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Springtime For Assad: Syria Dictator In Spotlight As Potential US Ally Against ... - Huffington Post Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:54:53 GMT

Huffington Post

Springtime For Assad: Syria Dictator In Spotlight As Potential US Ally Against ... Huffington Post Assad, who has killed thousands in his brutal four-year fight against protesters and internationally backed rebels opposing his rule, is receiving better press in the U.S. than he has in years, prompting concern among some observers of Syria's conflict ... Exclusive: Obama Cuts Off Syrian Rebels? CashDaily Beast US rejects concerns it has abandoned Syria rebelsMiddle East Eye Covert CIA Mission to Arm Syrian Rebels Goes AwryWall Street Journal Antiwar.com -gulfnews.com all 23 news articles »

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Syria says approves UN $2.9 billion humanitarian aid plan for 2015 - Reuters Wed, 28 Jan 2015 18:39:16 GMT

Reuters

Syria says approves UN $2.9 billion humanitarian aid plan for 2015 Reuters Syrian diplomat Haydar Ali Ahmad told a U.N. Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Syria that the government wanted to ensure that "assistance reaches all those citizens in all parts of Syria without discrimination." "The Syrian ... UN aid effort struggling in SyriaYahoo News Polio immunization rate in Syria close to prewar levelThe Daily Star Polio immunization rate in Syria close to pre-war level - WHOAl-Arabiya Yahoo News UK -UN News Centre all 70 news articles »

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Israeli jets strike back after Syria's Golan attack: Israeli army - Reuters Wed, 28 Jan 2015 10:02:17 GMT

New York Times

Israeli jets strike back after Syria's Golan attack: Israeli army Reuters JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli airforce jets struck Syrian army artillery positions near the Israel-occupied Golan Heights on Wednesday, the military said, in retaliation for rockets launched in the area the previous day. Tensions have escalated in the ... Two Rockets Fired From Syria Hit Israeli-Controlled Part of Golan HeightsNew York Times Israel, Hezbollah Violence Flares in Golan HeightsVoice of America Israel warplanes launch 3 attacks on Syria army positionsPress TV Jerusalem Post Israel News -Wall Street Journal -Open Democracy all 2,117 news articles »

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Angelina Jolie on the Syrians and Iraqis Who Can't Go Home - New York Times Wed, 28 Jan 2015 23:27:33 GMT

New York Times

Angelina Jolie on the Syrians and Iraqis Who Can't Go Home New York Times I came to visit the camps and informal settlements where displaced Iraqis and Syrian refugees are desperately seeking shelter from the fighting that has convulsed their region. In almost four years of war, nearly half of Syria's population of 23 ... Angelina Jolie: Iraq, Syria worse than ever beforeMSNBC Angelina Jolie: We Must Help Syria, Iraq RefugeesNewser Angelina Jolie Writes NYT Op-Ed on Visiting Syria and Iraq: "Nothing Prepares ...Hollywood Reporter Telegraph.co.uk -TheWrap -The Indian Express all 117 news articles »

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US says air strikes pound Islamic State targets near Kobani, Syria - Reuters Wed, 28 Jan 2015 12:37:50 GMT

BBC News

US says air strikes pound Islamic State targets near Kobani, Syria Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and partner nations launched 13 air strikes near Kobani, Syria, in the last 24 hours, the U.S. military said, as they continued their air assault to help drive the last Islamic State forces out of city. The strikes around ... Syrian Kurds 'drive Islamic State out of Kobane'BBC News Syria crisis: Massive destruction revealed in Kobane after Kurds drive out ...ABC Online A small victory in Syria is no reason to celebrate as the Islamic State gets ...Washington Post Reuters UK -Fox News all 1,252 news articles »

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Two Numbers: Homesick for Syria - Newsweek Wed, 28 Jan 2015 20:16:34 GMT

Newsweek

Two Numbers: Homesick for Syria Newsweek Photographs of a rare snowstorm in January that flattened refugee camp tents in Lebanon and Jordan brought new attention to the plight of millions of Syrians driven from their homes by nearly four years of war. Since March 2011, fighting between troops ... Secret planting of up to 75000 Syrian Muslims begins in USWND.com all 25 news articles »

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Syrian opposition starts talks in Moscow, expectations low - Reuters Mon, 26 Jan 2015 22:18:50 GMT

Reuters

Syrian opposition starts talks in Moscow, expectations low Reuters The talks have been spurned by key political opposition and do not involve the main insurgent groups fighting on the ground nearly four years into the war in Syria. Opposition members who refused to attend cited Moscow's long-standing backing for ... Syrian Rebels Want To Fight Assad, But Now They'll Face ISISNPR (blog) Shifting Realities in SyriaNew York Times Assad: Erdogan is 'personally responsible' for Syrian chaosRudaw CBS News -Los Angeles Times -The Daily Star all 437 news articles »

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Map: How the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria has surged since October - Washington Post (blog) Tue, 27 Jan 2015 16:07:07 GMT

Washington Post (blog)

Map: How the flow of foreign fighters to Iraq and Syria has surged since October Washington Post (blog) The number of foreign fighters traveling to Iraq and Syria, mostly to fight alongside the Islamic State, has grown to 20,000 — up more than 5,000 from previous estimates made in October, according to the International Center for the Study of ... The number of foreigners fighting in Syria and Iraq just hit an alarming new ...Vox ISIS mobilizes 20000 foreign fighters in Syria, IraqWND.com Record number of foreign nationals fighting in Iraq and SyriaThe i100 all 20 news articles »

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Israeli aircraft strike positions in Syria - Israeli army - Reuters Wed, 28 Jan 2015 08:39:45 GMT

Israeli aircraft strike positions in Syria - Israeli army Reuters On Tuesday, at least two rockets from Syria hit the Golan Heights and Israel responded with artillery fire, the army said. That incident forced Israel to evacuate its Mt. Hermon ski resort on the Golan Heights, although a resort official said it had ...

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IDF hits Syrian military positions in response to rocket fire - Ynetnews Wed, 28 Jan 2015 11:07:03 GMT

IDF hits Syrian military positions in response to rocket fire Ynetnews Israeli Air Force warplanes attacked Syrian military targets shortly after midnight on Wednesday, as air raid sirens blared in the northern Golan Heights towns of El Rom, Neve Ativ, and several Druze villages. The IDF said no rockets had landed in ...