rebels, Islamic State militants and government forces in northern Syria, pro-Western rebels south of the capital Damascus have successfully taken territory and held it over the ...
Three Orient News journalists killed in SyriaCPJ Press Freedom Online
Three Syrian journalists killed in missile attackAsiaOne

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Countries vow to double Syria refugees intake - Aljazeera.com Wed, 10 Dec 2014 06:34:01 GMT

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Countries vow to double Syria refugees intake
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Twenty-eight countries have agreed to take in more than 100,000 refugees from Syria, doubling the number of migrants to whom they were initially offering asylum, the United Nations refugee agency, UNHCR, has said. Antonio Guterres, the head of the UN ...
Syria refugee recalls 'beatings, whippings, electric shocks'BBC News
After Social Media Push, UN Food Program Returns to Syria—for NowNewsweek
Syria Is Breaking the Planet's BankSlate Magazine (blog)
GlobalSolutions.org (blog) -Telegraph.co.uk -Financial Times
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Israeli airstrikes hit near Damascus, Syria says - CBC.ca Tue, 09 Dec 2014 07:31:42 GMT

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Israeli airstrikes hit near Damascus, Syria says
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Since Syria's conflict began in March 2011, Israel has carried out several airstrikes in Syria that have targeted sophisticated weapons systems, including Russian-made anti-aircraft missiles and Iranian-made missiles, believed to be destined for Israel ...
Syria Reports New Strikes From Israel Near CapitalNew York Times
Israel bombs two areas near Damascus: SyriaNew York Daily News
Syria Says Israel Launches 2 Airstrikes Against ItVoice of America
CNN -Aljazeera.com -ABC News
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Syria's Assad backs Russia peace bid, Moscow in touch with US - Yahoo News Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:03:46 GMT

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Syria's Assad backs Russia peace bid, Moscow in touch with US
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Damascus (AFP) - President Bashar al-Assad on Wednesday met a top Russian envoy who said Moscow is hoping to relaunch peace talks for the war-torn country and could host a Syria-US meeting.
Russian Official in Syria Talks Peace With AssadABC News
Syria regards Russia's peace efforts as positive — AssadITAR-TASS
US needs to solve Turkey before making Syria buffer zoneWest Hawaii Today
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US launches 20 airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq - Reuters Wed, 10 Dec 2014 14:24:38 GMT

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US launches 20 airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria, Iraq
Reuters
Since Monday, U.S. forces conducted seven strikes against the militant group in Syria and led 13 strikes in Iraq with its partner nations, according to the statement from the Combined Joint Task Force for the coalition overseeing the operation. The ...
ISIS in Syria beheads man for 'blasphemy'Al-Arabiya
US: Anti-Islamic State Coalition at Odds Over Syria StrategyWall Street Journal (blog)
US airstrikes target IS facilities, capabilities in Iraq, SyriaXinhua

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Mother sues France over jihadist son's trip to Syria - FRANCE 24 Wed, 10 Dec 2014 10:05:56 GMT

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Mother sues France over jihadist son's trip to Syria
FRANCE 24
In the first case of its kind, a mother is suing the French state after her teenage son travelled to Syria to join jihadists fighting there, claiming the authorities should have done more to stop him from making the journey to the war-torn country. The ...

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Middle East Updates / Iran, Iraq, Syria to continue cooperation against ISIS - Haaretz Wed, 10 Dec 2014 12:06:01 GMT

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Middle East Updates / Iran, Iraq, Syria to continue cooperation against ISIS
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9:17 P.M. The foreign ministers of Iran, Syria and Iraq met in Tehran on Tuesday, saying that they would carry on working together to battle radical Sunni Muslim militants, Syrian and Iranian state media reported. Iran has thrown its weight behind ...
Iran, Iraq, Syria to continue cooperation against ISReuters
Syria to emerge winner from war: Iran presidentPress TV
Iran, Iraq, Syria meet for talksAl-Bawaba

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UN resumes food aid for Syrian refugees - Aljazeera.com Wed, 10 Dec 2014 02:56:21 GMT

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UN resumes food aid for Syrian refugees
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According to the WFP, providing food, both inside Syria and in neighbouring countries, costs around $35m a week. Government donations made up most of the amount raised while individuals and private sector donors in 158 countries contributed $1.8m, ...

The Most Dangerous Job in the World: Syria's Elite Rescue Force - Men's Journal Wed, 10 Dec 2014 19:27:22 GMT

Men's Journal
The Most Dangerous Job in the World: Syria's Elite Rescue Force
Men's Journal
To help save Syrians on the front line, the U.S. has funded $13 million so far in humanitarian aid to civil defense teams like the SCD. "It's one of the most important things we can do to increase the effectiveness and legitimacy of civil authorities ...

Syria war: Southern rebels see US as key to success - BBC News Tue, 09 Dec 2014 05:24:29 GMT

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Syria war: Southern rebels see US as key to success
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Rebels in southern Syria are working to convince Washington to provide more decisive support as they continue to make small but steady gains against government forces. While most of the world's attention and the Syrian government's forces have been ...

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