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Syria airstrikes need boots on the ground, AF officer says - USA TODAY Fri, 12 Sep 2014 17:43:32 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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US Pins Hope on Syrian Rebels With Loyalties All Over the Map - New York Times Fri, 12 Sep 2014 14:56:44 GMT

US Pins Hope on Syrian Rebels With Loyalties All Over the Map
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — President Obama's determination to train Syrian rebels to serve as ground troops against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria leaves the United States dependent on a diverse group riven by infighting, with no shared leadership and ...


Militant group releases UN peacekeepers held hostage in Syria - The Guardian Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:38:44 GMT

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Militant group releases UN peacekeepers held hostage in Syria
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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 release of prisoners and the group's removal from a UN terror blacklist.
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Syria rebels free UN peacekeepersAljazeera.com
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Cobbling Coalition for Iraq, Syria No Easy Task - ABC News Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:50:50 GMT

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Cobbling Coalition for Iraq, Syria No Easy Task
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Assembling a coalition to fight the militants from the Islamic State group is proving to be a complicated affair. France is all in, but would like to invite Iran — against the wishes of the United States. The U.S. is pressing Turkey, which has ...
10 Questions: SyriaYahoo News
Administration Official Says Saudi Arabia Borders SyriaWashington Free Beacon

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Westerners fighting in Syria disillusioned with Islamic State but can't go home - Washington Post Sat, 13 Sep 2014 00:16:09 GMT

Westerners fighting in Syria disillusioned with Islamic State but can't go home
Washington Post
LONDON — The London-accented militant who delivered blood-curdling threats to the West before apparently beheading two American journalists has become, for most Britons, the masked face of foreign fighters in Syria. But more typical, experts say, may ...


The mysterious explosion that could change the Syrian war - Washington Post (blog) Fri, 12 Sep 2014 06:12:14 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 ...
Syria's battlefield balance about to shift?CBS News

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Syria, Iran slam US strategy in fighting militants, while opposition welcomes ... - Fox News Fri, 12 Sep 2014 12:31:17 GMT

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Syria, Iran slam US strategy in fighting militants, while opposition welcomes ...
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DAMASCUS, SyriaSyrian 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 ...


Syria's war - The Economist (blog) Sat, 13 Sep 2014 02:48:27 GMT

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Syria's war
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IT WAS early in the morning of September 11th in Damascus, the Syrian capital, when Barack Obama broadcast an important speech from Washington. Forty-nine years to the day after Bashar Assad was born, the ruler of Syria was to hear the American ...
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Civilians and Islamic State ship out of Raqqa ahead of Syria airstrikes - Middle East Eye Fri, 12 Sep 2014 16:41:20 GMT

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Civilians and Islamic State ship out of Raqqa ahead of Syria airstrikes
Middle East Eye
Huge numbers of people have continued fleeing areas of Syria controlled by militants from the self-styled Islamic State (IS), in advance of planned US-led airstrikes on IS strongholds. Thousands have joined a mass exodus that began on Wednesday, as US ...

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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 ...
US-Backed Moderate Group In Syria Signs Truce With ISIS: ReportsInternational Business Times
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