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Syria's Minorities: Caught Between Sword Of ISIS And Wrath of Assad - NPR (blog) Sat, 18 Apr 2015 20:05:53 GMT

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Syria's Minorities: Caught Between Sword Of ISIS And Wrath of Assad
NPR (blog)
Consider the plight of Syria's many minorities — the Christians, the Druze, the Ismailis and many others. On one hand, they face threats by extremists like the self-proclaimed Islamic State, which considers their beliefs heretical. On the other hand ...

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Is Iran Overstretched in Syria? - Foreign Policy (blog) Fri, 17 Apr 2015 20:33:40 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

Is Iran Overstretched in Syria?
Foreign Policy (blog)
Iran's stakes in Syria are high. Three overriding priorities drive its policy: to defend Hezbollah's weapons transit route through Syria, and in the long term to ensure that the country will never become a platform to attack the Lebanese Shiite ...
Syria Steps Up Airstrikes in Rebel-Held Areas of AleppoWall Street Journal
Syria Independence Day 2015 Facts: Syrians Celebrate Freedom From Foreign ...International Business Times
Syria: 'most dangerous' Isis leaders ScandinavianThe Local.se
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UN Calls on Western Nations to Shelter Syrian Refugees - New York Times Fri, 17 Apr 2015 19:14:48 GMT

New York Times

UN Calls on Western Nations to Shelter Syrian Refugees
New York Times
UNITED NATIONS — With Syria's neighbors increasingly shutting their borders to refugees and thousands trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of safety, the war in Syria is creating the worst global refugee crisis in decades, putting new ...
Running From Syria, Hated In Lebanon: The Plight Of Refugees In BeirutInternational Business Times
Turkish Educator Pledges $10M To Set Up Universities For Syrian RefugeesNPR (blog)

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Six released in Syria 'terror' probe - BBC News Sat, 18 Apr 2015 15:14:53 GMT

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Six released in Syria 'terror' probe
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Six people arrested by UK police over alleged terror offences after a group was stopped at the Turkey-Syria border have been released without charge. Five people aged between 21 and 47 were arrested earlier this month on suspicion of commission, ...
Rochdale family freed after being detained near Syrian border and quizzed on ...Daily Mail
Six freed after being questioned over Syria-related terrorism offencesThe Guardian
Family in Syria terror probe releasedTelegraph.co.uk
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Empty out Boston; starve Moscow, and you may understand some of Syria's hell - CNN Fri, 17 Apr 2015 09:45:57 GMT

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Empty out Boston; starve Moscow, and you may understand some of Syria's hell
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Since civil war broke out there, 310,000 people have been killed, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday. A year earlier, SOHR's tally stood at 162,402. And the year before, the United Nations put the death toll at 70,000. Violence has ...
Syria is Hell on EarthKPRC Houston

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Syria conflict: Fighting for a future for Yarmouk - BBC News Sat, 18 Apr 2015 06:56:47 GMT

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Syria conflict: Fighting for a future for Yarmouk
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A refugee camp which grew into the liveliest of neighbourhoods is now crumbling into the deadliest of quarters as life drains away by the day. Never has the future of Yarmouk looked so uncertain for the community of Palestinian refugees as well as ...
Syria: UN agency appeals for $30 million to help besieged civilians in Yarmouk ...UN News Centre
The Least We Can Do For SyriaProject Syndicate
UNRWA Appeals for $30 Million to Aid Syria's YarmoukTasnim News Agency (press release)

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Syria's new atrocities - Washington Post Sat, 18 Apr 2015 22:13:32 GMT

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Syria's new atrocities
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In making this rare reference to the ongoing crimes against humanity in Syria, Mr. Obama could have been referring to something very specific. On March 16, according to the State Department, the regime of Bashar al-Assad dropped barrel bombs on the ...
UN Security Council Sees Video Evidence of a Chemical Attack in SyriaNew York Times
UN vows to act against perpetrators of Syria chemical weapons attacksThe Guardian
Doctors describe suspected Syria chlorine attacks to UN Security Council ...Fox News
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Ohio Man Trained in Syria Is Charged With Planning Terrorism in US - New York Times Fri, 17 Apr 2015 00:34:54 GMT

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Ohio Man Trained in Syria Is Charged With Planning Terrorism in US
New York Times
WASHINGTON — An Ohio man who trained with a terrorist group in Syria was accused by federal prosecutors on Thursday of returning to the United States with the goal of mounting an attack at home, the first example of a pattern that counterterrorism ...
Ohio man allegedly plotted attack in US after traveling to SyriaCBS News
Syria-Trained Ohio Man Aimed To Kill Cops, Soldiers: FedsNBCNews.com
Ohio man denies training for terror in SyriaUSA TODAY
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Father of jihadi brothers on Syria mission to save surviving son - The Guardian Sat, 18 Apr 2015 22:55:59 GMT

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Father of jihadi brothers on Syria mission to save surviving son
The Guardian
His other two sons – Jaffar, 17, and Abdullah, 18 – were killed fighting Syrian government forces in separate incidents last year. Amer is the last surviving member of a group of four jihadis known as the “Brighton Boys”, who secretly travelled to ...


US, allies target Islamic State with 20 air strikes in Iraq, Syria: military - Reuters Sat, 18 Apr 2015 15:49:06 GMT

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US, allies target Islamic State with 20 air strikes in Iraq, Syria: military
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and its allies have launched 20 air strikes targeting Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria since early on Friday, the Combined Joint Task Force leading the operations said on Saturday. There were seven air ...
Canadian fighter jets in Syria haven't fired a missile for nine days because ...National Post
Coalition Continues Airstrikes Against ISILDepartment of Defense
Canadians gathering intelligence, settling in before further airstrikes in ...Ottawa Sun

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