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Group: ISIS takes major Syrian oil field - CNN Thu, 03 Jul 2014 21:28:41 GMT

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Group: ISIS takes major Syrian oil field
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(CNN) -- The extremist Sunni militant group that recently declared a caliphate in parts of Syria and Iraq wrested control of a major Syrian oil field in a sweeping land grab Thursday, a UK-based monitoring group said. A string of villages and towns ...
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Syria conflict: UK planned to train and equip 100000 rebels - BBC News Fri, 04 Jul 2014 01:48:14 GMT

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Syria conflict: UK planned to train and equip 100000 rebels
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Lord Richards, as he is now, believed his proposal could stem the civilian bloodshed in Syria as rebels fought troops loyal to Mr Assad. The idea was considered by David Cameron and Dominic Grieve, the attorney general, and sent to the National ...
Syria conflict: British general behind scrapped plan to train rebel army to ...The Independent

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US ship to destroy last of Syria's declared chemical weapons - CNN Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:48:08 GMT

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US ship to destroy last of Syria's declared chemical weapons
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(CNN) -- It's been a little over a year since President Barack Obama accused the Syrian government of crossing a "red line," with the use of poison gas against civilians. This week, the last of the country's declared chemical weapons stockpiles are ...
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Islamic State seizes oil field and towns in Syria's east - Reuters Thu, 03 Jul 2014 14:27:11 GMT

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Islamic State seizes oil field and towns in Syria's east
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The capture of the al-Omar oil field gives Islamic State control of crude reserves which could be useful to its advancing fighters, and underlines how the al Qaeda offshoot has eclipsed its militant rivals by capturing territory and assets across Syria ...

19-year-old Denver-area woman aimed to go to Syria for jihad; she was arrested ... - Fox News Thu, 03 Jul 2014 06:13:58 GMT

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19-year-old Denver-area woman aimed to go to Syria for jihad; she was arrested ...
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DENVER – FBI agents tried more than once to discourage a 19-year-old suburban Denver woman who said she was intent on waging jihad in the Middle East before arresting her in April as she boarded a flight she hoped would ultimately get her to Syria, ...
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EU Loses Two New Iran, Syria Sanctions Legal Cases - Wall Street Journal Thu, 03 Jul 2014 10:01:13 GMT

EU Loses Two New Iran, Syria Sanctions Legal Cases
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The European Union lost two new sanctions cases Thursday, with the bloc's second highest court overturning the EU's decisions to blacklist Iran's Sharif University of Technology and former Syrian Economy and Trade Minister Mohamad Nedal Alchaar.

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Jewish family escapes from Syria, arrives safely in Israel - Jerusalem Post Thu, 03 Jul 2014 08:58:33 GMT

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Jewish family escapes from Syria, arrives safely in Israel
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News of the recent escape of a Jewish family from Syria to Israel was cleared for publication Thursday. The mixed Jewish-Muslim family fled the battlefields of Syria a few weeks ago, with two family members leading the way and the rest following later on.
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Militants try to tighten their grip on Iraq, Syria - CBS News Thu, 03 Jul 2014 00:38:02 GMT

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Militants try to tighten their grip on Iraq, Syria
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BAGHDAD - Fresh from success in Iraq, a Sunni extremist group tried to tighten its hold Wednesday on territory in Syria and crush pockets of resistance on land straddling the border where it has declared the foundation of an Islamic state. Embattled ...

Police scrutiny squeezes British aid convoys to Syria - BBC News Tue, 01 Jul 2014 23:28:31 GMT

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Police scrutiny squeezes British aid convoys to Syria
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When small aid convoys started travelling from the UK to Syria after civil war broke out in 2011 they were barely noticed. Now those who travel face having their passports seized and convoys come under suspicion for smuggling money and fighters into Syria.
The British Muslims taking aid to Syria: 'I can't imagine anyone getting ...The Guardian

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Jihadist IS seizes key Syria oil field - Yahoo News Thu, 03 Jul 2014 17:11:59 GMT

Jihadist IS seizes key Syria oil field
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On Sunday, IS declared a "caliphate" straddling Syria and Iraq, referring to an Islamic system of rule that was abolished nearly 100 years ago in a move that has angered other rebel groups and Islamists, who declare it a 'heresy." Syria's war began as ...