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US Weighs Anti-ISIS Strategy in Iraq and Syria - TIME Tue, 17 Jun 2014 22:14:44 GMT

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US Weighs Anti-ISIS Strategy in Iraq and Syria TIME ... it spent in Iraq from 2003 to 2011? The rise of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) over the last year and the collapse of central control by the government in Baghdad in recent weeks suggest to some that the long and costly effort in Iraq ... UN Investigators Warn Of Wider Sectarian War Across Iraq, SyriaHuffington Post Syria conflict: Defiance inside Damascus rebel suburbBBC News Shiite Militias Decamping From Syria to Fight in IraqWall Street Journal New York Times -ABC News all 6,877 news articles »

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'Foreign Legion' in Iraq and Syria may bring jihad to West - CNN Tue, 17 Jun 2014 11:43:34 GMT

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'Foreign Legion' in Iraq and Syria may bring jihad to West CNN (CNN) -- Abu Usama appears to be in his late 20s. With a neat ginger beard and a rifle slung over his shoulder, he addresses fellow Muslims back in Germany from his new home in northern Syria. In a 9-minute video released by the Islamic State of Iraq ... Isis in Iraq and Syria: The Nationalities of the Islamic Jihad's Foreign LegionInternational Business Times UK all 127 news articles »

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ISIS moving seized US tanks, Humvees to Syria - Fox News Tue, 17 Jun 2014 15:10:03 GMT

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ISIS moving seized US tanks, Humvees to Syria Fox News Syrian and Iraqi terrorist forces obtained significant numbers of tanks, trucks, and U.S.-origin Humvees in recent military operations in Iraq and those arms are being shipped to al Qaeda rebels in Syria, according to U.S. officials. U.S. intelligence ... Activists Say Car Bomb in Eastern Syria Kills 7ABC News Dexter Filkins: The Iraq-Syria connection.New Yorker all 509 news articles »

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Hillary Clinton notes distance from Obama on Syria rebels - Reuters Wed, 18 Jun 2014 02:22:24 GMT

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Hillary Clinton notes distance from Obama on Syria rebels Reuters Clinton said it was not clear whether arming moderates in Syria would have prevented the rise of the al Qaeda splinter group, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, which has swept toward Baghdad aiming to build a Muslim caliphate across the Iraqi ... In double-header interviews, Hillary Clinton talks Benghazi, Syria, gun ...New York Daily News (blog) URGENT - Clinton-Syria-ModeratesKSPR all 1,119 news articles »

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Syria conflict: The suffering civilians of west Aleppo - BBC News Mon, 16 Jun 2014 12:37:47 GMT

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Syria conflict: The suffering civilians of west Aleppo BBC News Divided between government and rebel halves for nearly two years, the historical Syrian city of Aleppo has suffered devastation on a massive scale. As the first Western journalist to reach the government-held part by road from Damascus, the BBC's ... and more »

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Syrian war planes strike inside Iraq, sources say - Fox News Tue, 17 Jun 2014 03:03:50 GMT

Syrian war planes strike inside Iraq, sources say Fox News Syria war planes struck two separate Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) convoys near the town of Al Qaim just inside Iraq over the weekend, two well-placed senior U.S. defense officials told Fox News. The Syrian planes struck on Saturday with the ...

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ISIS Advance In Iraq Makes For Strange Bedfellows In Syria - International Business Times Tue, 17 Jun 2014 00:26:43 GMT

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ISIS Advance In Iraq Makes For Strange Bedfellows In Syria International Business Times BEIRUT, Lebanon -- After the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria scored stunning advances in northern Iraq last week, fast changes have been unfolding in Syria that could change the balance of power in the country's uprising-turned-civil war, now in its ... June 17th, 2014 · 2 min read Hopes of Freedom Fade in ISIS-Held Syrian City ...Syria Deeply More Brits signing up to fight with jihadist militants in Iraq and Syria than ...Daily Mail Colonial borders not the problem in Syria-Iraq crisisNew Scientist Yahoo!7 News all 51 news articles »

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Russia says Syria agrees to aid access from Iraq, Turkey, Jordan - Reuters Tue, 17 Jun 2014 23:44:24 GMT

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Russia says Syria agrees to aid access from Iraq, Turkey, Jordan Reuters Veto-wielding council members - the United States, Britain, France, China and Russia - have been negotiating a humanitarian resolution drafted by Australia, Luxembourg and Jordan to boost aid deliveries in Syria, including across rebel-held borders ... Russia raises Ukraine aid issue, UN talks drag on Syria helpReuters Africa all 113 news articles »

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ISIS jihadis not to be underestimated, Syrian commanders warn Iraq - CBC.ca Mon, 16 Jun 2014 09:58:50 GMT

ISIS jihadis not to be underestimated, Syrian commanders warn Iraq CBC.ca These very same jihadis — which the Syrian forces have been defeating — are now surging towards Baghdad, some of them, perhaps, the very same men who fought Bashar al-Assad's regime in northern Syria. Here in Aleppo, the rebels trying to hold on to ...

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FBI director visits Minnesota; 'handful' from here have gone to Syria to fight - TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press Wed, 18 Jun 2014 00:38:24 GMT

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FBI director visits Minnesota; 'handful' from here have gone to Syria to fight TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press FBI Director James Comey said Tuesday that roughly 100 people have left the United States to join the conflict in Syria, and the threat posed by those travelers when they return home is something he worries about "every single day." Comey made the ... FBI director visits MN, discusses SyriaKARE FBI director worries about impact of war in SyriaWQOW TV News 18 all 62 news articles »