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Pentagon denies attempted Special Operations raid in Syria - Washington Post Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:42:06 GMT

Military Times

Pentagon denies attempted Special Operations raid in Syria Washington Post U.S. military officials on Friday denied reports that the U.S.-led military coalition overseeing operations in Iraq and Syria launched a Special Operations raid in the Islamic State's stronghold, following a burst of claims from activists in the region ... US vet says fighting in Syria was as easy as buying airplane ticket to MiamiFox News Saudi IS cleric killed in northern SyriaMilitary Times US launches 23 air strikes against Isis in Syria and IraqThe Guardian Deutsche Welle -The Hill all 233 news articles »

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Syria Deaths Hit New High in 2014, Observer Group Says - New York Times Fri, 02 Jan 2015 13:14:13 GMT

New York Times

Syria Deaths Hit New High in 2014, Observer Group Says New York Times The group, based in Britain, uses a network of contacts inside Syria to tally casualties, and its figures cannot be independently corroborated. The United Nations, which once regularly documented the numbers of dead and wounded in Syria, discontinued ... 2014 was not a good year for Syria, will 2015 be better?AOL News More Than 76000 Killed in Syria in 2014, Making it the Deadliest Year YetTIME This is how new year's eve was celebrated in SyriaChannel 4 News Voice of America -BBC News -Aljazeera.com all 358 news articles »

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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 23:33:35 GMT

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 »

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Italian aid workers kidnapped in Syria issue video plea - Daily Mail Fri, 02 Jan 2015 09:59:29 GMT

Daily Mail

Italian aid workers kidnapped in Syria issue video plea Daily Mail Two Italian aid workers captured by Islamic extremists in Syria this summer are believed to have appeared in a new video begging for their lives. Greta Ramelli, 20, and Vanessa Marzullo, 21, were captured by militants believed to be from Al-Qaeda ... 'Kidnapped Italian Women in Syria' appear in videoAl-Arabiya Video released of two Italian women held hostage in SyriaThe Independent Video Claims To Show Italian Hostages In SyriaHuffington Post Mashable -RT all 117 news articles »

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American Volunteers Refuse to Abandon Syria's Children - NBCNews.com Fri, 02 Jan 2015 22:14:39 GMT

NBCNews.com

American Volunteers Refuse to Abandon Syria's Children NBCNews.com Sergie Attar, 40, a mother of two and a writer and architect, and painter Kinda Hibrawi, 36, helped launch Karam Foundation, a U.S. charity to aid Syrians in need, especially children. "Our job is to try to bring as much hope as possible," Hibrawi said ... and more »

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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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2014 proves deadly year for Iraq, Syria - The Hill Fri, 02 Jan 2015 16:22:19 GMT

teleSUR English

2014 proves deadly year for Iraq, Syria The Hill Iraq suffered its deadliest year since the 2011 pullout of U.S. forces, and Syria totaled 2014 casualties in the tens of thousands amid U.S. military operations in both countries, according to reports. The United Nations said Friday that 12,282 ... Iraq and Syria's Deadly 2014teleSUR English 2014 Was Deadly Year in Both Iraq, SyriamyCentralOregon.com all 7 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 ... New Zealand Isis jihadist accidentally tweets location from SyriaThe Independent Geo-jihad: New Zealand militant accidentally tweets his Syria locationRT New Zealand jihadist accidentally posts his location in Syria on TwitterDaily Mail International Business Times AU -AMT News all 49 news articles »

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Russia: Syria's game changer - Arab News Fri, 02 Jan 2015 21:09:02 GMT

Ya Libnan

Russia: Syria's game changer Arab News When the civil war in Syria flared up in 2012, I regularly issued the call; “This has nothing directly to do with Assad. Russia must be convinced to bring about a solution.” The emphasis in those persistent calls at that time was on “the need to make ... Confusion continues over Syria peace talks in MoscowYa Libnan Syria opposition group: Assad must go for any peace plan to workYahoo News UN envoy to be represented at Jan. 26-29 Syria talks in MoscowReuters Press TV -Al-Arabiya all 132 news articles »

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US-led Forces Launch 10 Airstrikes in Syria, Iraq - Voice of America Wed, 31 Dec 2014 16:53:52 GMT

Voice of America

US-led Forces Launch 10 Airstrikes in Syria, Iraq Voice of America The U.S.-led coalition launched seven airstrikes in Syria and three in Iraq on Wednesday against Islamic State militants, the Combined Joint Task Force said in a statement. In Syria, five of the airstrikes were near Kobani and two were near al Hasakah ... US and its allies hit IS in Syria, IraqEyewitness News US, partners hit Islamic State in Syria, IraqYahoo News Syria Kurds control 70 percent of besieged Kobani: monitorThe Daily Star Christian Science Monitor -Jakarta Post all 293 news articles »