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Syria Deaths in 2014 Hit a New High, Group Says - New York Times Fri, 02 Jan 2015 03:49:43 GMT

New York Times

Syria Deaths in 2014 Hit a New High, Group Says New York Times More than 76,000 people died in Syria's civil war in 2014, including more than 3,500 children, a monitoring group reported on Thursday. The figures would make last year the deadliest in Syria since the conflict began in March 2011. The figures from the ... Syria conflict: 76000 die in deadliest year - activistsBBC News Syria's Assad Visits Troops on Front Line Near DamascusVoice of America Assad Makes Rare Visit To Syria Front LineSky News USA TODAY -Aljazeera.com -TIME all 235 news articles »

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US vet says fighting in Syria was as easy as buying airplane ticket to Miami - Fox News Fri, 02 Jan 2015 00:13:28 GMT

US vet says fighting in Syria was as easy as buying airplane ticket to Miami Fox News EXCLUSIVE: All it took was a plane ticket, and an informal background check over Facebook. Then he was ushered to the front lines in Syria, fighting against the Islamic State. In a rare, exclusive interview with Fox News, a U.S. military veteran with ...

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Video released of two Italian women held hostage in Syria - The Independent Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:21:57 GMT

The Independent

Video released of two Italian women held hostage in Syria The Independent Italian newspaper La Repubblica reports that the pair were kidnapped in August near Aleppo and, citing Arab media, claim they have been sold on through several militant groups in Syria. In the unverified video, Ramelli is holding a piece of paper ... Italian women held hostage by Syrian Islamists 'appeal for salvation' in videoRT Report: Video shows two Italian women held captive in Syriai24news 'Kidnapped Italian women in Syria' appear in videoYahoo News KPRC Houston -Mashable all 84 news articles »

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New Zealander thought to be fighting in Syria accidentally tweets locations - The Guardian Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:18:51 GMT

The Guardian

New Zealander thought to be fighting in Syria accidentally tweets locations The Guardian Taylor proudly displayed his burnt New Zealand passport in a Facebook post in June, in which he declared his move to Syria was a “one-way trip, no going back”. He claims to have since been in touch with New Zealand's passport office to secure a ... Geo-jihad: New Zealand militant accidentally tweets his Syria locationRT New Zealand Isis jihadist accidentally tweets his location from SyriaThe Independent New Zealand ISIS Militant Reveals Secret Hideout in Syria on Twitter; ISIS ...International Business Times AU Daily Mail -Press TV all 37 news articles »

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Iran in Iraq and Syria - The Economist Thu, 01 Jan 2015 00:26:32 GMT

Iran in Iraq and Syria The Economist MANY chefs have stirred the cauldron of war consuming Syria and Iraq, but perhaps none so vigorously or with so long and capacious a spoon as the Islamic Republic of Iran. Unlike the American-led international coalition formed to combat Islamic State ... and more »

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US launches TWENTY NINE air strikes over Syria and Iraq in blitz against ISIS - Daily Mail Thu, 01 Jan 2015 18:09:53 GMT

Daily Mail

US launches TWENTY NINE air strikes over Syria and Iraq in blitz against ISIS Daily Mail U.S. and Arab war planes launched 29 air strikes against Islamic State fighters and buildings across both Iraq and Syria overnight, according to military chiefs. Syrian targets included he Islamic State's defacto capital of Raqqa, and Kobane where ... US, partners hit Islamic State in Syria, IraqYahoo News US-led Forces Launch 10 Airstrikes in Syria, IraqVoice of America Syria and Iraq suffer record death tolls in 2014FRANCE 24 Christian Science Monitor -Asharq Alawsat English all 259 news articles »

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As Aleppo Goes, So Goes Syria? - CounterPunch Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:05:35 GMT

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As Aleppo Goes, So Goes Syria? CounterPunch The victor in Aleppo will achieve momentum which some military experts claim will lead them to control much of Syria and certainly nearly all of the major population centers. Aleppo is crucial for both sides as pressure builds daily and as many ... Militant mortar attack injures child near Syrian capitalPress TV Rebel mortar attack kills 13 in Syria's AleppoXinhua all 10 news articles »

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Syria's Assad shown hugging troops in embattled Damascus district - Yahoo News Thu, 01 Jan 2015 13:31:11 GMT

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Syria's Assad shown hugging troops in embattled Damascus district Yahoo News BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad visited a district on the outskirts of Damascus and thanked soldiers fighting "in the face of terrorism", his office said on Twitter late on Wednesday, posting pictures of the rare trip. Syrian ...

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Russia Seeks Advantage from America's Syria Paralysis - Commentary Magazine Thu, 01 Jan 2015 21:14:27 GMT

Russia Seeks Advantage from America's Syria Paralysis Commentary Magazine Last month, I had the opportunity to sit down and chat briefly with Salih Muslim, the head of Syria's Democratic Union Party (PYD) at a conference in Brussels, Belgium. Muslim is probably the most influential figure in Rojava, as Syrian Kurdistan is ...

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Vanguard of Syria's Uprising, Now on the Run From ISIS, Weighs a Bleak Future - New York Times Fri, 02 Jan 2015 03:00:11 GMT

New York Times

Vanguard of Syria's Uprising, Now on the Run From ISIS, Weighs a Bleak Future New York Times ANTAKYA, Turkey — The cigarette smoke in the hotel room grew as thick as the cottony fog outside in this Turkish border town, as Syrian men, night after night, told their war stories. Their memories veered from exhilaration to black humor to terror ... and more »