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Dispatch: Syria rebels 'burned down churches and destroyed Christian graves' - Telegraph.co.uk Sat, 03 Jan 2015 14:11:19 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Dispatch: Syria rebels 'burned down churches and destroyed Christian graves' Telegraph.co.uk When this assault began last year, Turkey's then prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, was facing a general election and his rebel allies in Syria were losing ground to regime forces. The offensive on Kessab was intended to bolster both the insurgents ... and more »

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

Deutsche Welle

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 Airstrikes, rival shelling kill dozens in SyriaDeutsche Welle Saudi IS cleric killed in northern SyriaMilitary Times Center for Research on Globalization all 571 news articles »

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Report: Two hostage rescues fail in Syria - The Hill Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:03:15 GMT

International Business Times UK

Report: Two hostage rescues fail in Syria The Hill Coalition forces pounded Raqqa, an ISIS stronghold in Syria, with airstrikes Thursday night and, at the same time, tried to undertake two hostage rescue missions, according to Raqqa is Silently Being Slaughtered, an activist group opposed to Syrian ... Syria Isis news: US Special Forces mission to rescue Jordanian pilot fails ...International Business Times UK all 25 news articles »

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Syria's Qaeda wing fights Hezbollah near Lebanon border - Reuters Sat, 03 Jan 2015 17:58:41 GMT

Globalnews.ca

Syria's Qaeda wing fights Hezbollah near Lebanon border Reuters Three Hezbollah fighters, five Syrian soldiers and more than 15 members of al Qaeda's Syria wing Nusra Front were killed when Nusra attacked Flita, a village just inside Syria in the Qalamoun mountain range, Lebanese and Syrian security sources said. Syria Wants Coordination With Lebanon on New Visa RulesNew York Times Syrian envoy seeks coordination with Lebanon over new visa restrictionsGlobalnews.ca all 147 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 ... More Than 76000 Killed in Syria in 2014, Making it the Deadliest Year YetTIME Syria's Assad Visits Troops on Front Line Near DamascusVoice of America Syria conflict: 76000 die in deadliest year - activistsBBC News Aljazeera.com -AOL News -Channel 4 News all 381 news articles »

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

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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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As Refugee Tide Swells, Lebanon Plans a Visa Requirement for Syrians - New York Times Sat, 03 Jan 2015 08:26:55 GMT

New York Times

As Refugee Tide Swells, Lebanon Plans a Visa Requirement for Syrians New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — For the first time since colonial powers carved Syria and Lebanon into separate countries, Syrians will soon need visas to enter Lebanon, the latest and most significant in a series of new measures by Syria's neighbors to try to ...

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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

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 »

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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 ... Video released of two Italian women held hostage in SyriaThe Independent 'Kidnapped Italian Women in Syria' appear in videoAl-Arabiya Video Claims To Show Italian Hostages In SyriaHuffington Post The Times of Israel all 120 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 »