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Report: Syrian government dropping barrel bombs on Aleppo civilians - CNN Tue, 05 May 2015 10:58:03 GMT

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Report: Syrian government dropping barrel bombs on Aleppo civilians
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(CNN) Syrian government forces have caused death and devastating injuries to civilians by dropping barrel bombs on schools, hospitals, mosques and crowded markets in opposition-controlled areas of Aleppo, rights group Amnesty International has alleged ...
Syria war: 'unthinkable atrocities' documented in report on AleppoThe Guardian
Barrel Bombs Kill More Than 3000 Civilians in Syria, Report SaysTIME
Syria's 'circle of hell': Aleppo residents describe children without heads ...The Independent
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Hezbollah vows to attack al-Nusra rebels 'inside Syria' - BBC News Wed, 06 May 2015 00:10:35 GMT

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Hezbollah vows to attack al-Nusra rebels 'inside Syria'
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Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says his Lebanese Shia group will launch an attack inside Syria on Sunni militants fighting for the al-Nusra Front. Mr Nasrallah said the mountainous border area of Qalamoun would be the target, but did not specify when.
Hezbollah clashes with Nusra Front on Lebanon-Syria borderYahoo News
Hezbollah says will attack Nusra Front inside SyriaReuters
Hezbollah Captures Syrian Village From Islamic MilitantsABC News

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Syria conflict: Fresh UN-backed talks begin in Geneva - BBC News Wed, 06 May 2015 01:19:02 GMT

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Syria conflict: Fresh UN-backed talks begin in Geneva
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The UN has begun consultations with Syrian government and opposition officials as it seeks to find enough common ground to restart peace talks. Special envoy Staffan de Mistura said more than 40 groups had been invited to attend one-on-one meetings ...
New Effort to Find Peace in Syria Gets Under WayVoice of America
UN kicks off Syria talks, hopes opposition fighters will comeReuters
Iran Nuclear Talks Open a Tangled Path to Ending Syria's WarNew York Times
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There will be no winners in Syria's war, but there can be an end - Reuters Blogs (blog) Tue, 05 May 2015 20:22:36 GMT

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There will be no winners in Syria's war, but there can be an end
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Such continued misery for Syrians will entail rising costs for the conflict's principal external stakeholders — Iran and Russia in the regime's camp, the United States, Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Qatar on the side of the opposition. It is high time for ...
Resurgent Syrian Rebels Aim for AssadDaily Beast
Syria crisis: Spooked by rebel gains, Jordan doubles down on Islamic StateYahoo News
Analysis: Syria's al-Assad regime in troubleCNN
The Daily Star -The National Interest Online
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Turkish Military Puts Brakes on Syrian Intervention - U.S. News & World Report Tue, 05 May 2015 18:33:47 GMT

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Turkish Military Puts Brakes on Syrian Intervention
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There has been a recent surge of news stories and commentary in the Turkish and foreign media that Turkey might launch a military operation against Syria and Iran. For example, the Huffington Post ran an article claiming that a joint Turkey-Saudi ...

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'Syria-bound' British family detained in Moldova after being held in Turkey - The Guardian Tue, 05 May 2015 21:08:11 GMT

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'Syria-bound' British family detained in Moldova after being held in Turkey
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“We know that having gone into Europe, their general direction of travel is towards Turkey, thereby we make the assumption towards Syria. At the same time, we know that the [wider] family have voiced some concerns about the family's intentions. There's ...
'Syria-bound' couple Asif Malik and Sara Kiran held in MoldovaBBC News
Syria-bound British family to be deported from Turkey to Moldova - sourceReuters UK

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Syrian town tries to rise from ashes after ISIS defeat - CNN Tue, 05 May 2015 12:03:58 GMT

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Syrian town tries to rise from ashes after ISIS defeat
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(CNN) They called it Kobanigrad, the destruction was so complete. Months of coalition airstrikes and ISIS bombing flattening some parts of the town, leaving others uninhabitable. The question so many asked during the fighting was what would the spoils ...
US Warplanes Kill Dozens Of Civilians In SyriaCounterCurrents.org

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US wants a UN team to lay blame for Syria gas attacks: diplomats - Reuters Tue, 05 May 2015 18:14:38 GMT

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US wants a UN team to lay blame for Syria gas attacks: diplomats
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Syria agreed to destroy its chemical weapons program in 2013, but the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons has since found chlorine has been "systematically and repeatedly" used as a weapon. The group is not mandated to lay blame.

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Enduring Syria war: Photographer documents shattered childhoods (IMAGES) - RT Mon, 04 May 2015 12:30:04 GMT

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Enduring Syria war: Photographer documents shattered childhoods (IMAGES)
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The Swedish photographer Magnus Wennman has documented the suffering that hundreds of thousands of children have to endure in Syria. He spoke to RT about their plight and how he is trying to raise awareness through his photographs. Many of the ...

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Obama just said we need to 'strengthen forces in Syria.' He misspoke. - Washington Post (blog) Tue, 05 May 2015 18:36:18 GMT

Obama just said we need to 'strengthen forces in Syria.' He misspoke.
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Joseph Dunford would face in the role, Obama said, “We have to push back against ISIL and strengthen forces in Syria and build moderate opposition in Syria.” Wait. Forces in Syria? But we thought the White House was focused on the U.S. training mission ...

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