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Reports: Islamic State Group Kills Syria Tribesmen - ABC News Mon, 18 Aug 2014 17:02:21 GMT

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Reports: Islamic State Group Kills Syria Tribesmen ABC News Last week, Islamic State fighters crushed the Shueitat tribal uprising against their rule in eastern Syria after three days of clashes near the border with Iraq. Tribesmen expelled the jihadi fighters from the villages of Kishkiyeh, Abu Hamam and ... Airstrikes Pound Islamic State Forces in Syria As Rebels Gain An Unlikely AllyVICE News Syria bombs ISIS positions in Raqqa for second dayThe Daily Star Syrian airstrikes target Islamic State groupFox News Aljazeera.com -Sky News Australia all 361 news articles »

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Syria: No strings - Aljazeera.com Mon, 18 Aug 2014 13:18:33 GMT

Syria: No strings Aljazeera.com Most of the Syrian refugees are children - many of them have been exposed to severe trauma, all have faced agonising hardships. Mohamad, Noor and Farid are three Syrian refugee children who all reside in Kilis, though live through different refugee ... TURKISH CHARITY TO SET UP CAMP FOR THE DISPLACED IN SYRIADaily Sabah all 11 news articles »

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Japanese national feared captured by militants in Syria - Middle East Eye Mon, 18 Aug 2014 07:45:18 GMT

Middle East Eye

Japanese national feared captured by militants in Syria Middle East Eye Japanese officials said Monday they are investigating a video posted online that appears to show fighters in Syria roughly interrogating a kidnapped Japanese man. The video, which surfaced over the weekend, shows a man who identifies himself as Haruna ... Japan Looks Into Report Japanese Detained in SyriaABC News Japan checking whether citizen captured by Islamic State in SyriaReuters Japanese 'mercenary' captured and interrogated at knifepoint by ISIS jihadists ...Daily Mail Telegraph.co.uk -The Japan Times -CBC.ca all 149 news articles »

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Syria's Chemical Arsenal Fully Destroyed, US Says - New York Times Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:50:55 GMT

KSAT San Antonio

Syria's Chemical Arsenal Fully Destroyed, US Says New York Times WASHINGTON — The United States said Monday that it had completed the destruction of the deadliest chemical weapons in Syria's arsenal, a rare foreign policy achievement for President Obama at a time when the Middle East is embroiled in violence and ... Syria's chemical weapons neutralizedKSAT San Antonio Syria's Most Lethal Chemical Weapons Destroyed With Little…Foreign Policy (blog) Obama Hails Elimination of Syria Chemical WeaponsABC News Sky News Australia all 119 news articles »

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Australia going to 'unthinkable' lengths to return Syria detainees, emails show - The Guardian Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:13:13 GMT

The Guardian

Australia going to 'unthinkable' lengths to return Syria detainees, emails show The Guardian The emails support reports from Guardian Australia in March, showing that Syrians detained offshore told Australian immigration department officials they would be killed if they returned to Syria, but the department facilitated plans for their ...

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Should US have intervened in Syria? - CNN (blog) Sun, 17 Aug 2014 22:38:42 GMT

Should US have intervened in Syria? CNN (blog) You see Syria as much more central here, correct? Yes. I mean the rise of ISIS is tied more to the Syrian civil war. And Bashar al-Assad is really the root cause of the problem, in many ways. You had peaceful protesters in 2011. They were being shot down. and more »

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What the evidence on interventions really tells us about Syria - Washington Post (blog) Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:54:25 GMT

What the evidence on interventions really tells us about Syria Washington Post (blog) A number of analysts, including Marc Lynch recently in the Monkey Cage, have looked at political science research on interventions to make the case that an earlier U.S. intervention in Syria would not have stopped the Islamic State's rise. To be sure ...

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Bombing ISIS in Iraq, US sidesteps Syria - Jerusalem Post Mon, 18 Aug 2014 20:14:45 GMT

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Bombing ISIS in Iraq, US sidesteps Syria Jerusalem Post Displaced people from the minority Yazidis rest Monday near Iraq's border with Syria while fleeing Sunni militants. Photo: REUTERS. WASHINGTON -- The United States continued its broad military assault on targets of the Islamic State on Monday after ... Jihadis accused of new massacres in Iraq and SyriaBBC News Despite common enemy, US and Syria at odds in fight against ISThe Times of Israel all 3,571 news articles »

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FAA Restricts US Operators From Flying Over Syria, Says Anti-Aircraft Weapons ... - International Business Times Tue, 19 Aug 2014 00:39:51 GMT

International Business Times

FAA Restricts US Operators From Flying Over Syria, Says Anti-Aircraft Weapons ... International Business Times The United States began arming groups it says fall under the umbrella of the "moderate opposition" in Syria. The CIA-led program began last summer but the White House has since announced it would increase its supply to the rebels and include heavier ... FAA shutters flights over SyriaPolitico US bars all American airlines from flying over SyriaReuters American flights banned from flying to SyriaJerusalem Post RIA Novosti all 25 news articles »

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Obama to host UN summit on foreign fighters threat; Islamic State threatens ... - Haaretz Tue, 19 Aug 2014 01:45:09 GMT

Haaretz

Obama to host UN summit on foreign fighters threat; Islamic State threatens ... Haaretz 3:55 A.M. The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration has barred all American airlines from flying over Syria, saying the ongoing armed conflict and volatile security environment poses a "serious potential threat" to civil aircraft. "Due to the presence ... and more »