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On Some Syria Battlefields, Rebels Face Stark Choice - Wall Street Journal Thu, 16 Apr 2015 02:48:00 GMT

Wall Street Journal

On Some Syria Battlefields, Rebels Face Stark Choice Wall Street Journal BEIRUT—A Palestinian rebel group battling to push President Bashar al-Assad from power faced a stark choice this month after Islamic State fighters stormed their neighborhood on the outskirts of Syria's capital: side with the brutal extremists or with ... Palestinians Battling IS Group Advance in Syria Refugee CampABC News ISIS loses ground to Palestinians in Syria's Yarmouk, source saysYnetnews 'Islamic State' withdraws from Yarmouk camp in Syria, Nusra remainsDeutsche Welle CNN all 211 news articles »

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New Details on 2012 Kidnapping of NBC News Team in Syria - NBCNews.com Wed, 15 Apr 2015 23:56:09 GMT

NBCNews.com

New Details on 2012 Kidnapping of NBC News Team in Syria NBCNews.com ISTANBUL — In December 2012, along with five other members of an NBC News team, I was kidnapped by armed gunmen in Syria. Bound and blindfolded, we spent five days expecting to be killed. I prayed we wouldn't be taken outside and shot. NBC's Richard Engel Re-Reporting His Kidnapping In Syria Following Questions ...Huffington Post all 4 news articles »

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Australian Islamic State member Sharky Jama reportedly killed in Syria - Sydney Morning Herald Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:14:54 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

Australian Islamic State member Sharky Jama reportedly killed in Syria Sydney Morning Herald "He got a text message and he received a phone call from Syria, someone has told him his son has passed away. Then he said I tried his number, because he has contact with his son. Automatically, it goes to voicemail, that's what he said, and then he ... Melbourne model turned ISIL fighter killed in Syria: reports9news.com.au Melbourne model turned jihadist shot dead in SyriaSBS Sharky Jama, Melbourne male model, reportedly killed fighting with Islamic ...ABC Online Yahoo7 News all 58 news articles »

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Boots on the ground: The foreign volunteers training anti-ISIS fighters - CNN Wed, 15 Apr 2015 12:00:07 GMT

Boots on the ground: The foreign volunteers training anti-ISIS fighters CNN And increasingly, U.S. military training efforts are being supplemented by outside agencies, who are working with Kurdish government troops and even militia in Iraq and Syria. "Many of us do feel that we do have the skills and qualifications that can ... and more »

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Syrian Rebels Lose Again as U.S. General Departs - Bloomberg View Wed, 15 Apr 2015 16:37:47 GMT

Bloomberg View

Syrian Rebels Lose Again as U.S. General Departs Bloomberg View The Syrian program will continue under the Special Operations Command Central. There is a possibility Nagata would stay in the mission by maintaining his secondary title as Syria director for the Combined Joint Inter Agency Task Force, which ... Pentagon: General in charge of Syria program not leavingThe Hill all 3 news articles »

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'The deepest circle of hell:' Terrified Yarmouk residents describe ISIS raid - CNN Tue, 14 Apr 2015 12:33:24 GMT

CNN

'The deepest circle of hell:' Terrified Yarmouk residents describe ISIS raid CNN Besieged and bombed by Syrian forces for more than two years, the desperate residents of this Palestinian refugee camp near Damascus awoke in early April to a new, even more terrifying reality -- ISIS militants seizing Yarmouk after defeating several ... UN Official Visits Syria to Press Urgency of Besieged Refuge CampNew York Times Syrian Rebels Shell Aleppo, Killing at Least 9ABC News Monitor says Syrian army bombs Aleppo schoolReuters CNN International -Washington Post -Al-Arabiya all 782 news articles »

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Southern Syria rebels set collision course with al Qaeda - Reuters Tue, 14 Apr 2015 11:28:34 GMT

Reuters

Southern Syria rebels set collision course with al Qaeda Reuters The most powerful opponents of Assad in Syria's civil war are Sunni Muslim jihadists from two groups: the Islamic State, also known as ISIL or ISIS, and al Qaeda's Syria branch, the Nusra Front. Western and Arab countries which oppose both Assad and ... Syria rebels in south reject cooperation with NusraThe Daily Star Rebels in Southern Syria Split with Al Qaeda after TensionsArutz Sheva all 41 news articles »

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How RCMP officers tracked three Canadian girls in Egypt before they could join ... - National Post Wed, 15 Apr 2015 14:05:00 GMT

National Post

How RCMP officers tracked three Canadian girls in Egypt before they could join ... National Post TORONTO — There was no time to waste when three young women went missing last July. The teens had already left Toronto for Cairo, where they would be catching a connecting flight to Istanbul. Their parents feared they were headed for Syria. The RCMP ...

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Congressman demands answers on influx of Syrian refugees - WND.com Wed, 15 Apr 2015 00:21:55 GMT

WND.com

Congressman demands answers on influx of Syrian refugees WND.com Leo Hohmann is a news editor for WND. He has been a reporter and editor at several suburban newspapers in the Atlanta and Charlotte, North Carolina, areas and also served as managing editor of Triangle Business Journal in Raleigh, North Carolina. and more »

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Four arrested at Manchester airport after alleged attempt to enter Syria - The Guardian Wed, 15 Apr 2015 06:07:12 GMT

The Guardian

Four arrested at Manchester airport after alleged attempt to enter Syria The Guardian Officers are working to establish their reason for travel and apparent attempted entry into Syria, Greater Manchester Police said. The five adults and four children who had travelled to Turkey are from the same family and currently living in Rochdale. British Police Arrest Six in Syria Terror InvestigationWall Street Journal Four members of same family arrested at Manchester airport in Syria terror inquiryTelegraph.co.uk Waheed Ahmed's relatives also accused of trying to sneak into Syria are arrestedDaily Mail Yahoo News -Reuters Canada all 144 news articles »