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Why arming Syria's rebels wouldn't have stopped ISIS - Vox Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:39:47 GMT

Why arming Syria's rebels wouldn't have stopped ISIS Vox One of the most common criticisms of Obama's foreign policy is that he failed to arm moderate Syrian rebels in time to beat Syrian leader Bashar al-Assad and curb the Islamic State (ISIS) threat. The argument is that arming moderate Syrian rebels would ... Syria and the Risks of InterventionNew York Times (blog) all 3 news articles »

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Syrian forces, Islamic militants encircling key rebel city of Aleppo - Fox News Wed, 13 Aug 2014 17:51:24 GMT

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Syrian forces, Islamic militants encircling key rebel city of Aleppo Fox News Syrian rebels could suffer their biggest setback of the war as government troops and Islamic militants are encircling the key northwestern city of Aleppo. The Wall Street Journal reports that the fall of the city could also be a recruiting boon to the ... Syria crisis: Islamic State fighters seize Aleppo townsBBC News IS fighters capture towns in Syria's northAljazeera.com Heading for Armageddon? Islamic State advances in SyriaChannel 4 News Los Angeles Times -Reuters -Newsweek all 215 news articles »

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Snowden Claims NSA Knocked All of Syria's Internet Offline - TIME Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:59:48 GMT

TIME

Snowden Claims NSA Knocked All of Syria's Internet Offline TIME Snowden's story, as revealed in an interview with Snowden published Wednesday in WIRED, goes like this: The NSA team essentially tried to get access to a primary component of Syria's main Internet Service Provider. Syria only has one big ISP, making it ... Snowden: NSA accidentally caused Syria's internet blackout in 2012The Guardian Snowden: The NSA Caused a Massive Internet Blackout in SyriaNational Journal Snowden: The NSA, not Assad, took Syria off the Internet in 2012Ars Technica Vanity Fair -TechCrunch -Gizmodo Australia all 265 news articles »

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White House official defends Obama Syria policy after Clinton criticism - Fox News Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:18:30 GMT

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White House official defends Obama Syria policy after Clinton criticism Fox News A White House official on Tuesday defended President Obama's Syria policy as “deliberate” in response to recent remarks by former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who said in an interview the “failure” to arm the country's rebels left a “vacuum” for ... America and Syria Hillary's jabThe Economist (blog) Hillary Clinton calls Obama to clarify Syria remarksReuters Obama Calls Syria Criticism 'Horsesh*t'Daily Beast Washington Post (blog) -TheBlaze.com -TIME all 1,306 news articles »

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In Iraq/Syria Conflict, the Islamic State Leverages International Community's ... - Council on Foreign Relations (blog) Wed, 13 Aug 2014 16:31:06 GMT

Council on Foreign Relations (blog)

In Iraq/Syria Conflict, the Islamic State Leverages International Community's ... Council on Foreign Relations (blog) A key factor in the Islamic State's success is its unfettered ability to stage operations from Syria. News reports this week reveal that IS has established a sanctuary and is operating unchallenged from the Syrian city of Raqqa. This is where ... To fight ISIS, make peace with Syria's Assad: ColumnUSA TODAY Yazidi refugees continue to flee Iraq over Syria borderBBC News Syrian Kurdish fighters rescuing stranded YazidisFox News The Hill (blog) -Washington Times all 3,818 news articles »

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Woman cleared of smuggling money for Syria in underwear - BBC News Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:11:47 GMT

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Woman cleared of smuggling money for Syria in underwear BBC News A woman accused of trying to smuggle 20,000 euros (£15,800) in her underwear to a Briton fighting in Syria has been found not guilty of funding terrorism. Nawal Msaad, 27, from north London, was stopped at Heathrow Airport as she prepared to board a ... British student cleared of attempting to smuggle cash to Syrian jihadistsThe Guardian Singer who tried to smuggle 20000 euros in her knickers on flight to Turkey is ...Daily Mail UK Woman Convicted of Funding Terrorism in SyriaABC News Irish Examiner all 81 news articles »

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Congress on Board With Obama's Iraq Plans - ABC News Wed, 13 Aug 2014 07:25:27 GMT

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Congress on Board With Obama's Iraq Plans ABC News Little of the impassioned debate that fractured lawmakers last year over possible military intervention in Syria is happening now as American warplanes strike extremist targets in Iraq. Almost a week into the Obama administration's emergency action in ... Saving Syria Is No FantasyPolitico A year after objecting to strikes against Syria, Congress is OK with Obama's ...U.S. News & World Report all 165 news articles »

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GlaxoSmithKline faces fresh drug bribery claims in Syria - The Guardian Tue, 12 Aug 2014 07:16:20 GMT

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GlaxoSmithKline faces fresh drug bribery claims in Syria The Guardian GlaxoSmithKline faces new allegations that it bribed Syrian doctors and officials to boost sales of its medicines, following recent accusations of corruption in its non-prescription business in the country. The latest charges are laid out in an ... Exclusive: GlaxoSmithKline faces fresh drug bribery claims in SyriaReuters GlaxoSmithKline faces bribery claims in SyriaBBC News GlaxoSmithKline hit with new accusations it bribed doctors in Syria to boost salesThis is Money CITY A.M. -Yahoo Finance UK all 55 news articles »

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Kerry condemns Syria decapitation photo - Aljazeera.com Tue, 12 Aug 2014 10:28:53 GMT

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Kerry condemns Syria decapitation photo Aljazeera.com US Secretary of State John Kerry has described a photograph of a Sydney-born seven-year-old boy clutching the severed head of a Syrian soldier as "disturbing" and "grotesque," and called for international co-operation against the threat posed by ... Australian jihadists involved with 'worst of the worst' atrocities in Syria ...Sydney Morning Herald Australians aghast at boy's grisly photo from Syria. Are jihadis coming home?Christian Science Monitor A child, a severed head, and a reminder of the awfulness of Syria's civil warWashington Post (blog) Mashable -South China Morning Post (subscription) -The Guardian all 521 news articles »

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Batch of Syria's declared sarin precursor neutralized, group says - CNN Wed, 13 Aug 2014 14:22:39 GMT

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Batch of Syria's declared sarin precursor neutralized, group says CNN (CNN) -- A large portion of Syria's remaining declared chemical weapons stockpiles has been neutralized, a chemical weapons watchdog group said Wednesday. Workers aboard a U.S. government container ship finished neutralizing 581 metric tons of ... Syria conflict: Sarin gas chemicals destroyedBBC News Syria's sarin precursor chemicals destroyedThe Daily Star Syria's sarin gas stockpile destroyed, Pentagon confirmsRT all 48 news articles »