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Race in Iraq and Syria to Record and Shield Art Falling to ISIS - New York Times Mon, 09 Mar 2015 19:42:39 GMT

New York Times
Race in Iraq and Syria to Record and Shield Art Falling to ISIS
New York Times
BAGHDAD — In those areas of Iraq and Syria controlled by the Islamic State, residents are furtively recording on their cellphones damage done to antiquities by the extremist group. In northern Syria, museum curators have covered precious mosaics with ...
Ancient site of Khorsabad 'attacked by Isil' as coalition strike on Syria oil ...Telegraph.co.uk

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In Syria, Archaeologists Risk Their Lives To Protect Ancient Heritage - NPR (blog) Mon, 09 Mar 2015 07:59:23 GMT

NPR (blog)
In Syria, Archaeologists Risk Their Lives To Protect Ancient Heritage
NPR (blog)
The race to protect Syria's heritage from the ravages of war and plunder has brought a new kind of warrior to the front lines. These cultural rebels are armed with cameras and sandbags. They work in secret, sometimes in disguise, to outwit smugglers.

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London schoolgirls' Syria checklist found in bedroom - The Guardian Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:20:02 GMT

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London schoolgirls' Syria checklist found in bedroom
The Guardian
A handwritten list discovered in the bedroom of one of the three London schoolgirls feared to have fled to join Islamic State (Isis), seen by the Guardian, details the items they needed to buy as well as the travelling costs of getting to Syria. The ...
Missing Syria schoolgirls: Parents discover checklist for journey in girl's ...The Independent

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Islamic State conflict: Deadly strike on Syria refinery - BBC News Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:25:05 GMT

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Islamic State conflict: Deadly strike on Syria refinery
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At least 14 people have been killed in US-led coalition air strikes on an oil refinery in northern Syria run by Islamic State (IS), activists say. Refinery workers and jihadist militants were among those who died in the raid on the facility outside Tal ...
German woman killed fighting Islamic State in SyriaYahoo News
German woman killed fighting alongside Kurds in SyriaPress TV
German woman, 19, killed fighting ISIS in SyriaCBS News
Department of Defense -Military Times
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Exhibit commemorates Toronto photographer killed in Syria - Toronto Star Mon, 09 Mar 2015 18:12:33 GMT

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Exhibit commemorates Toronto photographer killed in Syria
Toronto Star
Another friend, Maher Azem, told the Star he helped Mustafa prepare for his first trip to Syria in 2013. “When he came back, Ali was really attached . . . all he was talking about was Syria,” Azem, who moved to Toronto from Damascus 10 years ago, said.

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Air strike in Syria hits Nusra Front camp: monitor, sources - Reuters Sun, 08 Mar 2015 19:08:26 GMT

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Air strike in Syria hits Nusra Front camp: monitor, sources
Reuters
The Syrian army said it carried out the attack. The leader of a mainstream rebel group said the latest air strike appeared to have been carried out by the U.S.-led alliance that has been attacking Islamic State in Syria, citing the precision of the ...
U.S. bombs Nusra headquarters in key city on Turkey-Syria borderMcClatchy Washington Bureau
Airstrikes on ISIS-run refineries in Syria kill 30: activistsThe Daily Star
US-led strikes kill nine at headquarters of al-Qaida's Syria branch, activists sayThe Guardian
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Missing Syria girls' families demand police apology - BBC News Mon, 09 Mar 2015 11:30:26 GMT

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Missing Syria girls' families demand police apology
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The parents of the three UK schoolgirls missing in Syria have demanded an apology from the Metropolitan Police. It comes after the force wrongly said the families had known a close friend of the girls was already in Syria before they disappeared from ...
UK police defend actions over teenage girls who flew to SyriaReuters
Parents must be responsible for stopping children going to Syria not police ...Telegraph.co.uk
Missing ISIS schoolgirls 'traced to Syria home run by British woman who helped ...mirror.co.uk
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Syria schoolgirls: Families of missing teens demand apology from police over ... - Evening Standard Mon, 09 Mar 2015 14:46:52 GMT

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Syria schoolgirls: Families of missing teens demand apology from police over ...
Evening Standard
"The families have expressed that the deepest source of upset in this affair has been the failure by the police to inform them of the fact that the first girl to go missing had gone to Syria, a fact that was only known to them after their own children ...

Syria-based jihadis prepare for Lebanon offensive - The Daily Star Mon, 09 Mar 2015 22:21:09 GMT

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Syria-based jihadis prepare for Lebanon offensive
The Daily Star
Syria-based terrorist groups are preparing to resume their attacks against Lebanese territories on the northeastern border with Syria with the advent of spring in the next few weeks, according to reports received by military and security institutions ...

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A Look at Key Events in Syria Since March 2011 - ABC News Mon, 09 Mar 2015 14:00:05 GMT

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A Look at Key Events in Syria Since March 2011
ABC News
As the Syrian crisis ends its fourth year, here are some of the key events since the uprising against President Bashar Assad began: — March 2011: Protests erupt in the city of Daraa over security forces' detention of a group of boys accused of ...
Syria's 4-year march toward destructionWashington Times
This week marks four year since start of uprising in SyriaAl Jazeera America
America Is Losing the War in SyriaForeign Policy (blog)

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