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Fighting erupts in Lebanese border town held by Islamic extremists from Syria - Fox News Wed, 06 Aug 2014 12:20:36 GMT

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Fighting erupts in Lebanese border town held by Islamic extremists from Syria Fox News Lebanese army reinforcements arrive to the outskirts of Arsal, a predominantly Sunni Muslim town near the Syrian border in eastern Lebanon, Monday, Aug. 4, 2014. Thousands of Lebanese civilians and Syrian refugees packed cars and pickup trucks ... World View: Syria War Spills into Lebanon as ISIS Attacks Town of ArsalBreitbart News Syria conflict: France to speed up arms for LebanonBBC News Will the war in Syria spread to Lebanon?Aljazeera.com Deutsche Welle -The Daily Star -680 News all 912 news articles »

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Understanding Syria's four-front war - Middle East Eye Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:28:15 GMT

Middle East Eye

Understanding Syria's four-front war Middle East Eye As the world media has been preoccupied with the Gaza conflict, Syria has just had the bloodiest week of its civil war. Some 1,700 were killed in seven days, with a renewed push from Islamic State (IS) accounting for much of the violence. Confident ... Remember Syria? Some fear world losing interest in deadly conflictCNN Syrian Alawites horrified by rising death tollAl-Monitor Scores Killed in Syria as Civil War Crosses Lebanese BorderTheTower.org Middle East Monitor -Business Insider all 32 news articles »

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Kurds from Turkey, Syria enter Iraq to battle Islamic State - McClatchy Washington Bureau Wed, 06 Aug 2014 18:47:46 GMT

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Kurds from Turkey, Syria enter Iraq to battle Islamic State McClatchy Washington Bureau Thousands of Kurdish fighters from Turkey and Syria attacked Islamic State positions at Sinjar, one of three Iraqi cities that fell to the Islamic State over the weekend, while peshmerga militias loyal to Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan Regional Government ... and more »

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Where was the Portland protest when Syria was slaughtering Palestinians ... - The Oregonian Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:59:43 GMT

Press TV

Where was the Portland protest when Syria was slaughtering Palestinians ... The Oregonian The above account is from March of this year, and it took place not in Gaza, but in Syria. Yet, even after months of brutal attacks on these defenseless civilians by the regime of Syrian President Hafez al-Assad, the world was virtually silent. No pro ... Iran backing Palestine, Syria as resistance axes: DiplomatPress TV all 13,164 news articles »

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Why Americans fighting in Syria worry US officials - CBS News Wed, 06 Aug 2014 10:06:20 GMT

Why Americans fighting in Syria worry US officials CBS News Authorities were alarmed to learn that Moner Mohammad Abusalha, the first - and so far, only - American to carry out a suicide bomb attack in Syria, returned to his home in Florida between the time he first traveled to Syria to train with an al-Qaeda ... and more »

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Violent clashes between rebels and regime in Syria - Telegraph.co.uk Tue, 05 Aug 2014 11:35:30 GMT

Violent clashes between rebels and regime in Syria Telegraph.co.uk The Islamic State is the most radical group operating in Syria, where it has seized large swathes of territory. It has declared a "caliphate" in the land it holds in Syria and neighbouring Iraq, but faces a backlash from Syrian opposition fighters ...

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US Treasury Sanctions Kuwaitis for Iraq, Syria - ABC News Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:02:49 GMT

US Treasury Sanctions Kuwaitis for Iraq, Syria ABC News The US Treasury Department announced Wednesday it is levying sanctions against three men suspected of helping finance groups believed involved in terrorism in Iraq and Syria — a move that targeted two well-known Kuwaiti men and showed ... and more »

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Gunmen From Syria Hit Army Checkpoints in Lebanon - New York Times Sun, 03 Aug 2014 00:10:37 GMT

New York Times

Gunmen From Syria Hit Army Checkpoints in Lebanon New York Times Gunmen on Saturday driving away with men in Arsal, a border town in northeastern Lebanon near Syria. Gunmen, identified as rebel fighters from Syria, attacked nine checkpoints, seizing some members of the security forces, Lebanese officials said. Syria's civil war seeps into Lebanon in a bloody cross border clasheuronews Lebanon suffers heavy losses in clashes with jihadists near SyriaYahoo News Thousands Flee as Lebanon Battles Syrian MilitantsABC News CBC.ca -Reuters UK -U.S. News & World Report all 711 news articles »

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ISIS takes brutal revenge on tribal insurgents in Syria - The Daily Star Wed, 06 Aug 2014 05:56:06 GMT

The Daily Star

ISIS takes brutal revenge on tribal insurgents in Syria The Daily Star BEIRUT: The Islamic State in Iraq and Greater Syria (ISIS) responded Tuesday to recent attacks against its forces in Deir al-Zor province by displaying the heads of three tribesmen who took up arms against them, an anti-regime monitor said Tuesday. June 6th, 2014 · 2 min readSyria Deeply ISIL beheads Sunni tribesmen in Syria: ObservatoryAl-Shorfa Jihadists behead Sunni tribesmen in SyriaJamaica Observer www.worldbulletin.net -Peninsula On-line all 17 news articles »

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60% of Syria's known chemical weapons neutralized - CBS News Wed, 06 Aug 2014 14:43:06 GMT

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60% of Syria's known chemical weapons neutralized CBS News UNITED NATIONS -- The United States informed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday that it has neutralized about 60 percent of Syria's most toxic chemicals. British Ambassador Mark Lyall Grant, the current president of the Security Council, said the U.S ... US destroys 60 percent of Syria chemicalsAljazeera.com US neutralises 60% of toxic Syria chemicalsNews24 60% of Syria's toxic chemicals neutralised so farTVNZ all 92 news articles »