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Senate Democrat Wants Bill Allowing Anti-ISIS Strikes in Syria - TIME Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:58:38 GMT

TIME

Senate Democrat Wants Bill Allowing Anti-ISIS Strikes in Syria TIME A Democratic senator said Tuesday that he'll introduce legislation to give President Barack Obama “clear authority” to order U.S. airstrikes against Islamist militants in Syria. Sen. Bill Nelson (F-Fla.) said he'll file the legislation when Congress ... The Syria canard: There is nothing to be doneWashington Post (blog) To Beat ISIS, Focus on SyriaNew York Times Top House lawmakers call for Syria strikesThe Hill The Week Magazine -Fox News -CBS News all 1,272 news articles »

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Syria rebels clash with government forces in Golan Heights - Fox News Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:23:40 GMT

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Syria rebels clash with government forces in Golan Heights Fox News BEIRUT – Syrian rebels clashed with government troops on Monday in the Golan Heights, where Al Qaeda-linked insurgents abducted U.N. peacekeepers last week, activists said. The fighting was focused around the town of Hamidiyeh in Quneitra province ... Syria conflict: Fresh clashes erupt in Golan HeightsBBC News Demands made over seized UN troops in SyriaAljazeera.com Israel Shoots Down Drone That Crossed From SyriaWall Street Journal New York Times -Stars and Stripes -National Post all 3,140 news articles »

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'Brave and Very Imaginative,' Freelance Journalist Steven Sotloff Spoke of ... - Wall Street Journal Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:42:03 GMT

Wall Street Journal

'Brave and Very Imaginative,' Freelance Journalist Steven Sotloff Spoke of ... Wall Street Journal Steven Sotloff, the American freelance journalist whom Islamic extremists have claimed to have beheaded, spoke of the perils of his new reporting plans shortly before arriving in Syria last year. "It was certainly a dangerous situation," said Matthew ... ISIS Says It Killed Steven Sotloff After US Strikes in Northern IraqNew York Times Video Purports to Show Beheading of US JournalistABC News Still Waiting for Obama's Strategy to Fight ISIS in SyriaRoll Call (blog) Telegraph.co.uk all 1,450 news articles »

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Syrian Refugee Children Forced to Work - ABC News Tue, 02 Sep 2014 21:50:12 GMT

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Syrian Refugee Children Forced to Work ABC News The children of onetime teachers, government workers and engineers in Syria are now forced to work. Their families have run from the Islamic militant army of ISIS and other terror. The children – possibly as many as 300,000 of them -- work because the ... and more »

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UK-born private school girl joins Syria militants - Al-Arabiya Wed, 03 Sep 2014 01:08:17 GMT

Al-Arabiya

UK-born private school girl joins Syria militants Al-Arabiya A Scottish-born private schoolgirl who travelled to Syria has joined Islamist militants there and urged Muslims in Britain to bring the “battlefield” home, the British Daily Mail newspaper reported Monday. The case of Glasgow-born Aqsa Mahmood, 20 ... Glasgow woman left for Syria 'promoting terrorism'Scotsman all 23 news articles »

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Teenage girl allegedly en route to Syria is arrested in French airport - Los Angeles Times Mon, 01 Sep 2014 20:47:43 GMT

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Teenage girl allegedly en route to Syria is arrested in French airport Los Angeles Times A teenage girl planning to go to Syria was arrested at an airport in southern France this weekend, and a man accused of recruiting her was arrested hours later, a French government official said. Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve did not explicitly ... Suspected Jihadist Girl Arrested in France Before Trip to SyriaNBCNews.com all 66 news articles »

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UK could join American air strikes in Iraq and Syria, warns David Cameron - Telegraph.co.uk Tue, 02 Sep 2014 08:51:09 GMT

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UK could join American air strikes in Iraq and Syria, warns David Cameron Telegraph.co.uk The Prime Minister said he will re-examine the possibility of Britain launching military strikes in Iraq and Syria after calls for action by Conservative backbenchers. He compared the crisis to the one faced in Libya in 2011, when he launched air ... 'I smuggled jihadists into Syria'BBC News Killing of a British hostage by Isis would shift opinion on air strikes in ...The Independent UK raises terror threat level, citing risks out of Syria, IraqCNN The Guardian -teleSUR English all 1,531 news articles »

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Syria's foreign jihadis: Where do they come from? - CNN Tue, 02 Sep 2014 13:57:44 GMT

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Syria's foreign jihadis: Where do they come from? CNN At least two Americans have been killed in Syria, and the video of James Foley's beheading is narrated by a man who seems to have a London accent, raising fears about the number of American and British Muslims going to fight in Syria. But do the U.S ... and more »

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Iraq and Syria: the situation in six maps - Stuff.co.nz Tue, 02 Sep 2014 20:14:46 GMT

Iraq and Syria: the situation in six maps Stuff.co.nz In recent weeks the long-running Syrian civil war - which began after a brutal crackdown on protests against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad - has grown into a larger conflict as Arab Sunnis in Iraq, deeply dissatisfied with the Iraqi government in ... and more »

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Father who searched Syria for his son says he met 18-year-old Canadian Al ... - National Post Tue, 02 Sep 2014 23:14:30 GMT

National Post

Father who searched Syria for his son says he met 18-year-old Canadian Al ... National Post Although dozens of Canadians are believed to have left for Syria to join extremist factions, the teen encountered by the Belgian father is the youngest known to be fighting in the conflict. He was a member of the Al-Nusrah Front, a terrorist group ...