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US Syria policy in tatters after favoured 'moderate' rebels disband - The Guardian Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:05:38 GMT

The Guardian

US Syria policy in tatters after favoured 'moderate' rebels disband
The Guardian
Tension between Hazm and JAN – whose members have been bitter enemies for a long time – has been on the rise for months after Hazm sided with another FSA group, the Syria Revolutionary Front, when JAN was fighting that militia and expelled it from ...
Syrian rebel group that got US aid dissolvesWashington Post
US-Backed Rebel Group in Syria DisbandsWall Street Journal
The UN envoy to Syria's disastrous failureAl-Arabiya
Reuters -ABC News
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Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to a Drought Made Worse by Climate Change - New York Times Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:53:02 GMT

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Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to a Drought Made Worse by Climate Change
New York Times
Drawing one of the strongest links yet between global warming and human conflict, researchers said Monday that an extreme drought in Syria between 2006 and 2009 was most likely due to climate change, and that the drought was a factor in the violent ...
Global warming contributed to Syria's 2011 uprising, scientists claimThe Guardian
Climate change definitely contributed to the conflict in SyriaQuartz
Global warming helped trigger Syria's civil warMashable
Wired -ABC News
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Missing UK teens seen on video in Turkey before going to Syria - CNN Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:52:09 GMT

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Missing UK teens seen on video in Turkey before going to Syria
CNN
Authorities have said they have no reason to believe the girls are still in Turkey and believe they have crossed into neighboring Syria, parts of which have been taken over by Islamist terror group ISIS. The three east London classmates -- Shamima ...
CCTV shows British schoolgirls in Istanbul on way to Syria: mediaReuters
Syria girls: CCTV shows UK teenagers at Istanbul bus stationBBC News
Footage spots UK girls in Turkey en route to SyriaAl-Arabiya
TIME -wtvr.com
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US spy chief says 40 Americans who went to Syria have returned - Reuters Mon, 02 Mar 2015 21:31:36 GMT

Reuters

US spy chief says 40 Americans who went to Syria have returned
Reuters
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 180 Americans have traveled to Syria to join Islamist militants and around 40 of them have returned to the United States, the U.S. National Intelligence director, James Clapper, said on Monday. Clapper said not all those ...
Rejoice: Intelligence chief claims Americans who fought in Syria are no threat ...Hot Air
Intel Chief: Roughly 40 Americans Have Returned from SyriaTIME
ASU student travels to Syria for humanitarian effortsThe State Press
The Hill
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The Art Of Syrian Refugees Sends A Message. Is Anyone Listening? - NPR (blog) Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:41:30 GMT

NPR (blog)

The Art Of Syrian Refugees Sends A Message. Is Anyone Listening?
NPR (blog)
When Syrian artist Mohammed Al-Amari, 27, fled the country's civil war last winter he couldn't carry much. Just some clothes, and little else, he says. But he did manage to bring some "colors" with him — watercolors, pastels and even a few of his ...

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Syria: 19 Christians Have Been Released by the Islamic State, Local Leaders Say - New York Times Mon, 02 Mar 2015 01:16:13 GMT

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Syria: 19 Christians Have Been Released by the Islamic State, Local Leaders Say
New York Times
Nineteen of the Assyrian Christians seized by Islamic State militants last week in northeastern Syria have been freed, and they met with church officials in a cathedral in the city of Hasaka, local leaders said Sunday. Three of those freed were women ...
Activists Say ISIS Releases 19 Syrian ChristiansHuffington Post
Isis releases 19 of the Christians it kidnapped in Syria last weekThe Independent
Assyrian Christians Demand Arms, Support to Fight ISIS as Hundreds KidnappedBreitbart News
Daily Mail -Middle East Monitor
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ANNE R. PIERCE: Beware ISIS strategy that fortifies Russia, Iran, and Syria - Washington Times Mon, 02 Mar 2015 14:52:58 GMT

The Hill

ANNE R. PIERCE: Beware ISIS strategy that fortifies Russia, Iran, and Syria
Washington Times
Although the President now highlights the brutality and aggression of the Islamic State, he still whitewashes the brutality and aggression of established states Syria, Russia and Iran, and still ignores the need for grand strategy to deal with them.
Kerry: Syria 'a bigger challenge' than Iraq in terror fightThe Hill
THE LONE AMERCIAN VS. ISIS IN SYRIA: THE REAL RAMBO!The National Enquirer

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Syria's Civil War Could Stabilize Its Region - National Review Online Mon, 02 Mar 2015 17:17:31 GMT

Syria's Civil War Could Stabilize Its Region
National Review Online
Population shifts resulting from Syria's four-year long civil war have profoundly changed Syria and its three Arabic-speaking neighbors: Iraq, Lebanon, and Jordan. (Turkey and Israel have changed too, but less so.) Ironically, amid tragedy and horror, ...

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Mother recognised Mohammed Emwazi's voice on hostage videos - BBC News Mon, 02 Mar 2015 22:46:59 GMT

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Mother recognised Mohammed Emwazi's voice on hostage videos
BBC News
They said he told them he was going to do humanitarian work in Syria. Meanwhile the Department for Education is to investigate schools with links to pupils who have travelled to Syria. Quintin Kynaston Academy in north-west London, where Emwazi had ...
Jihadi John: Why are so many from Britain giving up everything to join a ...The Independent
Newly Released Emails Suggest 'Jihadi John' Was Suicidal Before Heading to ...RYOT

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Syria girls: CCTV shows students at Istanbul bus station - BBC News Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:04:45 GMT

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Syria girls: CCTV shows students at Istanbul bus station
BBC News
CCTV images have emerged showing the three British teenage girls who are believed to have gone to Syria to join Islamic State. The footage shows them at an Istanbul bus station, waiting for a bus believed to have taken them to the Syrian border, which ...