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Fearing abandonment by Trump, CIA-backed rebels in Syria mull alternatives - Washington Post Sat, 03 Dec 2016 23:09:55 GMT

Washington Post

Fearing abandonment by Trump, CIA-backed rebels in Syria mull alternatives
Washington Post
Three years after the CIA began secretly shipping lethal aid to rebels fighting against Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, battlefield losses and fears that a Donald Trump administration will abandon them have left tens of thousands of opposition ...
Syria: Thousands of Aleppo's Displaced Pack Market ShelterABC News
Syrian forces seize half of Aleppo's east from rebelsAljazeera.com
Aleppo siege: Syria rebels lose 50% of territoryBBC News
Fox News -Reuters -New York Times
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Islamic State Girds to Defend Remote Syria Outpost - Wall Street Journal Fri, 02 Dec 2016 10:30:30 GMT

Wall Street Journal

Islamic State Girds to Defend Remote Syria Outpost
Wall Street Journal
As U.S.-backed forces pursue high-profile offensives on Islamic State's two remaining major strongholds, the militants are quietly bracing to make a last stand in a remote resource-rich Syrian province, according to residents and the group's fighters.

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The Latest: Iran and Russia reaffirm alliance in Syria war - U.S. News & World Report Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:46:13 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

The Latest: Iran and Russia reaffirm alliance in Syria war
U.S. News & World Report
27, 2016 file photo provided by the Rumaf, a Syrian Kurdish activist group, which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows people fleeing rebel-held eastern neighborhoods of Aleppo into the Sheikh Maqsoud area that is ...

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Dozens of civilians killed in strikes in Syria and Iraq, US-led coalition reports - Fox News Fri, 02 Dec 2016 13:54:00 GMT

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Dozens of civilians killed in strikes in Syria and Iraq, US-led coalition reports
Fox News
After months of review, the U.S.-led coalition confirmed Thursday that July airstrikes in northern Syria near Manbij killed 24 civilians who were mixed in with Islamic State militants. The total is far fewer than the more than 50 dead initially ...
US-led coalition in Iraq and Syria acknowledges 54 civilians killed in airstrikesWashington Post
Syria conflict: US coalition admits killing civilians in ManbijBBC News
Why US airstrikes are still killing Syrian civilians even with the most high-tech targeting technologyLos Angeles Times
The Guardian -Reuters -Department of Defense
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Californian killed in Syria is remembered as humble, dedicated to Kurdish cause - Los Angeles Times Thu, 01 Dec 2016 21:40:00 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Californian killed in Syria is remembered as humble, dedicated to Kurdish cause
Los Angeles Times
He was a committed activist, as well as a “real funny guy,” according to his colleagues on the front lines in northern Syria. To his comrades in arms, he was a good fighter, one who said he feared cameras more than bullets. And to friends at home in ...
An Amador County man died in support of a Kurdish cause in Syrian. (Dec. 2, 2016)ABC10.com
American Volunteer Who Died Fighting in Syria Was Kurd LoyalistVoice of America
Islamic State, Kurdish battle for Raqqa key to Syria's fateThe Australian
The New Arab
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Wait and see for Trump's policy on Syria - The Age Sat, 03 Dec 2016 07:44:35 GMT

The Age

Wait and see for Trump's policy on Syria
The Age
According to the just published book, The Age of Jihad by Patrick Cockburn, Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, the former Saudi ambassador to the US and head of Saudi intelligence until 2014, was a key player in directing Saudi support for rebels in Syria.

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Denmark Withdraws from Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, allegedly against ISIS-Daesh - Center for Research on Globalization Sat, 03 Dec 2016 17:57:42 GMT

Center for Research on Globalization

Denmark Withdraws from Airstrikes in Syria and Iraq, allegedly against ISIS-Daesh
Center for Research on Globalization
Last Friday December 2, Denmark has announced officially that it will suspend its participation in airstrikes on Syria and Iraq. In this press note of The Local, we read that Danish Foreign Ministry Anders Samuelsen stated that “We have decided to ...
Denmark to pull fighter jets out of Syria and IraqThe Local Denmark
Denmark to pull jets from Syria and IraqNEWS.com.au
Denmark to withdraw air force from Syria, IraqAMN Al-Masdar News (registration)

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Japan looks to Russia's further constructive role in Syria - TASS Sat, 03 Dec 2016 15:16:03 GMT

Japan looks to Russia's further constructive role in Syria
TASS
MOSCOW, December 3. /TASS/. Japan expects that Russia will continue to play a constructive role in Syria, Japanese Foreign Ministry's Deputy Press Secretary Masato Otaka told a news conference on Saturday. "We have looked at the situation in Syria.

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Why is Iran backing Syria's Bashar al-Assad? - Aljazeera.com Fri, 02 Dec 2016 15:01:55 GMT

Why is Iran backing Syria's Bashar al-Assad?
Aljazeera.com
In this week's UpFront, Mehdi Hasan speaks to Iranian Vice President and Head of Iran's Environmental Protection Organisation, Masoumeh Ebtekar, on her country's support for Bashar al-Assad in Syria, and Iran's advances in the fight against climate ...

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UN states seeking resolution to demand end to fighting in Syria - Reuters Fri, 02 Dec 2016 20:04:03 GMT

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UN states seeking resolution to demand end to fighting in Syria
Reuters
UNITED NATIONS The United Nations General Assembly began talks on Friday on a draft resolution that would demand an end to fighting in Syria amid frustration by some states and rights groups over U.N. Security Council deadlock on the nearly six-year ...
As Syria burns, the United Nations again bashes … IsraelNew York Post
UN passes resolution calling on Israel to withdraw from Syria's Golan HeightsPress TV

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