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Trump's fight in Syria: Amid the chaos, Islamic State is America's Job One - Chicago Tribune Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:44:31 GMT

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Trump's fight in Syria: Amid the chaos, Islamic State is America's Job One
Chicago Tribune
Syrian President Bashar Assad, whom President Barack Obama has for several years said "must go," apparently isn't going anywhere. His government's forces, backed by Russian air power, are in the final stages of crushing the major rebel stronghold in ...
Syria's Assad hails 'the liberation of Aleppo' as evacuations begin from devastated cityLos Angeles Times
How Russia's playbook transformed the war in SyriaCNN
Aleppo Syria battle: Evacuation to continue for second dayBBC News
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A Trump Strategy to End Syria's Nightmare - Wall Street Journal Fri, 16 Dec 2016 00:20:26 GMT

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A Trump Strategy to End Syria's Nightmare
Wall Street Journal
Many of Donald Trump's foreign-policy views shifted throughout the campaign, and the president-elect remains unpredictable. But Mr. Trump's instincts on Syria may augur a viable alternative to the Obama administration's failed strategy. President Obama ...
Death, Suffering, And Instability In Aleppo: Obama's Disastrous Syria PolicyFox News

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A Hotline for Americans and Russians to Avoid Catastrophe in Syrian Skies - New York Times Wed, 14 Dec 2016 21:52:42 GMT

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A Hotline for Americans and Russians to Avoid Catastrophe in Syrian Skies
New York Times
A Russian Sukhoi Su-34 fighter-bomber released bombs over Syria in August. The united States and Russia use a hotline to communicate and avoid any disasters in the skies over Syria. Credit Russian Defense Ministry. DOHA, Qatar — Not long after the ...
Russia's Syria DoublespeakWall Street Journal
US eyes missiles grabbed by ISIS in Syrian townCBS News
It's now beyond question that prolonged violence in Syria is in Washington's interestRT
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How the World Closed Its Eyes to Syria's Horror - New York Times Thu, 15 Dec 2016 02:28:53 GMT

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How the World Closed Its Eyes to Syria's Horror
New York Times
“Please, save us, thank you,” says Bana al-Abed, a 7-year-old Syrian girl, in one video posted to Twitter. Bana has been tweeting for a few months with her mother from eastern Aleppo, where Syrian government and Russian forces bombed her family out of ...
Syria's White Helmets accuse Russia of Aleppo war crimes: letterReuters

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After Aleppo, what happens to Syria's besieged towns? - Aljazeera.com Thu, 15 Dec 2016 09:27:13 GMT

After Aleppo, what happens to Syria's besieged towns?
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Last year, the Syrian mountain resort of Madaya drew the world's attention when medical workers published harrowing photos of its its malnourished residents showing wide-eyed babies without access to milk, and elderly men with cavernous rib cages.

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ISIS has three surface-to-air missile launchers in Syria, US officials say - Fox News Fri, 16 Dec 2016 01:13:26 GMT

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ISIS has three surface-to-air missile launchers in Syria, US officials say
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ISIS retook Palmyra over the weekend after Syrian regime troops escaped in a hurry, leaving behind a trove of weapons. A spokesman for Russia's Ministry of Defense said Thursday that an “insignificant number” of weapons had been taken by the terror ...

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7 Charities Helping Syrians That Need Your Support Now More Than Ever - Huffington Post Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:00:33 GMT

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7 Charities Helping Syrians That Need Your Support Now More Than Ever
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Helping the millions of crisis-afflicted men, women and children in Syria may seem like an impossible task if you're thousands of miles away, but charities around the world are doing incredible work on this front ― and they need your support. In light ...

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Authorities: IS Fighter in Syria Plots Terror in Indonesia - Voice of America Fri, 16 Dec 2016 01:03:57 GMT

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Authorities: IS Fighter in Syria Plots Terror in Indonesia
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One of Indonesia's most wanted men is a computer geek skilled at bomb-making who joined the Islamic State in Syria, where police say he now directs terror attacks against his native land. Indonesian authorities say they have linked Bahrun Naim to a ...

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Aleppo: Beginning of the end of Syria's war? - Aljazeera.com Thu, 15 Dec 2016 10:25:42 GMT

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Aleppo: Beginning of the end of Syria's war?
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The Syrian government used boots on the ground, air strikes, and siege tactics to win back the city where opposition fighters seized control in 2012. A ceasefire brokered by Russia and Turkey on Tuesday was supposed to end the fighting, with the ...

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Will Syria be Obama's Rwanda? - The Hill (blog) Thu, 15 Dec 2016 21:51:51 GMT

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Will Syria be Obama's Rwanda?
The Hill (blog)
TV screens show us slaughter and ruins in Syria. In real time, we watch Aleppo conquered. Cellphone videos thanking supporters and saying goodbye go viral. Heartbreaking last tweets are retweeted and retweeted. Yet the U.S. government turns its head ...

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