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Iran-Saudi Deal Is Crucial to Resolve Iraq-Syria Civil War | The Nation - The Nation. (blog) Tue, 15 Jul 2014 16:45:37 GMT

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Iran-Saudi Deal Is Crucial to Resolve Iraq-Syria Civil War | The Nation
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The ISIS crisis in Iraq, parallel to the ISIS crisis in Syria, is indeed an ugly and serious challenge to the Middle East status quo. But there's far too much alarmism in response, including Eric Holder's statement yesterday that the threat from ISIS ...

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Syria's Allies Are Stretched by Widening War - Wall Street Journal Tue, 15 Jul 2014 05:41:27 GMT

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Syria's Allies Are Stretched by Widening War
Wall Street Journal
For two years, the Lebanese group Hezbollah has sent members to fight for the Syrian regime. But after losing some of its best commanders in recent weeks, Hezbollah is dispatching fewer fighters from Lebanon and upping recruitment inside Syria.
Future MP: Hezbollah dragged Lebanon in Syria “furnace”The Daily Star
More than a Dozen People Killed in Skirmishes along Syria-Lebanon BorderTheTower.org
Hezbollah fighters killed in clash on Syria-Lebanon borderReuters UK
durhamregion.com -Arutz Sheva
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Syria conflict: Isis marches further into Syria tipping the balance of power ... - The Independent Tue, 15 Jul 2014 21:08:41 GMT

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Syria conflict: Isis marches further into Syria tipping the balance of power ...
The Independent
Isis fighters have captured much of eastern Syria in the past few days while international attention has been focused on the Israeli bombardment of Gaza. Using tanks and artillery seized in Iraq, it has taken almost all of oil-rich Deir Ezzor province ...
'Islamic State' expels rivals from Syria cityAljazeera.com
Sunni Jihadi Group Expels Rivals From Syrian CityABC News
Sunni extremist group expels jihadi rivals from provincial capital in eastern ...U.S. News & World Report
USA TODAY -The Guardian
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UN Council, in Unanimous Vote, Backs Aid Delivery to Syrians in Rebel Areas - New York Times Tue, 15 Jul 2014 00:00:43 GMT

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UN Council, in Unanimous Vote, Backs Aid Delivery to Syrians in Rebel Areas
New York Times
Despite objections by Syria's government, the United Nations Security Council voted 15 to 0 on Monday to authorize cross-border convoys of emergency aid for millions of deprived Syrian civilians in rebel-held areas, without prior approval by the Syrian ...
Syria conflict: UN authorises aid convoys to rebel-held areasBBC News
UN Security Council authorizes cross-border aid access in SyriaReuters
UN to Bypass Assad in Delivering Aid to SyriansWall Street Journal
Aljazeera.com -Middle East Eye -Al Jazeera America
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'I would fight in Syria today if I could' - BBC News Tue, 15 Jul 2014 07:51:25 GMT

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'I would fight in Syria today if I could'
BBC News
The apparent decision by teenage twins from Manchester to travel to Syria has raised concerns about the role of British women in the conflict. Today programme reporter Sima Kotecha has spoken to a number of Muslim women in Luton about their desire to ...
'Muslim women in Luton are prepared to fight in Syria', claim the BBC's Today ...Luton On Sunday

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US monitoring Americans fighting in Syria amid security fears - KSAT San Antonio Wed, 16 Jul 2014 01:48:30 GMT

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US monitoring Americans fighting in Syria amid security fears
KSAT San Antonio
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government is stepping up efforts to collect intelligence on Syrian training camps and Americans returning from Syria amid concern that U.S. citizens fighting alongside extremists might later conduct attacks back home. "The FBI ...

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What happened to Syria's chemical weapons arsenal - The Economist (blog) Tue, 15 Jul 2014 05:32:56 GMT

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What happened to Syria's chemical weapons arsenal
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HIGH pressure in the North Atlantic in recent days has enabled the smooth passage of the Ark Futura, a Danish vessel, from Syria to Britain. The stable conditions are helpful, as the Ark Futura is carrying the worst of the remaining Syrian chemical ...
200 tons of Syrian chemicals arrive in UK for destructionRT
Marchwood: Syria Chemical Shipment Arrives In UKHeart
Chemicals from Syria's weapons stockpile arrive in UK on way to Ellesmere PortLiverpool Echo
Daily Mail -The Republic
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Hanging Out with Syria's Mysterious French Mercenary - VICE News Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:03:39 GMT

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Hanging Out with Syria's Mysterious French Mercenary
VICE News
My first encounter with Kalen was awkward. The night I arrived in Syria, he walked into the safehouse like he owned the place, put down an AK-47, un-holstered a pistol, and peeled off his heavy navy blue flak jacket. Like everyone in Aleppo, he was ...

Outraged about Gaza? Fine. Now worry about Syria - Left Foot Forward Mon, 14 Jul 2014 18:41:46 GMT

Left Foot Forward
Outraged about Gaza? Fine. Now worry about Syria
Left Foot Forward
The Stop The War Coalition, who months ago told the Guardian that protesting over Syria isn't their job as they only focus on “what Britain and the US are doing”, made their usual exception for Israel by helping to organising Friday's demonstration ...

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Syria's Assad Rebuffed as UN Approves Aid for Rebel Areas - Bloomberg Mon, 14 Jul 2014 19:02:59 GMT

Syria's Assad Rebuffed as UN Approves Aid for Rebel Areas
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The 15-member Security Council was united in support of the proposal by Australia, Jordan and Luxembourg, to give UN humanitarian agencies and their partners the legal authority to use four crossings on Syria's borders with Iraq, Turkey and Jordan ...