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Syria airstrikes need boots on the ground, AF officer says - USA TODAY Fri, 12 Sep 2014 00:24:22 GMT

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Syria airstrikes need boots on the ground, AF officer says
USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — U.S. special operations forces will be needed on the ground in Syria to make the expanded air war President Obama has ordered there more effective, a senior Air Force commander told USA TODAY. The spy planes flying missions over ...
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Militant group releases UN peacekeepers held hostage in Syria - The Guardian Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:24:22 GMT

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Militant group releases UN peacekeepers held hostage in Syria
The Guardian
"I would like to assure you that we have not been harmed in any way," he said. Jabhat al-Nusra had originally demanded various terms for the release of the peacekeepers, including the delivery of aid to areas besieged by the Syrian government, the ...
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'Nothing ruled out' over Syria - Number 10 - BBC News Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:37:45 GMT

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'Nothing ruled out' over Syria - Number 10
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Number 10 has insisted possible military action against Islamic State (IS) in Syria has not been ruled out. Earlier Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said MPs had voted last year against air strikes there and that decision would not be revisited. Number ...
Battling ISIS: Germany, Britain Say They Won't Launch Airstrikes on SyriaNBCNews.com
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Cameron's Office Overrules UK Minister on SyriaABC News
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Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister: We're 'Fighting the Same Enemy' - NBCNews.com Thu, 11 Sep 2014 20:10:40 GMT

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Syria's Deputy Foreign Minister: We're 'Fighting the Same Enemy'
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DAMASCUS — Syria has “no reservations” about U.S. airstrikes against ISIS and wants to team up with Washington to tackle the militants, the country's deputy foreign minister told NBC News. Faisal Mekdad called Syria's President Bashar al-Assad “a ...
Syria Tells U.S. to Come Bomb ISISDaily Beast
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Russia warns US against strikes on Islamic State in Syria - BBC News Thu, 11 Sep 2014 22:06:29 GMT

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Russia warns US against strikes on Islamic State in Syria
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Russia has warned that US air strikes against militants in Syria would be a "gross violation" of international law. A Russian foreign ministry spokesman said any such action, without the backing of the UN, would be "an act of aggression". It comes as ...


New UN Envoy to Syria Presses for More Truces - Wall Street Journal Thu, 11 Sep 2014 21:03:07 GMT

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New UN Envoy to Syria Presses for More Truces
Wall Street Journal
President Bashar al-Assad met Thursday with the new United Nations special envoy to Syria, who is trying to use the threat posed by Islamic State extremists to pressure the regime and rebels to expand tentative truces. Senior U.N. officials based in ...
Syria, Iran, Russia slam Obama's strategyThe Daily Star
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Russia Says US Strikes in Syria Would Violate International Law - Wall Street Journal Thu, 11 Sep 2014 06:14:51 GMT

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Russia Says US Strikes in Syria Would Violate International Law
Wall Street Journal
Russia's Foreign Ministry warned Thursday that any unilateral U.S. airstrikes on Islamist forces in Syria would be a crude violation of international law. "In the absence of an appropriate decision of the U.N. Security Council, such a step would become ...
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Here's how the US military could carry out strikes in Syria - Washington Post Wed, 10 Sep 2014 18:10:37 GMT

Here's how the US military could carry out strikes in Syria
Washington Post
Thirteen months ago, the United States sent Navy ships toward Syria as it prepared to launch strikes against President Bashar al-Assad's regime following its use of chemical weapons. Four destroyers carrying about three dozen Tomahawk missiles each ...


Syria, Iran Slam US Strategy in Fighting Militants - ABC News Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:02:35 GMT

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Syria, Iran Slam US Strategy in Fighting Militants
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Syrian and Iranian officials criticized the Obama administration on Thursday for excluding them from an international coalition coming together in the battle against the Islamic State group, while a state-run Syrian daily warned that unauthorized U.S ...


The mysterious explosion that could change the Syrian war - Washington Post (blog) Thu, 11 Sep 2014 07:32:38 GMT

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The mysterious explosion that could change the Syrian war
Washington Post (blog)
On Tuesday, a single event happened that could change the course of the the Syrian war. At least a dozen commanders of Ahrar al-Sham, including leader Hassan Aboud, were wiped out in an instance by what has been described as a suicide bomb during a ...
Attacking Syria may entangle US in rebel rivalriesBusinessweek
Syria's battlefield balance about to shift?CBS News

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