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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

UN News Centre

The Guardian view on the UN talks on Syria: a waiting game while the country ...
The Guardian
It may have escaped notice but peace talks about Syria are once again under way. The United Nations, which is organising and directing them from Geneva, has avoided the title Geneva III. That is understandable, given that the first two big and much ...
In Geneva, UN envoy on Syria meets with international stakeholders amid ...UN News Centre
US, Russia Discuss Joint Efforts on Political Transition in SyriaSputnik International
Russian-American special consultations on Syria to be held in MoscowRussia and India Report

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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, Syrian army kill 10 militants in fresh Qalamoun clashesThe Daily Star
Hezbollah leader says extremists losing ground in SyriaARA News
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Confirmed: Weapons Were Moving Through Benghazi to Syria - Town Hall Mon, 18 May 2015 17:52:24 GMT

Town Hall

Confirmed: Weapons Were Moving Through Benghazi to Syria
Town Hall
When former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testifeid in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in January 2013, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul asked if weapons were being trafficked from Libya, through Benghazi and to Turkey. Paul: Is the U.S. ...
Benghazi | Disclosure could have a ripple effect on the 2016 electionWorld Magazine

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US raid in Syria supported by secret Stealth Black Hawk helicopters? - The Aviationist (blog) Sun, 17 May 2015 15:18:49 GMT

Wall Street Journal

US raid in Syria supported by secret Stealth Black Hawk helicopters?
The Aviationist (blog)
According to some sources, the evasive MH-X may have taken part in the raid that killed Islamic State member Abu Sayyaf. In the night between May 15 and 16, U.S. Special Operations forces killed ISIS high level operative Abu Sayyaf, in a daring raid ...
US Forces Seize Digital Trove in Syria RaidWall Street Journal
After Syria Raid, FBI Questions ISIS Wife And Yazidi SlaveDaily Beast
Abu Sayyaf, key ISIS figure in Syria, killed in US raidCNN
Military Times -ABC News
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Syrian insurgents battle army around military base in Idlib - Reuters Mon, 18 May 2015 14:06:17 GMT

Reuters

Syrian insurgents battle army around military base in Idlib
Reuters
The Mastouma base is one of the last major army strongholds in a province controlled by a range of insurgent groups including al Qaeda's Syrian wing, the Nusra Front, and the Islamist Ahrar al-Sham movement, fighting to overthrow President Bashar ...
Syria rebels battle army around military base in IdlibThe Daily Star
President Assad calls for stronger Syria-Iran economic tiesPress TV
In Syria: Insurgents battle army around military base in IdlibPulse Nigeria
Ahram Online
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Palmyra: Will ISIS bulldoze ancient Syrian city? - CNN Sat, 16 May 2015 12:35:33 GMT

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Palmyra: Will ISIS bulldoze ancient Syrian city?
CNN
This time it is the ancient oasis city of Palmyra in Syria, a UNESCO World Heritage Site dating back 2,000 years. Syrian government troops have reportedly been fighting to contain ISIS fighters after they launched an attack Wednesday on Tadmur, the ...
Syria conflict: IS 'withdraws' from ancient PalmyraBBC News
Islamic State dead in US Syria raid climbs to 32: monitoring groupYahoo News
ISIS rockets kill 5 in Syria's Palmyra: activistsThe Daily Star
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Syria's First Responders Say They Need a No-Fly Zone, But No One Listens - VICE News Mon, 18 May 2015 20:23:34 GMT

Syria's First Responders Say They Need a No-Fly Zone, But No One Listens
VICE News
Last Wednesday, Raed Saleh, the head of Syria's "White Helmets," a volunteer civil defense search and rescue corp that responds to victims of the country's four year civil war, met privately with EU diplomats and United Nations representatives ...


Danish jihadists in Syria have collected 400000 kroner in unemployment benefit - The Independent Mon, 18 May 2015 19:32:04 GMT

The Independent

Danish jihadists in Syria have collected 400000 kroner in unemployment benefit
The Independent
“STAR has thus far received information pertaining to 32 people who, according to PET's information, have gone abroad in relation to the conflict in Syria while at the same time receiving social benefits in the form of kontanthjælp and dagpenge [two ...
Danish Jihadists Live Lavishly in Syria as Copenhagen Picks up TabSputnik International

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ISIS now controls a supply route from Syria's largest city to Iraq's capital - Business Insider Mon, 18 May 2015 15:11:57 GMT

Haaretz

ISIS now controls a supply route from Syria's largest city to Iraq's capital
Business Insider
“The road between Syria and Ramadi is open, so they can always send more fighters to Ramadi.” This open road simultaneously gives a moral boost to ISIS by lending credence to their statement of an ever expanding caliphate while also providing the ...
Forget Ramadi, the real battle is in SyriaHaaretz
IS jihadists take Ramadi but pinned back in PalmyraYahoo News
US says raid in Syria kills key extremistNWAOnline
Daily Mail
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Obama says Syria war unlikely to end during his presidency - CNN Sat, 16 May 2015 20:46:05 GMT

CNN

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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