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Bashar al-Assad dismisses US position on negotiating end to Syria war - The Guardian Tue, 17 Mar 2015 01:50:56 GMT

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Bashar al-Assad dismisses US position on negotiating end to Syria war The Guardian “There is no future for a brutal dictator like Assad in Syria,” said Marie Harf. The format for talks remained the Geneva conference, whose second and last session ended without results over a year ago. If talks were to resume they would certainly ... Syria's Assad says wants actions, not words from KerryReuters Kerry Suggests There Is a Place for Assad in Syria TalksNew York Times This 4-year-old report shows how badly Syria spiraled out of controlBusiness Insider Newsweek -ABC News -CBC.ca all 989 news articles »

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London teenagers stopped from entering Syria 'after parents raised alarm' - The Guardian Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:24:37 GMT

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London teenagers stopped from entering Syria 'after parents raised alarm' The Guardian According to the Times, the teenagers were stopped from reaching Syria in part because of a swift warning from the parents of the two 17-year-olds. They immediately raised the alarm after the boys, from a Pakistani community in Brent, went missing ... British teens face terror charges after being detained en route to SyriaCNN Syria-bound UK teens stopped in Turkey released on bailBBC News UK Arrests 3 Teens Stopped in Turkey on Way to SyriaABC News Wall Street Journal -The Globe and Mail -Sky News all 1,841 news articles »

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Why Pelosis Syria Visit Remains Indefensible - National Review Online Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:44:40 GMT

Why Pelosis Syria Visit Remains Indefensible National Review Online With the tacit approval of the Syrian regime, between 2005 and 2008, foreign jihadists flooded along the arterial highways that connect eastern Syria and western Iraq. Once in Iraq, they joined up with facilitators from the Islamic State's precursor ...

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Syria field post: 'I had to do procedures I'd never seen. YouTube helped a lot' - The Guardian Mon, 16 Mar 2015 09:42:59 GMT

The Guardian

Syria field post: 'I had to do procedures I'd never seen. YouTube helped a lot' The Guardian But during the Syrian revolution that started four years ago, I was forced to do everything. I had help from normal civilians who did not study medicine, and I had to teach them basic first aid, medicine and surgery. I had to do everything: vascular ...

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Syria's Piano Man Sings The Stories Of The War - Huffington Post Mon, 16 Mar 2015 19:32:45 GMT

Syria's Piano Man Sings The Stories Of The War Huffington Post On the streets of his bombed-out neighborhood, Ayham Ahmad plays a battered piano and sings the stories of Syria's war. Four years of conflict have brought his hometown of Yarmouk -- a Palestinian refugee camp on the outskirts of Damascus -- to its knees.

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An anniversary of horrors in Syria - Washington Post Tue, 17 Mar 2015 00:38:22 GMT

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An anniversary of horrors in Syria Washington Post FOUR YEARS ago this week people across Syria began marching peacefully to demand democratic reforms. The country they sought to improve literally no longer exists. In death, destruction, refugees and sheer horror, Syria's war outstrips any other of ... Syrian president waits 'actions' from US to back declarations of potential ...RT Moscow invites UN mediator to next Syria talks in early April: IfaxReuters Syria civil war: Is it too late for a peace deal?BBC News all 67 news articles »

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Iranian Fighter-bombers Operating in Syria - bellingcat Mon, 16 Mar 2015 14:53:19 GMT

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Iranian Fighter-bombers Operating in Syria bellingcat The Syrian Arab Air Force (SyAAF), entangled in a bloody civil war that will soon reach its four-year mark, relies heavily on Russia and Iran to keep attrition from diminishing its firepower. After having upgraded several SyAAF Mi-17s with armour ...

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An Ever-Bleaker Syria, From All Vantage Points - New York Times Sat, 14 Mar 2015 18:46:15 GMT

New York Times

An Ever-Bleaker Syria, From All Vantage Points New York Times BEIRUT, Lebanon — Government helicopters rained barrel bombs on villages across Syria last week, killing civilians and demolishing homes. Hundreds of combatants died in battles that failed to move the front lines. And activists spread videos of hungry ... Searching for light in war-torn SyriaBBC News Failure to end crisis in Syria 'diminishes us all' – UN refugees envoy ...UN News Centre Syria four years on: What prospect for peace?Aljazeera.com U.S. News & World Report -Deutsche Welle -Daily Mail all 166 news articles »

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My Daughter Didn't Lure Teen Girls to ISIS in Syria: Dad - NBCNews.com Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:27:52 GMT

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My Daughter Didn't Lure Teen Girls to ISIS in Syria: Dad NBCNews.com LONDON — A "bedroom radical" who left home to join ISIS denies that she recruited three missing schoolgirls to Syria, her family said Monday. Aqsa Mahmood, who left her home in Britain in 2013 and married an ISIS fighter, told her family that she was ... Isis schoolgirls: Aqsa Mahmood's parents say she denies recruiting teenagers ...The Independent Parents of Aqsa Mahmood who fled to Syria denies she recruited London ...Daily Mail all 15 news articles »

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Chechen refugee took children from Netherlands to Syria 'to join Isis' - The Guardian Mon, 16 Mar 2015 17:16:51 GMT

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Chechen refugee took children from Netherlands to Syria 'to join Isis' The Guardian “She first tried to leave unsuccessfully from Germany, then some time later travelled from Belgium to Greece and onward to Syria,” den Hartigh told the Dutch broadcaster NOS. “We have an international alert out but now they're there, there's not much ... Dutch mother snatches son and daughter to join ISIS in SyriaDaily Mail Islamic State: 'Kidnapped' Dutch children taken to SyriaBBC News Isis: Chechen mother takes children from Netherlands to Syria without father's ...International Business Times UK all 77 news articles »