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Russian Moves in Syria Widen Role in Mideast - New York Times Tue, 15 Sep 2015 01:03:17 GMT

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Russian Moves in Syria Widen Role in Mideast
New York Times
WASHINGTON — Russia has sent some of its most modern battle tanks to a new air base in Syria in what American officials said Monday was part of an escalating buildup that could give Moscow its most significant military foothold in the Middle East in ...
Russia 'plans forward air operating base' in Syria - USBBC News
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'Syria is emptying' - Washington Post Tue, 15 Sep 2015 00:28:29 GMT

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'Syria is emptying'
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IZMIR, Turkey — A new exodus of Syrians is fueling the extraordinary flow of migrants and refugees to Europe, as Syria's four-year-old war becomes the driving force behind the greatest migration of people to the continent since the Second World War ...
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Democrats, Republicans spar on US responsibility for Middle East turmoil ...Fox News
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“With each passing day there are fewer safe places in Syria,” Paulo - New York Times Mon, 14 Sep 2015 12:42:15 GMT

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“With each passing day there are fewer safe places in Syria,” Paulo
New York Times
The Syrian government has repeatedly fired imprecise rockets and unguided bombs, according to the United Nations and other monitoring groups. Insurgent groups have used so-called “hell cannons” — improvised artillery devices fitted with explosive gas ...


A Brutal Reminder Of Why Syrians Are Fleeing To Europe - Huffington Post Mon, 14 Sep 2015 23:31:20 GMT

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A Brutal Reminder Of Why Syrians Are Fleeing To Europe
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Two car bombs exploded in the Syrian city of Hasaka on Monday, killing Kurdish forces, regime soldiers and more than a dozen civilians, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitoring group. The bombings were part of an ongoing conflict ...
Syria: On the front line in DamascusBBC News
Syria conflict: No sign of Assad regime crumblingBBC News

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Britain's Cameron urges support for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan - Reuters Mon, 14 Sep 2015 18:17:00 GMT

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Britain's Cameron urges support for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Jordan
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Since 2011, the conflict in Syria has driven more than 4 million people into refugee camps in surrounding countries like Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon, and many others toward Europe. Lebanon has called on other countries to share its refugee burden.
Taking in Syria's migrants may be merciful, but will add to its crippling ...Telegraph.co.uk
British PM meets Syrian refugees in LebanonU.S. News & World Report
Officials warn 20000 ISIS jihadis 'have infiltrated Syrian refugee camps'Mirror.co.uk
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Syria violence: Car bomb attacks 'kill 20' in Hassakeh - BBC News Mon, 14 Sep 2015 15:17:11 GMT

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Syria violence: Car bomb attacks 'kill 20' in Hassakeh
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Two car bombs in the Syrian city of Hassakeh have killed at least 20 people and injured 40, state TV reports. The first bomb hit Kurdish forces in the Khashman district, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), a UK-based activist group, said.
Twin suicide bomb blasts kill 26 in Syria's Hasakeh: monitorYahoo News
Two car bombs kill at least 26 people in eastern Syrian city: monitor, state mediaReuters
Up to 20 dead in suspected ISIS double car bomb attack in Syria - reportsRT

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Ending Syria war key to migrant crisis, says US general - BBC News Mon, 14 Sep 2015 05:13:36 GMT

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Ending Syria war key to migrant crisis, says US general
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Ending the conflict in Syria and Iraq is key to solving the migrant crisis facing Europe, a senior US official has told the BBC. Gen John Allen, special presidential envoy for the US-led coalition fighting the Islamic State (IS) group, said IS had to ...
How to Begin to End the Syrian WarBloomberg View

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Refugee Crisis: One Family's Journey From Syria to Germany - NBCNews.com Mon, 14 Sep 2015 09:13:56 GMT

Refugee Crisis: One Family's Journey From Syria to Germany
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Most were originally from Syria: when asked why they had left their homes some pointed to the sky: "Boom." They carried only essentials — an old woman held medicine packets, water-stained from when the sea splashed into her boat on the journey from ...


PM likely to push for Syria air strikes despite Corbyn opposition - Financial Times Mon, 14 Sep 2015 18:21:34 GMT

Financial Times

PM likely to push for Syria air strikes despite Corbyn opposition
Financial Times
Mr Corbyn, the national chair of the pacifist Stop the War coalition, rejects UK military action in Syria. A lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons, he once proposed that taxpayers should have a “right of conscience” to opt out of funding defence spending.
Cameron prepared to bypass Corbyn to get Syria airstrikes backingThe Guardian
David Cameron to seek Syria air strike vote backing from Labour rebels despite ...Mirror.co.uk
Cameron seeks consensus on bombing Syria in face of Corbyn oppositionRT
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To Imagine Syria at Peace, Think of Bosnia - Bloomberg View Mon, 14 Sep 2015 04:02:33 GMT

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To Imagine Syria at Peace, Think of Bosnia
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It took a temporary partition to end the war that tore apart Bosnia in the 1990s. Why not do the same for Syria? In one sense, a partitioned Syria is already visible, its contours drawn by the front lines of the civil war. President Bashar al-Assad has ...

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