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Why does the US intervene militarily in Iraq but not in Syria? - CNN Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:39:39 GMT

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Why does the US intervene militarily in Iraq but not in Syria?
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(CNN) -- Since Islamic State fighters entered Iraq from Syria, they have given the world a revolting look at their ruthlessness. They have left the severed heads of their vanquished on spikes. They have filled mass graves with the summarily executed.
Isis makes further advances in Syria while West vacillates over IraqThe Independent
What cluelessness about Syria has wroughtWashington Post (blog)
Sorry, Syria: Obama's Red Lines Only Apply to IraqU.S. News & World Report
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The Rebels Are Gaining Ground in Syria - Foreign Policy (blog) Thu, 14 Aug 2014 19:49:29 GMT

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The Rebels Are Gaining Ground in Syria
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Don't believe everything you read in the media: The moderate rebels of Syria are not finished. They have gained ground in different parts of the country and have broken publicly with both the al Qaeda affiliate operating there and the jihadists of the ...

Clinton backtrack, conflicting statements muddle Syria message - Fox News Fri, 15 Aug 2014 02:31:16 GMT

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Clinton backtrack, conflicting statements muddle Syria message
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For a moment, Hillary Clinton appeared to draw a clear distinction with President Obama on foreign policy, after telling The Atlantic that the “failure” to help moderate Syrian rebels allowed extremists to flourish. But her comments both before and ...
Obama Blocked Hillary on Syria for YearsDaily Beast
Saving Syria Is No FantasyPolitico
America and Syria Hillary's jabThe Economist (blog)
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Syria crisis: Assad forces retake key Damascus district - BBC News Thu, 14 Aug 2014 12:51:37 GMT

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Syria crisis: Assad forces retake key Damascus district
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Syrian forces have retaken a key district of Damascus from opposition forces, activists and state media say. Security forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad moved in on Mleiha, which is 10km (6 miles) from the centre of the capital, on Thursday morning.
Syria troops retake key town outside DamascusThe Daily Star
Syrian army takes town near Damascus in blow to rebelsReuters
Syria troops retake key town outside Damascus: militaryChannel News Asia
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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
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The argument is that arming moderate Syrian rebels would have prevented ISIS from rising in Syria, invading Iraq, and prompting Obama's air strikes in northern Iraq this week. Hillary Clinton, Obama's former Secretary of State who proposed a plan to ...
Syria and the Risks of InterventionNew York Times (blog)
CDS APPLAUDS IRAQ STRIKES, URGES PARALLEL STEPS IN SYRIAScoop.co.nz (press release)

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Syria crisis: Islamic State fighters seize Aleppo towns - BBC News Wed, 13 Aug 2014 12:48:21 GMT

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Syria crisis: Islamic State fighters seize Aleppo towns
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Islamic State (IS) militants in Syria have taken control of several towns in the northern province of Aleppo, according to reports from activists. The group seized the town of Akhtarin, 50km (30 miles) northeast of Aleppo city, where Syrian rebels are ...
Syrian forces, Islamic militants encircling key rebel city of AleppoFox News
IS fighters capture towns in Syria's northAljazeera.com
Heading for Armageddon? Islamic State advances in SyriaChannel 4 News
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Houston family holds out hope for son missing in Syria - Houston Chronicle Thu, 14 Aug 2014 03:37:32 GMT

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Houston family holds out hope for son missing in Syria
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Their son is one of at least nine foreign journalists and 20 Syrian news providers currently missing or held hostage in Syria, according to Delphine Halgand, American representative for Paris-based Reporters Without Borders. More than 150 journalists ...
Parents of US journalist missing in Syria issue plea to captorsCBS News
Kidnapped American Journalist Austin Tice Is Still Missing In Syria After Two ...International Business Times
A birthday card to our son, Austin Tice, missing in SyriaThe Idaho Statesman

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Woman cleared of smuggling money for Syria in underwear - BBC News Thu, 14 Aug 2014 04:34:04 GMT

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Woman cleared of smuggling money for Syria in underwear
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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 ...
Singer who tried to smuggle 20000 euros in her knickers on flight to Turkey is ...Daily Mail
British student cleared of attempting to smuggle cash to Syrian jihadistsThe Guardian
UK Woman Convicted of Funding Terrorism in SyriaABC News
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Snowden Claims NSA Knocked All of Syria's Internet Offline - TIME Wed, 13 Aug 2014 15:59:48 GMT

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Snowden Claims NSA Knocked All of Syria's Internet Offline
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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: U.S. Made Syria Lose Its Entire Internet ConnectionVanity Fair
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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
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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 ...
Australians aghast at boy's grisly photo from Syria. Are jihadis coming home?Christian Science Monitor
Sydney man in Syria 'posts picture of son holding severed head'The Guardian
Australian grandfather in tears at Syria photo of seven-year-old boy with ...South China Morning Post (subscription)
Al-Arabiya -BBC News
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