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Foreign jihadis change face of Syrian civil war - The Guardian Thu, 25 Dec 2014 18:53:22 GMT

The Guardian

Foreign jihadis change face of Syrian civil war
The Guardian
Faisal, 27, also from Idlib, has been working in a Syrian restaurant in Reyhanli, southern Turkey, for more than two years, while watching foreign jihadis travel unhindered through the border town into Syria. “There were so many of them here, all going ...

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US says ISIS did not down plane; Jordanian pilot held captive - CNN Fri, 26 Dec 2014 00:07:07 GMT

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US says ISIS did not down plane; Jordanian pilot held captive
CNN
Amman, Jordan (CNN) -- For the first time since a U.S.-led international coalition began airstrikes against ISIS, a coalition pilot has been captured. After a Jordanian military plane crashed over Raqqa province in Syria, ISIS took the pilot hostage ...
US-led air strikes in Syria 'kill over 1100 militants'BBC News
Jordanian pilot captured by Islamic State after warplane goes down in SyriaWashington Post
ISIS captures Jordanian pilot after warplane crashes in SyriaCBC.ca
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Pope's Christmas message: Iraq and Syria have suffered too long - CNN Thu, 25 Dec 2014 21:06:04 GMT

Newsweek

Pope's Christmas message: Iraq and Syria have suffered too long
CNN
The Pope used his Christmas Day blessing, "Urbi et Orbi," to draw attention to displaced children and adults in the Middle East "who for too long now have suffered the effects of ongoing conflict," he said, in a reference to the Syrian civil war and ...
Pope Condemns Violence, Persecution in Iraq and Syria, in Christmas MessageNewsweek
Pope Francis Singles Out Iraq and Syria in Christmas Prayer for PeaceTIME

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In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to Survive - Daily Beast Thu, 25 Dec 2014 11:17:10 GMT

Daily Beast

In One Corner of Syria, Christmas Spirit Somehow Manages to Survive
Daily Beast
Those who remain in Syria say, however, it's precisely this catalogue of suffering that has prompted these festive displays. They're intent on providing a little cheer amid all the gloom, and with congregants fleeing to Europe en masse, they hope ...

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Israeli intelligence: Danger of spillover from Syria war increasing - Haaretz Thu, 25 Dec 2014 15:56:40 GMT

Haaretz

Israeli intelligence: Danger of spillover from Syria war increasing
Haaretz
The civil war in Syria has become a strategic draw. Neither camp is able to defeat its rival and the fighting is focused on local battles for control, which cannot bring victory to either side. For the foreseeable future President Bashar Assad's regime ...
Israel Empowers Islamic State (ISIS) Terrorists in SyriaCenter for Research on Globalization

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Dozens of jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds: monitor - Yahoo News Thu, 25 Dec 2014 15:05:07 GMT

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Dozens of jihadists killed fighting Syria Kurds: monitor
Yahoo News
A US-led coalition has been launching air strikes against IS positions in Syria since September 23 and the YPG have also received backing from Iraqi Kurdish peshmerga and from some Syrian rebel groups. On Wednesday, the coalition launched eight strikes ...
Dozens of jihadists killed as Syria Kurds retake ground: monitorThe Japan Times
Syrian Kurds retake village from ISIL Takfiri militantsPress TV
The latest British ISIS fighter to be killed in Syria picturedDaily Mail
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Syria peace talks may be held in Moscow next month: Russia - Press TV Fri, 26 Dec 2014 03:06:28 GMT

Al-Arabiya

Syria peace talks may be held in Moscow next month: Russia
Press TV
Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexander Lukashevich said on Thursday that the talks are set to be held sometime after January 20, adding that the negotiations would involve representatives from the Syrian government, domestic opposition, and ...
Russia hopes to host Syria talks in JanuaryAl-Arabiya
Major aid plan for Syria will demand $8.4 bln in 2015 — Russian Foreign MinistryITAR-TASS
Moscow, Damascus discuss plans for Syria talksWashington Post

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Syria's war enters new year more fragmented than ever - Reuters Thu, 25 Dec 2014 14:57:14 GMT

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Syria's war enters new year more fragmented than ever
Reuters
The United States finally entered Syria's war this year, three years after President Barack Obama said Bashar al-Assad must leave power. But it did so only reluctantly, to staunch advances by Islamic State fighters in neighboring Iraq, and without ...
Hezbollah Leader: Assad Remaining President of Syria “is a Red Line”TheTower.org
Peace talks planned as Syrian war enters new yearYnetnews

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Satellite images show 290 heritage sites in Syria damaged by war: UN - Reuters Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:59:27 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Satellite images show 290 heritage sites in Syria damaged by war: UN
Reuters
Syria's heritage spans the great empires of the Middle East but cultural sites and buildings around the country, such as Aleppo's Umayyad Mosque, have been looted, damaged or destroyed in the three-year-old conflict. Using commercially available ...
Heritage sites ravaged by Syria's warAljazeera.com
Satellite images show historic Syrian sites reduced to rubbleMashable
In pictures: heritage sites wrecked by war in SyriaFRANCE 24
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ISIS Militants Capture Jordanian Fighter Pilot in Syria - New York Times Wed, 24 Dec 2014 19:52:44 GMT

New York Times

ISIS Militants Capture Jordanian Fighter Pilot in Syria
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Militants from the Islamic State captured a Jordanian Air Force pilot on Wednesday after his F-16 fighter jet went down during a military mission against the group in northern Syria. The jet was the first to go down since a coalition ...