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Obama approves US airstrikes in Syria, vows to target ISIS 'wherever they exist' - Fox News Thu, 11 Sep 2014 01:50:02 GMT

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Obama approves US airstrikes in Syria, vows to target ISIS 'wherever they exist'
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President Obama on Wednesday ordered a sharp escalation of the U.S. military campaign against the Islamic State, authorizing U.S. airstrikes in Syria along with expanded airstrikes in Iraq as he vowed to wipe out the group's terrorists “wherever they ...
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Chlorine Used As Weapon In Syria War, Group Says - New York Times Wed, 10 Sep 2014 23:41:40 GMT

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Chlorine Used As Weapon In Syria War, Group Says
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GENEVA — A toxic chemical, probably chlorine, was used as a weapon to attack Syrian villages in April, an international watchdog agency confirmed on Wednesday. The conclusion, based on months of investigation by a fact-finding team, appeared to ...
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Syria conflict: Blast kills leader of Ahrar al-Sham rebels - BBC News Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:12:46 GMT

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Syria conflict: Blast kills leader of Ahrar al-Sham rebels
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The leader of one of the biggest Islamist rebel groups in Syria has been killed by an explosion in the north-western province of Idlib. Ahrar al-Sham said Hassan Abboud was among a number of senior figures who died in the blast at the group's ...
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Obama ready to strike at Islamic State militants in Syria, he tells policy experts - Washington Post Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:30:03 GMT

Obama ready to strike at Islamic State militants in Syria, he tells policy experts
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President Obama is prepared to use U.S. military airstrikes in Syria as part of an expanded campaign to defeat the Islamic State and does not believe he needs formal congressional approval to take that action, according to people who have spoken with ...


Obama to extend air strikes to Syria and arm Syrian rebels in expanded war to ... - National Post Wed, 10 Sep 2014 17:12:31 GMT

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Obama to extend air strikes to Syria and arm Syrian rebels in expanded war to ...
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WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama plans to outline in an address to Americans an expanded military and political effort to combat Islamic militants in Syria and Iraq, and urge Congress to quickly give him authority to arm Syrian opposition forces.


Syria conflict: Fiji's mixed messages over UN peacekeepers - BBC News Wed, 10 Sep 2014 04:54:41 GMT

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Syria conflict: Fiji's mixed messages over UN peacekeepers
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Fiji's military says 45 UN peacekeepers captured in Syria's Golan Heights in August will be released this week "without preconditions". The troops were seized by rebels from the al-Qaeda-affiliated al-Nusra Front. Brig Gen Mosese Tikoitoga said that ...
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Syria strategy 2.0: Obama to hit reset to counter growing ISIS threat - Fox News Wed, 10 Sep 2014 15:58:54 GMT

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Syria strategy 2.0: Obama to hit reset to counter growing ISIS threat
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One year to the day since addressing the American people about possible strikes against the Assad regime in Syria over its chemical weapons attack, President Obama is coming back to the American people with a drastically different -- and strategically ...


How the US is falling short as Syria's humanitarian crisis rages - Washington Post (blog) Wed, 10 Sep 2014 19:54:49 GMT

How the US is falling short as Syria's humanitarian crisis rages
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While the Obama administration struggles to decide on military intervention against the Islamic State in Syria, it is also running the risk of ignoring the humanitarian crisis in the country. On Tuesday, an Oxfam Briefing Paper accused the ...

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Meet the Kurdish Women Fighting ISIS in Syria - NBCNews.com Wed, 10 Sep 2014 11:30:00 GMT

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Meet the Kurdish Women Fighting ISIS in Syria
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In the dry and desolate land along Syria's northeastern border, thousands of young Kurdish women have taken up arms to protect their people against attacks from Bashar Assad's government, ISIS militants and the al Qaeda-linked al-Nusra Front. Some 7 ...


Obama announces expanded air strikes against Isis in Iraq and Syria – speech ... - The Guardian Thu, 11 Sep 2014 00:55:31 GMT

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Obama announces expanded air strikes against Isis in Iraq and Syria – speech ...
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President Obama authorized air strikes in Syria, but will not work with the Assad regime, saying “I will not hesitate to take action against Isil in Syria, as well as Iraq.” Officials said he will not tolerate any “safe havens”, regardless of a border ...
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