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UN Envoy to Syria Announces Possible Truce in Aleppo - New York Times Wed, 18 Feb 2015 01:46:50 GMT

New York Times
UN Envoy to Syria Announces Possible Truce in Aleppo
New York Times
The announcement was made by the envoy, Staffan de Mistura, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's special representative for Syria, after he briefed diplomats during a closed session of the Security Council. It also came as Mr. Assad's forces launched a new ...
UN Envoy: Syria Willing to Suspend Aleppo Strikes 6 WeeksABC News
Syrian army makes rapid advance north of Aleppo: monitorReuters
UN Envoy Says Syria Willing to Suspend Aleppo Strikes for Six WeeksWall Street Journal
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US to Give Some Syria Rebels Ability to Call Airstrikes - Wall Street Journal Tue, 17 Feb 2015 23:25:17 GMT

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US to Give Some Syria Rebels Ability to Call Airstrikes
Wall Street Journal
WASHINGTON—The U.S. has decided to provide pickup trucks equipped with machine guns and radios for calling in U.S. airstrikes to some moderate Syrian rebels, defense officials said. But the scope of any bombing hasn't been worked out—a reflection of ...
Moderate Syrian rebels 'to be given power to call in US air strikes'Telegraph.co.uk

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Deah Barakat's death brings Syria's dental health crisis to light - Al Jazeera America Tue, 17 Feb 2015 15:53:49 GMT

Deah Barakat's death brings Syria's dental health crisis to light
Al Jazeera America
The murder of Syrian-American dental student Deah Barakat cast a shadow over the fourth annual Syrian-American Medical Society (SAMS) fundraising conference, held this past weekend in Arizona. Since last summer, Barakat, 23, had been working with ...

US, Turkey soon to sign Syrian opposition train-and-equip deal - Reuters Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:38:35 GMT

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US, Turkey soon to sign Syrian opposition train-and-equip deal
Reuters
The U.S. military has said it is planning to send more than 400 troops, including special operations forces, to train Syrian moderates at sites outside Syria as part of the fight against the Islamic State. U.S. officials have said they plan to train ...
Syria conflict: US and Turkey near Syrian rebels dealBBC News
US, Turkey agree 'in principle' to train Syria rebelsAl-Arabiya
US and Ankara close to deal to train FSA in TurkeyAljazeera.com
Press TV -Arutz Sheva
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Conditions for Syria's displaced just keep getting worse, aid officials lament - McClatchy Washington Bureau Wed, 18 Feb 2015 03:51:54 GMT

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Conditions for Syria's displaced just keep getting worse, aid officials lament
McClatchy Washington Bureau
Kelly Clements U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration talks to reporters during a press conference on new aid commitment of $125 million to the World Food Program, to assist the feeding of millions ...
Aid Not Reaching Millions in SyriaVoice of America
Four years on, civilian deaths continue in SyriaAl-Monitor
US announces another $125 million in aid for Syria crisisThe Daily Star

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Syria conflict: Army 'blocks key road from rebel-held Aleppo' - BBC News Tue, 17 Feb 2015 11:38:52 GMT

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Syria conflict: Army 'blocks key road from rebel-held Aleppo'
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Syrian government forces have captured several villages north of Aleppo as they seek to cut a key supply route for rebels inside the city, activists say. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said heavy fighting had stopped traffic on the main road ...

Syria and Iraq: In Search of a Strategy - Huffington Post Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:02:35 GMT

Syria and Iraq: In Search of a Strategy
Huffington Post
The international community continues to witness the perpetual violence of terrorist groups such as Daesh, also called the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIL, ISIS or IS), the beheading machine pretending to be a state. With Daesh, crime now has a ...

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Hezbollah intervention in Syria 'legitimate': Russian ambassador to Lebanon - The Daily Star Tue, 17 Feb 2015 09:34:26 GMT

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Hezbollah intervention in Syria 'legitimate': Russian ambassador to Lebanon
The Daily Star
BEIRUT: Hezbollah's intervention in the Syrian conflict where it is fighting alongside government forces is legitimate, as long as foreign fighters are swelling the ranks of the opposition, Russian ambassador to Lebanon Alexander Zasypkin said in ...
Lebanon: Russian envoy calls Hezbollah intervention in Syria" legitimate"Ya Libnan
Sayyed Nasrallah to those Who Criticize Hezbollah on Syria Fight: Join UsAl-Manar TV
Nasrallah to Those Who Criticize Hezbollah on Syria Fight: Join UsTasnim News Agency (press release)
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The situation in Syria is only going to get worse ... and here's why - The Guardian Mon, 16 Feb 2015 12:36:21 GMT

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The situation in Syria is only going to get worse ... and here's why
The Guardian
I vividly recall my conversations with refugees when the Syria conflict was just one year old. There were still fewer than a million people who had fled for safety to neighboring countries, I made my first visit to Lebanon's Bekaa valley, where ...

Anti-ISIS coalition hits key targets in Iraq, Syria - Al-Arabiya Tue, 17 Feb 2015 01:09:29 GMT

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Anti-ISIS coalition hits key targets in Iraq, Syria
Al-Arabiya
The United States and its allies have destroyed key targets of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) in their latest series of airstrikes against the militant group, the U.S. military said Sunday, according to Reuters news agency. Three airstrikes ...

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