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From Syria, an Atlas of a Country in Ruins - New York Times Sat, 14 Feb 2015 02:00:44 GMT

New York Times

From Syria, an Atlas of a Country in Ruins New York Times Recent satellite image analysis by Unitar-Unosat, an agency of the United Nations, reveals vast devastation in major cities across Syria from the civil war that started nearly four years ago. The four cities below are among those analyzed by the agency ...

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UN Envoy Says Assad Is Crucial to Defusing Conflict in Syria - New York Times Sat, 14 Feb 2015 02:31:17 GMT

New York Times

UN Envoy Says Assad Is Crucial to Defusing Conflict in Syria New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Appearing to address one of the core issues that have derailed peace talks in Syria, the United Nations special envoy for the country on Friday described President Bashar al-Assad as a crucial part of the solution to ending the war ... UN envoy says Assad part of solution for easing Syria violenceReuters Assad 'part of the solution' in Syria: UN envoyYahoo News UN envoy to Syria says Assad a key figure to ending bloodshedDeutsche Welle all 103 news articles »

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ISIS says it's holding 'Israeli spy' in Syria - Al-Arabiya Fri, 13 Feb 2015 20:29:33 GMT

Reuters

ISIS says it's holding 'Israeli spy' in Syria Al-Arabiya Shurbaji had phoned an Israeli security official from Syria to broker a deal. The Shin Bet source said such communications with Israeli Arabs who wanted to return from Syria had sometimes been handled by Ayoob Kara, an Israeli Druse politician and ... Islamic State says it's holding 'Israeli spy' in SyriaReuters Islamic State claims Israeli spy captured in SyriaWashington Times Family of Israeli Arab 'held' by ISIS: He went to Syria, but he's no Mossad spyHaaretz The Times of Israel all 63 news articles »

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"Kayla Mueller And The Impossibly Dangerous Job Of Providing Aid To Syria" - ThinkProgress Fri, 13 Feb 2015 14:34:53 GMT

ThinkProgress

"Kayla Mueller And The Impossibly Dangerous Job Of Providing Aid To Syria" ThinkProgress Kayla Mueller knew that she was putting herself in harm's way when she slipped from to the Turkish-Syrian border into Syria, but the 26-year-old American felt compelled to help. “This really is my life's work, to go where there is suffering,” she wrote ... Humanitarian crisis in Iraq and Syria: MEPs call for aid and donor conferenceEuropean Parliament (press release) all 12 news articles »

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Air strikes in Syria kill at least 20 Islamic State fighters: monitor - Reuters Fri, 13 Feb 2015 09:19:54 GMT

Eyewitness News

Air strikes in Syria kill at least 20 Islamic State fighters: monitor Reuters One civilian was also killed in the air strikes, he said. The U.S.-led alliance started bombing Islamic State targets in Syria in September as part of a strategy aimed at rolling back the group's territorial gains in Syria and Iraq. Jordanian war ... Air strikes kill 21 in SyriaEyewitness News Air strikes in Syria kill 20 Daesh fightersgulfnews.com Airstrikes in Syria kill at least 20 ISIS fighters: activistsThe Daily Star all 82 news articles »

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Militants ask Israel to bomb southern Syria: Report - Press TV Fri, 13 Feb 2015 21:42:33 GMT

Press TV

Militants ask Israel to bomb southern Syria: Report Press TV The report also added that Mendi Safadi, who served as former Likud Deputy Minister Ayoub Kara's chief of staff, met with members of the militant groups from Syria in Bulgaria around 10 days ago and “traveled in the region, met with activists, and ... Analysis: Hezbollah fighters, Iranian operatives flowing into southern SyriaJerusalem Post Israel News In Syria, a New Battlefront OpensSTRATFOR Fresh Offensive, Hezbollah Troops Fast Approaching Israeli Border From Syrian ...Yahoo News Your Middle East -Antiwar.com all 44 news articles »

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Bashar al-Assad interview: Jeremy Bowen meets Syria's great survivor - New Statesman Fri, 13 Feb 2015 12:52:36 GMT

New Statesman

Bashar al-Assad interview: Jeremy Bowen meets Syria's great survivor New Statesman The president's most controversial statement to me was a flat denial that Syrian forces had used barrel bombs – large tubs of explosive and projectiles dropped from helicopters – against areas where civilians could be killed. The attacks have been well ... Is Syria Falling to Al-Qaeda?SITE Intelligence Group (subscription) (blog) Syria says war on terrorism will continuePress TV Syria crisis: The harrowing stories that show why the atrocities committed by ...The Independent CCTV-America -Al-Arabiya all 116 news articles »

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Islamic State magazine claims widow of Paris attacker is in Syria - Washington Post Thu, 12 Feb 2015 23:41:58 GMT

AsiaOne

Islamic State magazine claims widow of Paris attacker is in Syria Washington Post LONDON — The widow of one of the assailants in last month's terrorist attacks in Paris says she is being sheltered by the Islamic State in Syria, according to a purported interview in an online magazine posted Thursday by the militant group. The ... ISIS magazine claims Hayat Boumeddiene is in SyriaCNN all 217 news articles »

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Parents of Austin Tice, journalist missing in Syria, launch ad campaign - Washington Post Sat, 14 Feb 2015 01:26:58 GMT

Mashable

Parents of Austin Tice, journalist missing in Syria, launch ad campaign Washington Post The parents of an American reporter held captive in Syria for more than two years are asking Americans to sign an online petition urging the U.S. government to step up its efforts to get him home and to post photographs of themselves symbolically ... More than two years after Austin Tice disappeared in Syria, his family wants ...Mashable all 4 news articles »

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Friends: US Woman Held by IS Was Determined to Get to Syria - ABC News Thu, 12 Feb 2015 01:49:37 GMT

Washington Post (blog)

Friends: US Woman Held by IS Was Determined to Get to Syria ABC News Friends say the American woman taken hostage by Islamic State militants was determined to get to Syria and learned Arabic so she could perform aid work and advocate for causes in the Middle East. Kayla Mueller, 26, traveled to the Palestine territories ... US Hostage Kayla Mueller Remembered for Humanitarian Work from Syria to ...Democracy Now! Who was Kayla Mueller and what was she doing in Syria? (+video)Christian Science Monitor How Kayla Mueller's pro-Palestinian activism led her to SyriaWashington Post (blog) all 2,785 news articles »