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Khorasan: are Syria's mysterious 'strangers with horses' a threat to the west? - The Guardian Thu, 28 May 2015 19:18:26 GMT

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Khorasan: are Syria's mysterious 'strangers with horses' a threat to the west?
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All seem to agree on one thing: just what the highly secretive group is up to in northern Syria remains one of the civil war's enduring mysteries. This week, the leader of Jabhat al-Nusra claimed there was no such group as Khorasan and said he had been ...
Syrian Islamist rebels 'seize Ariha in Idlib province'BBC News
Al-Qaeda in Syria: Our Focus Is Assad, Not WestNBCNews.com
Syria's al-Qaida chief says no plans to attack the WestMilitary Times
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ISIS Flag Flies Over Palmyra's Ancient Ruins in Syria - NBCNews.com Thu, 28 May 2015 21:13:57 GMT

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ISIS Flag Flies Over Palmyra's Ancient Ruins in Syria
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Image: TOPSHOTS-SYRIA-CONFLICT-PALMYRA-IS An image made available by Jihadist media outlet Welayat Homs on May 28, 2015 allegedly shows an ISIS flag fluttering atop the circular wall bounding the orchestra at the Roman theater in the ancient ...
In Syria, Islamic State group apparently spares Palmyra's stunning ruins—for nowScience Now
ISIS Executes Men in Palmyra, Syria; Says Ruins Are IntactNewsweek
Syria: Isis releases footage of Palmyra ruins intact and 'will not destroy them'The Guardian
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Kurdish fighters in Syria on the march against IS militants - Yahoo News Thu, 28 May 2015 19:39:46 GMT

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Kurdish fighters in Syria on the march against IS militants
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BEIRUT (AP) — In contrast to the Iraqi army's failures, Kurdish fighters in Syria are on the march against the Islamic State group, capturing towns and villages in an oil-rich swath of the country's northeast under the cover of U.S.-led airstrikes.
Kurdish troops retake cities in Syria from ISISCBC.ca

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British Girls In Syria 'No Longer Together' - Sky News Thu, 28 May 2015 19:08:52 GMT

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British Girls In Syria 'No Longer Together'
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Shamima Begum, Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana left their east London homes for Syria, two months after a fellow pupil is thought to have left to join IS there. And Waterford Solicitors said "some of the girls" had made contact with their families in ...
Missing Syria girls 'have contacted family'BBC News
UK schoolgirls lured to Syria by Isis 'have made contact with their families'The Guardian
British schoolgirls 'will never leave Syria', senior female Isis commander ...The Independent
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Female Jihadis In Syria Find Themselves Unable To Return To Their Home ... - Huffington Post Thu, 28 May 2015 12:47:38 GMT

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Female Jihadis In Syria Find Themselves Unable To Return To Their Home ...
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PARIS (AP) — When three British schoolgirls trundled across the Syrian border; when a pregnant 14-year-old ran away from her Alpine home for the second time; when a sheltered girl from the south of France booked her first trip abroad — they were ...
At least a dozen Victorian women join Islamic State in Syria9news.com.au
US training of Syria rebel fighters expands to Turkey: sourceYahoo News

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​'Naïve' British schoolgirls 'will die in Iraq or Syria' – ISIS commander - RT Thu, 28 May 2015 14:26:27 GMT

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​'Naïve' British schoolgirls 'will die in Iraq or Syria' – ISIS commander
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The girls, Shamima Begum, 15, Kadiza Sultana, 16, and Amira Abase, 15, made a one way journey from East London to Syria in February to allegedly join the so-called Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL). According to recent ITV news reports, one of the ...

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Outgoing UN aid chief paints harrowing portrait of Syria war - Reuters Thu, 28 May 2015 20:37:40 GMT

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Outgoing UN aid chief paints harrowing portrait of Syria war
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UNITED NATIONS The United Nations' outgoing humanitarian chief on Thursday painted a harrowing portrait of savagery in Syria's civil war, now in its fifth year, and urged the Security Council to take collective action to put an end to the carnage. The ...
UN aid chief makes final appeal to end Syria's despairBusiness Standard
Top UN relief official urges Security Council to save Syria from 'hopelessness ...UN News Centre
UN: Syria forces blamed for 14 attacks on medical facilitiesThe Daily Star

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Syria and Iraq can't be solved by western boots on the ground - The Guardian Wed, 27 May 2015 10:27:25 GMT

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Syria and Iraq can't be solved by western boots on the ground
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They come from more than 100 countries, meaning that half the countries in the world are providing volunteers for groups such as Islamic State and al-Qaida. If the fighting currently raging in Syria and Iraq cannot then be defined as an international ...
Emboldened in Syria and Iraq, Islamic State may be reaching limits of expansionYahoo News
After ISIS Gains In Anbar, Palmyra, Syria Wants More Coordination With IraqInternational Business Times
Analysis: Emboldened in Syria and Iraq, IS reaching expansion limitsHindustan Times

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No. 2 Senate Democrat Wants US-Enforced Safe Zones In Syria - Defense One Thu, 28 May 2015 17:13:51 GMT

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No. 2 Senate Democrat Wants US-Enforced Safe Zones In Syria
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Nearly four years, more than 200,000 Syrian deaths, some 9 million Syrian refugees, and several red lines later, the avowed anti-war Democrat says more aggressive action is required: carving out safe zones in the war-torn country, by force if necessary.

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Australian mother of boy shown holding severed head in Syria wants to come ... - New York Daily News Thu, 28 May 2015 23:26:12 GMT

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Australian mother of boy shown holding severed head in Syria wants to come ...
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The mother of a young boy photographed holding the severed head of a Syrian soldier wants to return with her kids to their native Australia. Tara Nettleton is trying to return to Sydney with her five children from Syria, where her terrorist ISIS ...
Australian Boy in Syria Creates Quandary for GovernmentABC News

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