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Deadly attacks ahead of Iran foreign minister's Syria visit - U.S. News & World Report Wed, 12 Aug 2015 17:50:53 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

Deadly attacks ahead of Iran foreign minister's Syria visit
U.S. News & World Report
In this photo released by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian President Bashar Assad, right, meets with Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in Damascus, Syria, Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2015. Zarif, who negotiated his country's nuclear ...
Deadly attacks surge as Iran's foreign minister visits SyriaWashington Post

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Syria conflict: Two-day ceasefires begin in three towns - BBC News Wed, 12 Aug 2015 14:10:36 GMT

BBC News

Syria conflict: Two-day ceasefires begin in three towns
BBC News
Forty-eight-hour ceasefires between Syrian rebels and pro-government forces have reportedly begun in three towns. The truces will allow food and medical supplies to be delivered to the rebel stronghold of Zabadani, on the border with Lebanon, and to ...
Iranian-Brokered Truces Start in Three Syrian TownsWall Street Journal
Turkey, Iran help broker rare truce in SyriaReuters
Truce between Hezbollah fighters, militants starts in SyriaU.S. News & World Report

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Jeb Bush blames Clinton, Obama for Iraq's problems - CNN Wed, 12 Aug 2015 11:24:11 GMT

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Jeb Bush blames Clinton, Obama for Iraq's problems
CNN
Simi Valley, California (CNN) Jeb Bush, laying out his strategy to combat ISIS on Tuesday, called for establishing a no-fly zone over Syria, defeating President Bashar al-Assad's regime, and embedding U.S. troops with Iraqi forces, all the while ...
US, allies conduct 19 air strikes in Syria, Iraq: US militaryYahoo News
Bush remarks on Syria and 'Islamic State' well thought out, says policy expertDeutsche Welle
Jeb Bush talks ISIS, Syria, and Clinton in foreign policy speechThe Week Magazine

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Australia should expand role to Syria: MP - 9news.com.au Wed, 12 Aug 2015 23:13:00 GMT

Sydney Morning Herald

Australia should expand role to Syria: MP
9news.com.au
The head of parliament's intelligence and security committee believes Australia should launch air strikes against Islamic State targets in Syria. In a sign the government is considering escalating the role of Australian forces in the Middle East ...
Australia in talks to expand bombing raids against Islamic State into SyriaSydney Morning Herald
Push for Aussie warplanes to start bombing jihadis in SyriaHerald Sun
Labor warns it would be 'very dangerous' to start bombing Islamic State in SyriaABC Online
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UN statement on Syria political transition delayed by Venezuela objections - Minneapolis Star Tribune Wed, 12 Aug 2015 21:41:18 GMT

Arutz Sheva

UN statement on Syria political transition delayed by Venezuela objections
Minneapolis Star Tribune
The draft council statement demands that all parties in Syria "work urgently" toward fully implementing the roadmap to peace adopted by key nations in Geneva in June 2012. It calls for the formation of a transitional government with full executive ...
UN Statement on Syria Delayed Over Venezuela ObjectionsABC News
Venezuela Delays UN Resolution on SyriaArutz Sheva

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Defeating Isis in Syria is essential to prevent catastrophe - The Guardian Wed, 12 Aug 2015 12:15:00 GMT

The Guardian

Defeating Isis in Syria is essential to prevent catastrophe
The Guardian
Islamic State (Isis) is the catastrophic consequence of political illegitimacy in Iraq and Syria. In Iraq, the prime minister, Nouri al-Maliki, created a governance vacuum. With the unflagging support of Iran, he disenfranchised and alienated Sunni ...
The Syrian Catastrophe and the World's Deafening SilenceHuffington Post
The New Great Game Andrew J. TablerForeign Affairs
Obama's Syrian Rebel Force Goes AWOL and MIABreitbart News
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New Diplomacy Seen on US-Russian Efforts to End Syrian Civil War - New York Times Wed, 12 Aug 2015 01:46:03 GMT

New York Times

New Diplomacy Seen on US-Russian Efforts to End Syrian Civil War
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — With President Bashar al-Assad of Syria facing battlefield setbacks, diplomats from Russia, the United States and several Middle Eastern powers are engaged in a burst of diplomatic activity, trying to head off a deeper collapse of ...
Is Russia's Outreach on Syria a Bid to Distract From Ukraine?Wall Street Journal (blog)
Syria opposition heads for Russia cold on anti-IS Assad coalitionYahoo News
Russia Hosts Talks With Syrian Opposition, Signals Possible ShiftVoice of America
Reuters -Los Angeles Times
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Syria regime air strikes, rebel fire on Damascus kill at least 50 - ABC Online Wed, 12 Aug 2015 13:21:00 GMT

Here And Now

Syria regime air strikes, rebel fire on Damascus kill at least 50
ABC Online
At least 37 civilians have been killed in Syrian government air strikes near Damascus, while up to 13 other people have been killed after rebels fired a barrage of rockets into the capital, a monitor said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said ...
Strange Bedfellows Emerge In ISIS Fight In SyriaHere And Now
Syria regime air raids, rebel fire on Damascus kill 50Yahoo News
Syria's forgotten victims: the seige of Eastern GhoutaChannel 4 News
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US warplanes launch first air strikes against Isis targets in Syria - The Guardian Wed, 12 Aug 2015 22:56:40 GMT

The Guardian

US warplanes launch first air strikes against Isis targets in Syria
The Guardian
Turkish officials have indicated a major priority will be the establishment of a safe zone inside Syria free of Isis jihadists where some of the 1.8 million Syrian refugees Turkey is hosting could be housed. But Washington has yet to express clear ...
Turkey PM: Syria no-fly zone neededBBC News
No IS-free zone? US denies reaching agreement with Turkey on Syria 'safe zone'Sydney Morning Herald
US jets launch first anti-IS Syria strikes from TurkeyYahoo News UK
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Travel writer, Syria: 'Most of this is a war zone now, the medieval souk ... - Irish Times Wed, 12 Aug 2015 15:08:03 GMT

Irish Times

Travel writer, Syria: 'Most of this is a war zone now, the medieval souk ...
Irish Times
The small minibus rattled from Turkish holy town Urfa to the hot and grimy border town separating me from Tel Abyad, my first stop in Syria. Worried texts from home (it was March 2011) warned of the increasing volatility in Syria and entreated me to ...

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