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Why Airstrikes In Syria Won't Work - Daily Beast Thu, 04 Sep 2014 23:57:25 GMT

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Why Airstrikes In Syria Won't Work
Daily Beast
And in the absence of an immediate threat to our homeland from ISIS planners in Syria—something Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson acknowledged does not yet exist—the most profound consequence of U.S. airstrikes may be to give us greater ...
In northeast Syria, Islamic State builds a governmentReuters
Dem senator plans bill to approve airstrikes in Syria, as Obama hedges on planFox News
US Believes a Dozen Americans Are Fighting With ISIS in SyriaABC News (blog)
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Jihad Interrupted: Feds Grab ISIS 'Wannabes' Before They Reach Syria - NBCNews.com Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:46:38 GMT

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Jihad Interrupted: Feds Grab ISIS 'Wannabes' Before They Reach Syria
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They are known as “the wannabes” -- a small group of mostly young Americans whose devotion to Islam calls them like a siren to two of the world's bloodiest military conflicts. But while their efforts to reach ISIS and other extremist groups in Syria ...
American fails in bid to join ISIL in SyriaYahoo News

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US: Terrorist Could Get Syria Chemical Weapons - ABC News Thu, 04 Sep 2014 20:49:42 GMT

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US: Terrorist Could Get Syria Chemical Weapons
ABC News
The joint mission of the United Nations and the Organization for the prohibition of Chemical Weapons will end at the end of the month after destroying nearly all of Syria's declared stockpile. But Kaag said the OPCW is still working with Syria to ...
Syria May Have Hidden Chemical Arms, US SaysNew York Times
UN cites concerns over possible gaps in Syria's declared chemical armsReuters
US warns ISIS could get ahold of Syria's chemical weaponsDaily Mail

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To fight the Islamic State, end the war in Syria - Al Jazeera America Thu, 04 Sep 2014 10:07:45 GMT

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To fight the Islamic State, end the war in Syria
Al Jazeera America
In the wake of the Islamic State's takeover of parts of northern Iraq and Syria, several foreign policy hawks have blamed the Obama administration for failing to intervene in Syria's civil war. They claim that had the U.S. provided more arms to the ...
Journalist beheaded by ISIS in Syria was son of Philly-born manPhilly.com
Steven Sotloff's fixer in Syria tried to get him released last yearCBC.ca
Steven Sotloff Beheaded by ISIS, Becoming 70th Journalist Killed Covering ...Democracy Now
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Israel retaliates over fire from Syria - The Daily Star Thu, 04 Sep 2014 14:10:53 GMT

The Daily Star

Israel retaliates over fire from Syria
The Daily Star
In a statement, the military said it appeared the shooting from Syria was "errant fire" from battles between forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad and rebels trying to topple him. Such fighting, now in its fourth year, has often spilled over ...
Israel trusts no one on its newly chaotic border with SyriaThe Economist
Golan Heights: Israel fires into Syria after 'errant fire'CBC.ca
IDF attacks Syrian army position in response to cross-border fireJerusalem Post
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UK could launch strikes against Isis in Syria without Assad's support, says PM - The Guardian Thu, 04 Sep 2014 12:30:48 GMT

The Guardian

UK could launch strikes against Isis in Syria without Assad's support, says PM
The Guardian
He suggested the west would not need an invitation from Assad under international law to strike at Isis within Syrian borders. Speaking at the start of the Nato summit in Wales, Cameron ramped up the case for UK involvement in air strikes in Iraq ...
UK: Syria strikes possible without Assad inviteAl-Arabiya
David Cameron makes the case for air strikes on Isis in Syria and Iraq and ...The Independent
​UK doesn't need Assad's permission to launch airstrikes in Syria – CameronRT (blog)
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Syria's Generation in Waiting - The Atlantic Thu, 04 Sep 2014 17:49:04 GMT

Syria's Generation in Waiting
The Atlantic
Syria's protracted political crisis— more than three years of debilitating ruin and elusive compromise —has ripped families from their homes, their country, and each other. There are now more than 3 million Syrian refugees registered in the region ...

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Iraq and Syria: Who are the foreign fighters? - BBC News Thu, 04 Sep 2014 11:48:08 GMT

BBC News

Iraq and Syria: Who are the foreign fighters?
BBC News
The New York-based Soufan Group and the London-based International Centre for the Study of Radicalization suggest that the total number of foreign fighters in Syria at present is between 11,000 and 12,000, with only about 3,000 of them from the West.

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13 Civilians Killed in Bus Attack in Eastern Syria - ABC News Wed, 03 Sep 2014 13:35:54 GMT

13 Civilians Killed in Bus Attack in Eastern Syria
ABC News
A Syrian government airstrike hit a bus carrying civilians in eastern Syria on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, most of them children, opposition activists said. But the government in the capital, Damascus, blamed the Islamic State group for the ...


ISIS-affiliated militants kidnap dozens in Iraq - CBS News Thu, 04 Sep 2014 21:23:50 GMT

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ISIS-affiliated militants kidnap dozens in Iraq
CBS News
BAGHDAD -- Militants affiliated with the extremist group known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, abducted dozens of men from a Sunni village north of Baghdad Thursday, residents said, as two separate car bombings killed 23 people in the ...
Global Drive to Stop Jihadis Going to Syria, IraqABC News
Iraq and Syria: the situation in six mapsStuff.co.nz
Global effort underway to stop jihadis going to Syria, IraqPress Herald

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