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Main Syria-Jordan Crossing Under Insurgent Assault - New York Times Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:26:11 GMT

New York Times

Main Syria-Jordan Crossing Under Insurgent Assault
New York Times
The chaos on the border was a blow to Syria's government, which lost the last crossing it had still controlled along the 230-mile border. But it could also be embarrassing for Jordan, the United States and other allies involved in a covert program to ...
IS militants battle armed groups in Syria refugee campMilitary Times
Syrian rebels abduct Lebanese truck drivers on Jordan borderThe Daily Star
US condemns civilian attacks in latest Syria violenceChannel News Asia

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Syria's civil war - The Economist Thu, 02 Apr 2015 16:17:22 GMT

The Economist

Syria's civil war
The Economist
He has had to recruit more widely for the army, yet he cannot trust the conscripts drawn from Syria's Sunni-majority population. It is said that Sunni pilots are not now allowed to fly aircraft. A well-connected man in Damascus says many are flown by ...
Are we bombing friend or foe in Syria?The Globe and Mail
Assad Dismisses Claims Government Used Chlorine on Syrians as 'Propaganda'NBCNews.com

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Police search Rochdale councillor's home after son's arrest on Syrian border - The Guardian Fri, 03 Apr 2015 22:23:47 GMT

The Guardian

Police search Rochdale councillor's home after son's arrest on Syrian border
The Guardian
Mohammed Shafiq, chief executive of the Ramadhan Foundation, said: “The news that nine people from Rochdale, including children, have been arrested in Turkey trying to get into Syria is deeply worrying. The idea you can take young children into a war ...
'Concerns' About Behaviour Of 'Syria-Bound' BritSky News
Syria border arrests: Police search family home of seized BritonBBC News
Turkey to deport Britons trying to reach SyriaRTE.ie
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Briton Held On Syria Border Is Councillor's Son - Sky News Fri, 03 Apr 2015 08:58:02 GMT

ITV News

Briton Held On Syria Border Is Councillor's Son
Sky News
... entering what is effectively a war zone. "I am particularly disturbed that children were involved. "I have also been in touch with the father of one of the young men who was there and he is shocked and confused as to why his son would be trying to ...
9 Brits, including children, detained attempting to enter SyriaITV News
Rochdale Labour councillor's son among nine Britons arrested trying to reach ...Telegraph.co.uk
Rochdale councillor's son among Britons held near Turkish-Syrian borderThe Guardian
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ISIS Seizes New Territory in Deadly Attacks in Syria - New York Times Thu, 02 Apr 2015 01:33:21 GMT

Newsweek

ISIS Seizes New Territory in Deadly Attacks in Syria
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Islamic State militants in Syria have seized new territory on multiple fronts in recent days, killing dozens of civilians in the central province of Hama, residents there said, and advancing on Wednesday into the chaotic Yarmouk ...
ISIS Storm Palestinian Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Syrian CapitalNewsweek
ISIS Seizes Yarmouk Refugee Camp in Damascus, Syria: WitnessesNBCNews.com
ISIS Storms Palestinian Refugee Camp Yarmouk In Syrian CapitalHuffington Post

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Tunisia to revive Syria ties to track jihadists - BBC News Fri, 03 Apr 2015 15:26:50 GMT

BBC News

Tunisia to revive Syria ties to track jihadists
BBC News
Tunisia says it plans to re-establish diplomatic ties with Syria in order to track its citizens who have gone to fight alongside Islamist militants. Some 3,000 Tunisian jihadists are thought to have gone to Syria and Iraq. Tunisian concerns about home ...
Turkey summons Tunisian envoy over Syria accusationsYahoo News
Tunisia to mend Syria tiesi24news
Tunisia Plans to Renew Ties with Syria to Help Track FightersVoice of America
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Bruising week for Syria's Assad as troops suffer losses - U.S. News & World Report Thu, 02 Apr 2015 18:24:52 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

Bruising week for Syria's Assad as troops suffer losses
U.S. News & World Report
BEIRUT (AP) — It was a bruising week for Syria's Bashar Assad. The rapid collapse of his forces on two fronts in the north and south brought the opposition its biggest victories in two years, raising serious questions about the president's ability to ...
As regional war rages, Syria's Assad faces setbacksReuters
Syrian Rebels Capture Border Crossing With JordanVoice of America

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Qaeda advances on Syria army base near Idlib: monitor - Yahoo News Fri, 03 Apr 2015 17:36:32 GMT

Yahoo News

Qaeda advances on Syria army base near Idlib: monitor
Yahoo News
Elsewhere in Syria, jihadists from the Islamic State group have pushed further into the Palestinian Yarmuk camp in Damascus and now control 70 percent it, according to the Observatory. IS launched an assault Wednesday on the camp, after Palestinian ...
Syria says 15000 antiquities at risk in militia-run IdlibReuters
Syria Welcomes Iran Nuclear DealNewsweek
Syria says 15000 antiquities at risk in IdlibeNCA
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Syria now at a 'dangerous tipping point,' UN warns - Fox News Thu, 02 Apr 2015 17:39:58 GMT

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Syria now at a 'dangerous tipping point,' UN warns
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“There are a lot of people working at great risk “ to help alleviate the situation, he said, including non-government agencies and Syrian local relief organizations, as well as the stymied U.N. agencies that work in Syria in collaboration with the ...
Cash pledged for Syria at Kuwait summit 'disappointing': aid groupsReuters

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Iraq and Syria are 'finishing schools' for foreign extremists, says UN report - The Guardian Thu, 02 Apr 2015 05:43:43 GMT

The Guardian

Iraq and Syria are 'finishing schools' for foreign extremists, says UN report
The Guardian
A military defeat of the Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq could have the unintended consequence of scattering violent foreign terrorist fighters across the world, the panel said. And while governments are focusing on countering the threat from ...
ISIS mission: Canadian air strikes in Syria expected in 'short order'CBC.ca
Canada to launch airstrikes against ISIS in Syria 'within days'Toronto Sun
Syria, Iraq a 'finishing school' for foreign fighters: UN reportReuters
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