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US: Jihadi featured in suicide bombing video in Syria grew up in Florida - CNN Fri, 30 May 2014 17:55:45 GMT

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US: Jihadi featured in suicide bombing video in Syria grew up in Florida
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Washington (CNN) -- The truck was loaded with munitions, then driven up a hillside in northern Syria. Moments later, there was a massive blast followed by cries of "Allahu Akbar," or "God is great" in Arabic, and the rattling of gunfire. What made this ...
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Foreign Jihadis Fighting in Syria Pose Risk in West - New York Times Fri, 30 May 2014 22:57:35 GMT

Foreign Jihadis Fighting in Syria Pose Risk in West
New York Times
LONDON — Two years ago, a young man who now calls himself Abu Muhajir slipped into Syria with a few friends and $80,000, forsaking what he said was a job as a high school science teacher in North America to wage jihad. In a conversation conducted by ...
Westerners Fighting in Syria Could Pose a Terrorist Future Threat at HomeThe Wire
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Amid war, Syria prepares for an election Assad is sure to win - Washington Post Thu, 29 May 2014 23:49:44 GMT

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Amid war, Syria prepares for an election Assad is sure to win
Washington Post
DAMASCUS, Syria — Shoppers milled under a huge poster of the president in the Syrian capital's ancient central market, its bustling streets newly crisscrossed with miniature flags ahead of an election. A few yards away in the majestic central Umayyad ...
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US citizen reportedly carries out suicide attack in Syria - Fox News Fri, 30 May 2014 01:48:43 GMT

US citizen reportedly carries out suicide attack in Syria
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An American in Syria who was working with an Al Qaeda-backed militant group is believed to be the first United States citizen to be involved in a suicide attack in the country, reports say. The New York Times reported Wednesday that jihadist social ...


'Almost 2000' killed by Syria barrel bombs in 2014 - BBC News Fri, 30 May 2014 15:51:30 GMT

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'Almost 2000' killed by Syria barrel bombs in 2014
BBC News
Almost 2,000 people have been killed by Syrian government air attacks in the northern city of Aleppo so far this year, an activist group says. The dead included 283 women and 567 children, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR).
Syria barrel bomb toll 'nears 2000' this yearAljazeera.com
Five months of air raids on Syria's Aleppo kill almost 2000Times of India
Thousands flee Syrian cities ahead of electionWashington Post

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Islamic militants claim American carried out suicide attack in Syria - CNN Thu, 29 May 2014 14:19:16 GMT

Islamic militants claim American carried out suicide attack in Syria
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(CNN) -- A truck is loaded with munitions, then driven up a hillside in northern Syria. Moments later, there is a massive blast followed by cries of "Allahu Akbar," or God is great in Arabic, as well as the rattling of gunfire. Suicide bombings like ...


Syria to Miss Deadline On Weapons, Official Says - New York Times Thu, 29 May 2014 02:33:44 GMT

Syria to Miss Deadline On Weapons, Official Says
New York Times
The United Nations secretary general has for the first time acknowledged that the eradication of Syria's chemical arms stockpile will not be completed by June 30, the deadline imposed by a diplomatic agreement last September in which President Bashar ...


Suicide bomber for Al Qaeda branch in Syria was raised in Florida: report - New York Daily News Fri, 30 May 2014 15:43:21 GMT

Suicide bomber for Al Qaeda branch in Syria was raised in Florida: report
New York Daily News
The light-skinned male carried out one of four suicide bombings on May 25 in Syria's Idlib province, according to a branch of Al Qaeda called the Al-Nusra Front. Now U.S. officials are confirming this information and adding that the terrorist grew up ...


Suicide Bomber in Syria Was US Citizen, Officials Say - New York Times Thu, 29 May 2014 02:27:20 GMT

Suicide Bomber in Syria Was US Citizen, Officials Say
New York Times
WASHINGTON — A United States citizen working in Syria with a militant group backed by Al Qaeda conducted a suicide bombing there Sunday, in what is believed to be the first time an American has been involved in such an attack, American officials said ...


UN proposal would OK cross-border aid into Syria - USA TODAY Thu, 29 May 2014 23:50:25 GMT

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UN proposal would OK cross-border aid into Syria
USA TODAY
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Australia, Luxembourg, and Jordan are planning to circulate a new U.N. Security Council resolution that diplomats say would authorize the delivery of humanitarian aid into Syria through four border crossings without approval from ...
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