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Syria death reported of ex-British marine fighting alongside Kurds - BBC News Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:17:43 GMT

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Syria death reported of ex-British marine fighting alongside Kurds
BBC News
A former Royal Marine has become the first Briton to be killed while fighting alongside Kurdish forces against Islamic State in Syria, the Kurdish militia has told the BBC. The Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) named him as Konstandinos Erik ...
First UK national to be killed fighting ISIS in Syria named as former British ...Daily Mail
British Royal Marine dies fighting Isis militants in Syria – reportsThe Guardian
British ex-Royal Marine 'killed fighting ISIS in Syria'Mirror.co.uk
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New Study Says Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian Civil War - Slate Magazine (blog) Wed, 04 Mar 2015 01:30:30 GMT

Slate Magazine (blog)

New Study Says Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian Civil War
Slate Magazine (blog)
We know the basic story in Syria by now: From 2006-2010, an unprecedented drought forced the country from a groundwater-intensive breadbasket of the region to a net food importer. Farmers abandoned their homes—school enrollment in some areas ...
Global warming contributed to Syria's 2011 uprising, scientists claimThe Guardian
Climate Change Helped Spark Syrian War, Study SaysNational Geographic
Researchers Link Syrian Conflict to a Drought Made Worse by Climate ChangeNew York Times
Huffington Post -Quartz -Scientific American
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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
US policy towards Syria has suffered a new blow with the dissolution of the Hazm movement, its favoured and best-known rebel group – raising tough questions about Washington's strategy and limiting its future options. Hazm (“Determination”) announced ...
Syrian rebel group that got US aid dissolvesWashington Post
US-Backed Rebel Group in Syria DisbandsWall Street Journal
Syria: al-Qaeda Nusra Front 'seizes' hi-tech weapons after defeat of US-armed ...International Business Times UK
UN News Centre
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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

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US spy chief says 40 Americans who went to Syria have returned
Reuters
He reiterated that the priority of the United States and its allies in Syria now was the fight against Islamic State. But he said the United States still believed it was essential that Assad leave office because the "magnet for all of this extremism ...
US Intel Chief: Roughly 40 Americans Have Returned From SyriaTIME
Rejoice: Intelligence chief claims Americans who fought in Syria are no threat ...Hot Air
US Spy Chief Says 40 Americans Who Returned From Syria Don't Pose Security ...International Business Times
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Christian militia in Syria defends ancient settlements against Isis - The Guardian Tue, 03 Mar 2015 12:38:14 GMT

The Guardian

Christian militia in Syria defends ancient settlements against Isis
The Guardian
In Syria though, the upheaval across the border, its own civil war and then the rise of the jihadis had not had the same existential effect on the Assyrians. Until now. Last Monday, an estimated 8,000 Assyians remained in the heartland area near ...
Catholic aid group sends money to support Christian refugees in SyriaCatholic Herald Online
Assyrian refugees flood into Lebanon amid Syria violenceAl-Bawaba
Catholic aid group channels money to help Christians displaced in SyriaToday's Catholic News

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Jihadi fighters are portrayed as 'eye candy' to lure young British Muslim ... - Express.co.uk Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:02:13 GMT

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Jihadi fighters are portrayed as 'eye candy' to lure young British Muslim ...
Express.co.uk
Questions have also been raised about what contact the girls may have had with extremists after a message sent from a Twitter account under the name of Begum was sent to Aqsa Mahmood - who left Glasgow for Syria to become a "jihadi bride" in 2013.

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Syria's militant groups - Financial Times Wed, 04 Mar 2015 02:33:26 GMT

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Syria's militant groups
Financial Times
Al-Qaeda's Syria franchise, it is one of the most powerful militant groups in Syria. After being forced out of eastern Syria by Isis in 2014, the group fell briefly into decline but is making a comeback by taking control of other rebel-held territories ...
US still considering no-fly zone for SyriaAl-Monitor
ANNE R. PIERCE: Beware ISIS strategy that fortifies Russia, Iran, and SyriaWashington Times
Syria: Rebels with a lost causeYa Libnan
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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 ...
ISIS releases 19 Syrian Christians, activists sayFox News
Islamic State frees 19 of 220 abducted Assyrian ChristiansBBC News
ISIS release 19 hostages from group of 220 Assyrian Christians kidnapped in SyriaDaily Mail
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Assad cannot be Syria's future - Jerusalem Post Israel News Tue, 03 Mar 2015 20:16:15 GMT

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Assad cannot be Syria's future
Jerusalem Post Israel News
After 220,000 deaths and millions of displaced persons, we would be foolish to assume that a majority of Syrians would willingly agree to live under the control of their tormentor. And for us to dash their hopes of a better future for Syria, without ...
France skeptical of fighting freeze in Syria's largestJakarta Post
France skeptical about UN 'freeze' for SyriaThe Times of Israel
Syrian rebels reject UN envoy's ceasefire planReuters UK

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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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