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'Unintentional' Human Error Led to Airstrikes on Syrian Troops, Pentagon Says - New York Times Wed, 30 Nov 2016 00:21:22 GMT

CBS News
'Unintentional' Human Error Led to Airstrikes on Syrian Troops, Pentagon Says
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Tuesday blamed “unintentional” human mistakes for the American-led airstrikes in September that killed dozens of Syrian government troops. The attacks were conducted under the “good-faith belief” that the targets were ...
US military blames human error for mistaken coalition airstrikes in SyriaCBS News
US Cites Human Error for September Strike on Syria-Aligned ForcesWall Street Journal
Investigation: 'Human Errors' at Fault in Deadly US Airstrike in SyriaNBCNews.com
Los Angeles Times -BBC News
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New threats for civilians in Syria and Iraq already facing deprivation and danger - Los Angeles Times Tue, 29 Nov 2016 22:17:50 GMT

Los Angeles Times
New threats for civilians in Syria and Iraq already facing deprivation and danger
Los Angeles Times
In two of the Mideast's most devastating urban conflicts – Aleppo in Syria and Mosul in Iraq – civilians who were already facing deprivation and danger are confronting harsh new threats brought about by recent battlefield events, humanitarian groups ...

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Thousands Flee Aleppo, Syria, as Government Forces Advance - New York Times Mon, 28 Nov 2016 21:43:08 GMT

New York Times
Thousands Flee Aleppo, Syria, as Government Forces Advance
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — Thousands of people were sent fleeing for their lives on Monday as rebel fighters lost a large stretch of territory to government forces in the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, in what could prove to be a turning point in the conflict ...
U.S. officials concede there is little chance for a breakthrough in SyriaPBS NewsHour
UN Syria Envoy Sees Dire Future for AleppoVoice of America
Syria Seizes Parts of Aleppo From RebelsWall Street Journal
CNN -Deutsche Welle -Reuters
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Syria's Thirty Years' War - Forbes Tue, 29 Nov 2016 17:40:21 GMT

Forbes
Syria's Thirty Years' War
Forbes
Similarities between the conflict structures of the Syrian War and the Thirty Years' War indicate constancy of certain elements of the dynamics of international politics which persist in very different ages. With more immediate importance, these ...

Russia should foot Syria reconstruction bill, European leaders say - The Guardian Tue, 29 Nov 2016 19:21:05 GMT

The New York Review of Books
Russia should foot Syria reconstruction bill, European leaders say
The Guardian
European leaders, notably the French, are privately warning Vladimir Putin that if he permits Syria's president, Bashar al-Assad, to turn an expected capture of Aleppo into a military victory across most of the country, it will be up to Russia to foot ...
What Trump Should Do in SyriaThe New York Review of Books
A Syria Policy for TrumpForeign Affairs
'President-elect Trump understands need for new vision in Syria - that includes Russia'RT
The Hill (blog) -Financial Times
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Erdogan: Turkey Entered Syria to 'End the Rule of the Tyrant Assad' - Breitbart News Tue, 29 Nov 2016 22:35:11 GMT

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Erdogan: Turkey Entered Syria to 'End the Rule of the Tyrant Assad'
Breitbart News
On Tuesday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan declared that his country's armed forces were not just in Syria to battle ISIS and al-Qaeda terrorists (and, uncomfortably for U.S. policymakers, America's Kurdish allies) but were on a mission to ...
MIDEAST >Turkey entered Syria to end al-Assad's rule: President ErdoğanHurriyet Daily News
President Erdogan Says Turkey Entered Syria to End "Rule of the Cruel Assad"Newsweek
Erdogan: Turkish forces are in Syria to end Assad's ruleRT
Al-Monitor -BBC News -SBS
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Thousands Flee Parts of Aleppo, Syria, as Assad's Forces Gain Ground - New York Times Tue, 29 Nov 2016 20:48:18 GMT

New York Times
Thousands Flee Parts of Aleppo, Syria, as Assad's Forces Gain Ground
New York Times
Syrian families waited to board buses for government-controlled western Aleppo on Tuesday. Credit George Ourfalian/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. BEIRUT, Lebanon — The ferocious ground assault and aerial bombardment in eastern Aleppo has ...

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Body of 1st US Service Member Killed in Syria Returned Home - ABC News Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:04:26 GMT

New York Times
Body of 1st US Service Member Killed in Syria Returned Home
ABC News
The first U.S. service member killed in Syria in the fight against ISIS was returned to the United States on Sunday evening in a dignified transfer at Delaware's Dover Air Force Base. Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer Scott C. Dayton, 42, died near the ...
Scott Dayton Identified as First American to Die in Syria CombatNew York Times
US Sailor Killed in Syria Was Explosives SpecialistWall Street Journal
Navy Casualty in SyriaNavy
Department of Defense
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Albright, Hadley urge US to weigh using more force in Syria - Reuters Tue, 29 Nov 2016 19:53:18 GMT

Reuters
Albright, Hadley urge US to weigh using more force in Syria
Reuters
"The United States should be prepared to employ air power, stand-off weapons, covert measures and enhanced support for opposition forces to break the current siege of Aleppo and frustrate Assad's attempts to consolidate control over western Syria's ...
Understanding the Syrian conflictThe Independent
Kerry making 'unbelievable effort' to save Syrian rebels from Trump, Russia confirmsRT

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Desperate scenes in aftermath of Syria attack - Sky News Tue, 29 Nov 2016 19:37:09 GMT

Sky News
Desperate scenes in aftermath of Syria attack
Sky News
Desperate scenes in Syria attack aftermath filmed for Sky News. A number of victims with bloodied faces are seen lying in the street while others are carried to a waiting ambulance. 22:50, UK, Tuesday 29 November 2016. The aftermath of an artillery ...

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