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Two Italian Aid Workers Held Hostage in Syria Are Released - New York Times Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:02:32 GMT

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Two Italian Aid Workers Held Hostage in Syria Are Released
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ROME — Two Italian women abducted by Islamist militants while doing aid work in northern Syria last year have been freed and are en route home, Italy's government announced Thursday. The women, Greta Ramelli and Vanessa Marzullo, believed to have ...
Two Italian Hostages Held in Syria by Al Qaeda's Nusra Front Are FreedNBCNews.com
Two Italian aid workers freed in Syria after multimillion-dollar ransom paidThe Guardian
Italy: 2 Italian Aid Workers Freed in SyriaABC News
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Exclusive: ISIS Gaining Ground in Syria, Despite U.S. Strikes - Daily Beast Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:58:50 GMT

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Exclusive: ISIS Gaining Ground in Syria, Despite U.S. Strikes
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Meanwhile, the Islamic extremist group does not appear to have suffered any major ground losses since the strikes began. The result is a net ground gain for ISIS, according to information compiled by two groups with on-the-ground sources. In Syria ...
Months of Airstrikes Fail to Slow Islamic State in SyriaWall Street Journal
US strikes 'showing little effect in Syria'The Australian (blog)
Mideast updatesHaaretz

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Islamic State 'beheads guerrilla' in eastern Syria - BBC News Thu, 15 Jan 2015 17:06:52 GMT

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Islamic State 'beheads guerrilla' in eastern Syria
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Islamic State (IS) is reported to have beheaded a man who they accused of setting up a guerrilla cell in eastern Syria that attacked its fighters. His decapitated body was crucified in the town of Mayadin, in Deir al-Zour province, the UK-based Syrian ...
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Video Feature: Malaysian Muslims Travel to Syria to Fight Assad - New York Times Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:18:22 GMT

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Video Feature: Malaysian Muslims Travel to Syria to Fight Assad
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KUALA KETIL, Malaysia — A year ago, Mohd Lotfi Ariffin bid his family goodbye and headed for Syria, where he intended to fulfill what he saw as his religious duty fighting President Bashar al-Assad. He left behind his wife, their six children and his ...

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UN to Renew Syria Talks, Seeking Aleppo Cease-Fire - New York Times Fri, 16 Jan 2015 03:32:38 GMT

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UN to Renew Syria Talks, Seeking Aleppo Cease-Fire
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GENEVA — The United Nations will resume talks with the Syrian government next week in the hope of achieving a cease-fire around Aleppo, the largest city in the north, the special envoy for Syria said Thursday. But the specifics remained hazy. “We are ...
UN envoy says Syria set back 40 years by war, calls for renewed push towards ...UN News Centre
End Syria's war, UN pleads, as Russia steps up diplomacyWashington Post
Kerry: US hopes Russian effort on Syria will succeedYahoo News
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Are Israel, Jabhat al-Nusra coordinating on attacks in Syria? - Al-Monitor Fri, 16 Jan 2015 01:29:05 GMT

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Are Israel, Jabhat al-Nusra coordinating on attacks in Syria?
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QUNEITRA, Syria — Since the start of the Syrian crisis, the Syrian regime has routinely accused Israel of playing a hidden role, from Qusair in the Homs countryside in May 2013 to the emergence and advances of the southern front in September 2014.
Syria militants execute woman for 'adultery': monitorYahoo News
Al Qaeda in Syria kills woman accused of adultery: monitorReuters
Assessing the Threat of al-Qaida affiliate Jabhat al-Nusra in Syria January ...Syria Deeply
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ISIS control of Syria reportedly expands since start of US-led airstrikes - Fox News Thu, 15 Jan 2015 15:20:42 GMT

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ISIS control of Syria reportedly expands since start of US-led airstrikes
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The Wall Street Journal, citing U.S. government and independent assessments, say that the Islamic State, commonly known as ISIS, has control of a large swath of northeastern Syria and is creeping toward key cities in the country's west, including ...
US Attacks Against ISIS 'Ineffective' in Syria; Australian Forces Working With ...International Business Times AU
US-led forces launch 22 air strikes against militants in Syria, IraqReuters Canada
US, partners continue airstrikes against IS in Syria, IraqXinhua

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Hezbollah chief threatens Israel over Syria strikes - Yahoo News Thu, 15 Jan 2015 20:19:29 GMT

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Hezbollah chief threatens Israel over Syria strikes
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Nasrallah, a key ally of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has sent thousands of fighters into Syria to help defend the regime. He said that Israeli strikes on Syria "target the whole of the resistance axis", which includes Hezbollah, Damascus and Tehran.
Nasrallah Vows Attack on Israel 'For Syria Strikes'Arutz Sheva

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Syrian Rebels, Government Reach Truce in Besieged Area - ABC News Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:05:25 GMT

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Syrian Rebels, Government Reach Truce in Besieged Area
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Western diplomats and local officials have championed local truces as a way of easing the suffering caused by Syria's four-year conflict, which the U.N. estimates has killed some 220,000 people. But critics say the truces reward Syrian government ...
Syrian Rebels And Government Reach Truce In Besieged AreaHuffington Post
Truce reached in besieged Syrian districtAljazeera.com
Warring sides agree to truce near Syria's HomsPress TV

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Five Canadians killed in Syria fighting with IS - Yahoo News Thu, 15 Jan 2015 06:47:11 GMT

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Five Canadians killed in Syria fighting with IS
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The National Post said Ottawa-born John Maguire, who joined IS jihadists in Syria in January 2013, died Wednesday in the flashpoint town Kobane. In a video message last year, the former University of Ottawa student warned Canada it faces retaliation ...
Ottawa man killed in Syria while fighting for ISIS, report saysToronto Star
Mother mourns Ottawa jihadi Maguire, believed killed in SyriaOttawa Citizen
Six Canadian Extremists Fighting For Islamic State Get Killed In SyriaInternational Business Times AU
Regina Leader-Post -CTV News
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