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The Islamic State is battling Syrian rebels for key supply lifeline - Business Insider Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:50:00 GMT

Business Insider

The Islamic State is battling Syrian rebels for key supply lifeline Business Insider Beirut (AFP) - Jihadists from the Islamic State group battled rebel forces, including Islamists, on Sunday for a series of key villages in northern Syria, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The four villages in the northern province of ... Insurgents recapture villages on Syrian plain vital to AssadReuters Islamic State assault in northern Syria kills nearly 40 rival rebelsUPI.com IS battles Syria rebels for key supply lifeline: monitorYahoo News Sky News Australia -Reuters UK -Al-Arabiya all 139 news articles »

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Iran Nuclear Deal Opens Diplomatic Channels for Syria - Military.com Sun, 09 Aug 2015 14:44:38 GMT

Military.com

Iran Nuclear Deal Opens Diplomatic Channels for Syria Military.com BEIRUT — The nuclear deal with Iran was widely expected to affect other Middle East issues, and that may already be happening with Syria: A series of recent diplomatic maneuvers suggest a growing willingness to at least engage with the Iranian-backed ... Russia, Saudi foreign ministers to talk energy markets, Syria on TuesdayReuters Russia's Lavrov urges U.S. to ally with Syria's Assad against Islamic StateTribune-Review Russia Wants US To Involve AssadRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty all 572 news articles »

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Syria Burning: Isis and the Death of the Arab Spring review – how a small ... - The Guardian Sun, 09 Aug 2015 08:00:12 GMT

The Guardian

Syria Burning: Isis and the Death of the Arab Spring review – how a small ... The Guardian When bursting the myth that all Alawites, the minority sect to which the Assads belong, have done well under the present regime, Glass also notes that the lack of wealth among many Alawites is a possible explanation for why the majority of Syria's ...

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SAS 'took part in Abu Sayyaf Isil raid in Syria' - Telegraph.co.uk Sun, 09 Aug 2015 16:56:00 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

SAS 'took part in Abu Sayyaf Isil raid in Syria' Telegraph.co.uk Sources said a squadron of the elite British troops has been assigned to battling Isil in Syria and Iraq. They have spent more than a decade working closely with their American counterparts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and targeting and intelligence ... SAS enter Syria to kill ISIS chief in US gunbattle that killed Abu SayaffDaily Mail all 4 news articles »

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US-led forces hit Isis a year after first strikes as dissent over policy grows - The Guardian Sun, 09 Aug 2015 17:58:11 GMT

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US-led forces hit Isis a year after first strikes as dissent over policy grows The Guardian US-led forces conducted 16 air strikes in Iraq and seven in Syria on Saturday against Islamic State targets, the US military said, on the weekend which marked the one-year anniversary of the first such strikes. Russia, meanwhile, called for the US to ... Lavrov slams 'unfounded claims' of Syria chemical weaponsYahoo News Islamic State abducts 230 in SyriaArkansas Online Syrian conflict 'has killed quarter of a million people'The Independent Washington Examiner all 125 news articles »

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Notorious ISIS recruiter, Omar Omsen, dies in Syria - RFI Sun, 09 Aug 2015 13:30:45 GMT

RFI

Notorious ISIS recruiter, Omar Omsen, dies in Syria RFI Franco-Senegalese jihadist, Omar Diaby, better known as Omar Omsen, has been killed in Syria, French media reported on Sunday. He's believed to have recruited dozens of French nationals, mostly from his hometown of Nice, to join the jihad cause in ...

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Seeking shelter from Syria's civil war - CNN Mon, 10 Aug 2015 00:28:52 GMT

CNN

Seeking shelter from Syria's civil war CNN (CNN) The Syrian conflict, now in its fifth year, has produced the largest refugee crisis in more than a quarter of a century, according to the United Nations. With more than 4 million Syrians living in other countries such as Iraq, Lebanon and Turkey ... Syrian children at the traffic lightsDaily Sabah all 2 news articles »

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Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria takes part in battle for the Al Ghab plain - Long War Journal Sun, 09 Aug 2015 14:39:28 GMT

Long War Journal

Turkistan Islamic Party in Syria takes part in battle for the Al Ghab plain Long War Journal The Turkistan Islamic Party (TIP), al Qaeda-affiliated Uighur jihadist group, has reported that its forces assisted in the capture of several villages in the strategic Al Ghab plain in northwestern Syria. In an Arabic-language statement released last ...

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Syria's ever-shifting battle lines - Al-Monitor Sun, 09 Aug 2015 18:29:08 GMT

Al-Monitor

Syria's ever-shifting battle lines Al-Monitor Battles in the Hama countryside, adjacent to Idlib in the Ghab region, all the way to the west countryside of Idlib, are flaring up and branching out. Moreover, breakthroughs in terms of advancement of the Syrian army, on the one hand, and Jaish al ...

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ISIS seizes Syrian Christians in attempt to further establish stronghold in ... - Fox News Sat, 08 Aug 2015 20:22:00 GMT

Fox News

ISIS seizes Syrian Christians in attempt to further establish stronghold in ... Fox News Islamic State is holding dozens of Christians in the southeastern Syrian province of Homs, Syrian Orthodox community leaders said on Friday, after it captured the town of Qaryatain in its efforts to establish a stronghold outside the major city of Homs. Christians flee Syria city as militants move closerArkansas Online Christian leaders in Syria can't contact flock after ISIS kidnapping spree ...ChristianToday Activists say ISIS advance is forcing Syrian Christians to fleeToronto Star Today's Zaman -Voice of America all 128 news articles »