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Abu Sayyaf, key ISIS figure in Syria, killed in US raid - CNN Sun, 17 May 2015 19:52:19 GMT

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Abu Sayyaf, key ISIS figure in Syria, killed in US raid
CNN
(CNN) U.S. special operations forces killed a key ISIS commander during a raid in eastern Syria overnight Friday to Saturday -- securing intelligence on how the terror organization operates, communicates and earns money, U.S. government officials said.
US raid in Syria supported by secret Stealth Black Hawk helicopters?The Aviationist (blog)
Syria raid yielded 'treasure trove' of intelligence on Isis, insiders sayThe Guardian
US troops kill top ISIL commander in raid inside SyriaUSA TODAY
Huffington Post -Military Times
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Hezbollah Deploys Weapon, a Press Tour, on the Syrian Front - New York Times Sun, 17 May 2015 00:25:45 GMT

New York Times

Hezbollah Deploys Weapon, a Press Tour, on the Syrian Front
New York Times
QALAMOUN MOUNTAINS, Syria — A powerfully built officer in wraparound sunglasses and digital-print camouflage gave a detailed tactical briefing, propping a map up against a juniper tree and pointing to red circles that he said showed leftover ...
Hezbollah making gains on Lebanon-Syria border: NasrallahYahoo News
Hezbollah Leader Says Extremists Losing Ground in SyriaABC News
Syria, Hezbollah advance further in Qalamoun border regionPress TV

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Syria conflict: IS 'withdraws' from ancient Palmyra - BBC News Sun, 17 May 2015 14:27:26 GMT

BBC News

Syria conflict: IS 'withdraws' from ancient Palmyra
BBC News
Islamic State militants have been pushed back from the ancient Syrian site of Palmyra, officials and a monitoring group say. Militants seized part of the town of Tadmur on Saturday, which is located on a strategic east-west route next to Palmyra's ...
Palmyra: Will ISIS bulldoze ancient Syrian city?CNN
Syria's Monuments Men hide 2000-year-old artefacts as ISIS advance on PalmyraDaily Mail
Syria claims to have pushed ISIS from PalmyraCBS News
New York Times -Irish Independent -NPR
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Melbourne teen dies fighting for Islamic State in Syria: report - 9news.com.au Sun, 17 May 2015 18:20:56 GMT

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Melbourne teen dies fighting for Islamic State in Syria: report
9news.com.au
Police allege that Hussein helped Australians wanting to go to Iraq or Syria to connect with extremist recruiters in the Middle East. Police told a court earlier this month that another Melbourne teenage terror suspect, Harun Causevic, had Hussein's ...
Melbourne teen killed in Syria: reportYahoo7 News
Melbourne teen reportedly killed in SyriaSky News Australia
Australian jihadi killed in Syria - report3News NZ

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Obama says Syria war unlikely to end during his presidency - CNN Sat, 16 May 2015 20:46:05 GMT

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Obama says Syria war unlikely to end during his presidency
CNN
Asked by interviewer Nadia Bilbassy on Friday whether Syria could become the equivalent of Rwanda -- where Hutu extremists, unabated by western intervention, slaughtered almost 1 million people in 1994 -- Obama defended his decision to forgo airstrikes.

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The Guardian view on the UN talks on Syria: a waiting game while the country ... - The Guardian Sun, 17 May 2015 18:20:09 GMT

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The Guardian view on the UN talks on Syria: a waiting game while the country ...
The Guardian
That is understandable, given that the first two big and much heralded attempts to reach an agreement to end Syria's civil war, now in its fifth year, were such failures. Two of the world's most distinguished mediators, former UN secretary general Kofi ...


Turkish Forces Shoot Down Syrian Helicopter - Wall Street Journal Sat, 16 May 2015 18:22:48 GMT

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Turkish Forces Shoot Down Syrian Helicopter
Wall Street Journal
ISTANBUL—Turkey's armed forces shot down a Syrian helicopter Saturday, Turkish officials said, days after Ankara pressed its North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies to push for regime change in Damascus as part of a broader effort to fight terrorism ...
Turkey says it shoots down regime helicopter, Syria TV reports it was droneHurriyet Daily News
Turkey Says It Shot Down Syrian HelicopterHuffington Post
Turkey arrests 7 soldiers in 'Syria arms consignment' caseYahoo News
Arutz Sheva -Telegraph.co.uk
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Turkey says shot down helicopter, while Syrian TV says it was drone - Reuters Sat, 16 May 2015 18:50:00 GMT

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Turkey says shot down helicopter, while Syrian TV says it was drone
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NATO member Turkey, an outspoken critic of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, has a 900-km (560-mile) border with Syria and frequently scrambles jets to its frontier worried about territorial violations. Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said ...


IS jihadists take Ramadi but pinned back in Palmyra - Yahoo News Sun, 17 May 2015 19:41:13 GMT

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IS jihadists take Ramadi but pinned back in Palmyra
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On Sunday IS faced another setback across the border in Syria where government forces drove them out of the ancient oasis town of Palmyra, home to a UNESCO world heritage site. "IS's attack was foiled," provincial governor Talal Barazi said after ...
IS suffers string of defeats in Syria but gaining in Iraq's RamadiMiddle East Eye
US says raid in Syria kills key extremistArkansas Online
US, allies conduct 18 air strikes in Iraq, eight in SyriaBDlive
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Syria: reports of ISIL advance on Palmyra raise fears for the ancient site - euronews Mon, 18 May 2015 01:13:07 GMT

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Syria: reports of ISIL advance on Palmyra raise fears for the ancient site
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An unverified video has emerged purporting to show ISIL militants raising the group's flag over a government building in the ancient Syrian city of Palmyra. The country's antiquities chief maintains the government is still in control of the ...

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