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Friends and enemies in Syria - Chicago Tribune Sun, 06 Jul 2014 03:54:23 GMT

Friends and enemies in Syria
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A Free Syrian Army sniper sits in a shooting position. Considered more moderate and secular than other rebel factions, the Free Syrian Army would be a part of an effort proposed by the Obama administration. The proposal includes a $500 million program ...

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Syria and Iraq: Ramadan plea to British Muslims - BBC News Sun, 06 Jul 2014 08:28:37 GMT

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Syria and Iraq: Ramadan plea to British Muslims
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British Muslims have been urged to make aid donations during Ramadan to help people in Iraq and Syria, but warned about going there themselves. Imam Shahid Raza, from Leicester Central Mosque, said people should make donations from the UK.
Have The Islamist Militants Overreached In Iraq And Syria?NPR (blog)
Nusra Front weakened in Syria by ISIS Islamic State: AnalystsAsharq Alawsat English
Islamic State: Undermining Syrian revolution?Aljazeera.com
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Police seeking 'Syria trip' twins - BBC News Sun, 06 Jul 2014 15:18:59 GMT

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Police seeking 'Syria trip' twins
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Police have confirmed they are trying to trace missing twin teenage girls from Greater Manchester who are reported to have travelled to Syria. The 16-year-old girls were reported missing from their home on 26 June. Police said the twins flew from ...
Manchester teen twin sisters crept out of bedrooms and flew to Syria to join IsisDaily Mail
UK Muslims flock to Syria, vow to return only to 'raise black flag' over ...The Daily Star
Twin teenage sisters are feared to have fled their Manchester home to join ...Manchester Evening News
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ISIS militants seize another oil field in Syria's Deir el-Zour - Al-Arabiya Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:59:39 GMT

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ISIS militants seize another oil field in Syria's Deir el-Zour
Al-Arabiya
Islamic militants seized an eastern Syrian oil field near Iraq and inched closer to the Turkish border on Friday as they try to consolidate their control of an area along the length of the Euphrates river stretching through Syria and Iraq. The Britain ...


How webcams in Syria's bombarded hospitals offer a lifeline for war victims - Christian Science Monitor Sun, 06 Jul 2014 12:01:28 GMT

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How webcams in Syria's bombarded hospitals offer a lifeline for war victims
Christian Science Monitor
Syrian regime forces have allegedly targeted hospitals as a weapon of war, and doctors and nurses have fled the fighting. Telemedicine offers a way to guide treatment of patients in intensive care.

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Syria planes strike inside Lebanon near border town - Middle East Eye Sun, 06 Jul 2014 10:54:55 GMT

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Syria planes strike inside Lebanon near border town
Middle East Eye
But Syrian activists say hundreds of opposition fighters have taken refuge in the caves and hills in the border area, using it as a rear base from which to launch attacks inside Syria. Wounded fighters are also brought to the area, and food, medicines ...
IS expels thousands in east SyriaArab Times Kuwait English Daily

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Syria conflict: UK planned to train and equip 100000 rebels - BBC News Thu, 03 Jul 2014 22:08:56 GMT

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Syria conflict: UK planned to train and equip 100000 rebels
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The UK drew up plans to train and equip a 100,000-strong Syrian rebel army to defeat President Bashar al-Assad, BBC Newsnight can reveal. The secret initiative, put forward two years ago, was the brainchild of the then most senior UK military officer, ...
UK military's secret plan to train Syrian rebels to topple Bashar al-AssadThe Guardian
Revealed: Britain's secret plan for 100000 Syria invasion forceRT (blog)
Will America Switch Sides & Back Assad?Daily Beast
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Cardiff teen who left to join Isis in Syria takes to social network sites to ... - Daily Mail Sun, 06 Jul 2014 12:29:29 GMT

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Cardiff teen who left to join Isis in Syria takes to social network sites to ...
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One of the three British jihadists who joined terror group Isis in Syria has used ask.fm to urge others to join the fight. In a series of new online postings, 17-year-old militant Aseel Muthana, from Cardiff, south Wales, told a would-be jihadist how ...
British jihadists fighting in Syria claim that war will come to British soilExpress.co.uk
'UK Fears My Return': Chilling Testimony of British Jihadist in SyriaBreitbart News

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Recruits to Syria and Iraq not driven by jihad, Muslim leader says - Sydney Morning Herald Sat, 05 Jul 2014 15:53:50 GMT

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Recruits to Syria and Iraq not driven by jihad, Muslim leader says
Sydney Morning Herald
It is the desire to help people, to rebuild communities and provide support to orphans, children and victims of the fighting in Syria and Iraq that is driving the recruitment of young men from Sydney, according to a senior member of the Muslim community.


ISIS bombed in Iraq, but advances in Syria - CBS News Fri, 04 Jul 2014 13:38:44 GMT

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ISIS bombed in Iraq, but advances in Syria
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Fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) extremist group, who have overrun much of northern and western Iraq, have been trying for weeks to capture the Beiji facility, located some 155 miles north of Baghdad. The group appeared on the ...

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