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Clinton backtrack, conflicting statements muddle Syria message - Fox News Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:46:20 GMT

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Clinton backtrack, conflicting statements muddle Syria message Fox News Two years before her Atlantic interview, Clinton suggested to CBS News that arming a moderate faction in Syria was not “viable.” And since her critical comments of the Obama administration's policy were published, the ex-secretary has phoned the ... Obama Blocked Hillary on Syria for YearsDaily Beast Clinton's Break With Obama on Syria _ What's NextABC News Saving Syria Is No FantasyPolitico The Economist (blog) -Washington Post (blog) -U.S. News & World Report all 1,608 news articles »

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Dual Threat Has Mainstream Syrian Rebels Fearing Demise - New York Times Fri, 15 Aug 2014 17:41:20 GMT

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Dual Threat Has Mainstream Syrian Rebels Fearing Demise New York Times The developments, some of the most strategically important in Syria's three-year war, come as the American military for the first time strikes ISIS fighters in Iraq. The United States says it aims to prevent massacres of Iraqi civilians, but apparently ... The Rebels Are Gaining Ground in SyriaForeign Policy (blog) ISIS leader flees to Syria fearing US airstrikes: Kurdish officialAsharq Alawsat English UN Council targets jihadists in Iraq, SyriaYahoo News BBC News -Los Angeles Times -Fox News all 913 news articles »

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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? CNN (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. Iraq crisis: Inside 'swollen' refugee camp in SyriaBBC News UN Security Council Blacklists Islamist Militants In Iraq, SyriaHuffington Post Isis makes further advances in Syria while West vacillates over IraqThe Independent Los Angeles Times -Washington Post (blog) all 5,936 news articles »

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As ISIS closes in, is it game over for Syria's opposition in Aleppo? - CNN Fri, 15 Aug 2014 08:10:12 GMT

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As ISIS closes in, is it game over for Syria's opposition in Aleppo? CNN (CNN) -- The fate of Syria's Western-backed opposition hangs on a knife edge in the northern part of the war-torn country -- and with radical Sunni militants and regime forces closing in on them from all sides, time may be running out. At least six ... Car bomb in Syria's Deraa province kills 14The Daily Star Yehya El-Kholed says Australians thinking of travelling to Syria to fight ...Courier Mail ISIL rebels kill dozens of regime soldiers in Syriawww.worldbulletin.net all 8 news articles »

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US Policy On Syria Mired In Excess Caution, Official Says - NPR Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:17:21 GMT

US Policy On Syria Mired In Excess Caution, Official Says NPR Rick Barton, a top State Department official, says sometimes the U.S. has to take risks in diplomacy. Citing his own frustrations, he says that the Obama administration has yet to come up with a real strategy to resolve the war in Syria and isolate ...

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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 BBC News 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: military sourceYahoo News Press TV all 171 news articles »

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Bombs kill 32 in Syria - SBS Fri, 15 Aug 2014 20:49:09 GMT

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Bombs kill 32 in Syria SBS At least 22 people have been killed when a car bomb exploded in front of a mosque in Daraa province of southern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. Among the dead in Friday's blast in the rebel-controlled town of Namar were a woman and ... Car Bomb Kills at Least 22 in Southern SyriaABC News Car bomb kills at least 22 people in southern SyriaTimes of India all 58 news articles »

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Why US is wary about intervening in Syria - CNN (blog) Thu, 14 Aug 2014 17:23:03 GMT

Why US is wary about intervening in Syria CNN (blog) The fact that Syria is experiencing a humanitarian catastrophe is very real. What are you going to do about it? How are you going to go in? Is there a way you could actually lessen that? A lot of people say we should arm the people opposing the al ...

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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 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) all 3 news articles »

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The forgotten Palestinians of Syria - SBS Fri, 15 Aug 2014 06:46:09 GMT

SBS	The forgotten Palestinians of Syria SBS Mrs Marwan, 48, is one of 300 Palestinian refugees—110 of them children—currently living out of a former tissue paper factory half a kilometre from the Turkish-Syrian border and the Öncüpınar refugee camp that was built by the Turkish government two ...