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US officials: Russia looking at Syria airfield near Turkey - CNN Fri, 22 Jan 2016 23:26:00 GMT

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US officials: Russia looking at Syria airfield near Turkey
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The airfield, formerly controlled by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, also sits near the Kurdish-controlled region of northeastern Syria, where U.S. and coalition forces are active in the battle against ISIS, and far from Russia's ...
Russian, US Troops Edge Closer in Northeastern SyriaWall Street Journal
Turkey alarmed by 'Russian build-up' on Syria borderYahoo News
US sets up secret Syria air base to help elite forces fight ISISThe Australian (blog)
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Syria conflict: 'US expanding air strip' in Kurdish north - BBC News Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:07:14 GMT

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Syria conflict: 'US expanding air strip' in Kurdish north
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Satellite imagery appearing to show the US expanding a formerly disused air strip in Kurdish-controlled northern Syria has been seen by the BBC. The images, from the security analysts Stratfor, show a runway near the town of Rmeilan being extended from ...
US officials deny 'taking control' of an airfield in northern SyriaDaily Mail
Imagery Supports Claims of US Military Activity in SyriaSTRATFOR
Reports: America and Russia setting up bases in Syrian KurdistanRudaw
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Vladimir Putin is not in charge of Syria, never has been, and never will be - Vox Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:20:00 GMT

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Vladimir Putin is not in charge of Syria, never has been, and never will be
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On October 20, Bashar al-Assad quietly slipped out of Syria for the first time since his country's civil war had begun, four years and a quarter million lives earlier, and flew to Moscow for an awkward, and by all accounts chilly, meeting with Vladimir ...
Putin denies sending spy chief to Syria to ask Assad to step downThe Guardian
Syrian government thanks Russia for help capturing key townYahoo News
Putin Asked Assad to Step Down as Syrian PresidentNewsweek
ITV News -Jerusalem Post Israel News -FRANCE 24
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These kids fled Syria's war: See their pure joy playing in snow for the first time - Today.com Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:05:16 GMT

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These kids fled Syria's war: See their pure joy playing in snow for the first time
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Seeing a group of Syrian refugee children gleefully experience snow for the first time on a hill in Ontario, local policeman David McNab came to a clear conclusion. "They are going to make fantastic Canadians," McNab told TODAY.com.
Syrian refugee children in Canada experience snow for the first timeTelegraph.co.uk

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Kerry in Riyadh to Talk Iran, Syria With Gulf Arabs - New York Times Sat, 23 Jan 2016 02:04:35 GMT

Kerry in Riyadh to Talk Iran, Syria With Gulf Arabs
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RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry is in Saudi Arabia for talks with Gulf Arab officials on their deteriorating relations with Iran and on the Syria peace process. Kerry arrived in Riyadh early Saturday from Switzerland, where ...

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Hundreds dead as ISIS makes gains in strategic Syrian city - CNN Fri, 22 Jan 2016 23:33:09 GMT

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Hundreds dead as ISIS makes gains in strategic Syrian city
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The Institute for the Study of War -- a Washington-based group that analyzes the conflict in Iraq and Syria -- said Russia had shifted the focus of its air campaign to Deir Ezzor in the face of the major ISIS assault on parts of the city still held by ...
ISIS militants are holed up in Syria's Tabqa Dam with high-value prisonersDaily Mail

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US Mounts Last-Ditch Effort to Save Syria Talks as Turks … - Foreign Policy Fri, 22 Jan 2016 22:56:00 GMT

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US Mounts Last-Ditch Effort to Save Syria Talks as Turks …
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The United States is mounting a last-ditch effort to salvage stalled political talks aimed at ending Syria's nearly five-year civil war, deploying high-level delegations to Turkey and Saudi Arabia this weekend to head off possible boycotts by the ...
Turkish Invasion Threat Escalates Syrian ConflictCenter for Research on Globalization
Syria Peace Talks Doomed to Fail Without KurdsSputnik International

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Syria opposition rules out talks before end to Russian air raids - Reuters Fri, 22 Jan 2016 15:36:50 GMT

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Syria opposition rules out talks before end to Russian air raids
Reuters
With the five-year-old Syrian war showing no signs of ending, it looks increasingly uncertain that peace talks will begin as planned on Jan. 25 in Geneva, partly because of a dispute over the composition of the opposition delegation. Peace efforts face ...
Syrian Opposition Sharply Divided Ahead of Peace TalksABC News
Sec. Kerry: Indirect Syria peace talks scheduled to start next weekChristian Science Monitor
Assessing the Road to the Syrian Peace TalksNew York Times
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Tareena Shakil trial: Mother 'fled Syria on foot while clutching son' - BBC News Fri, 22 Jan 2016 16:46:59 GMT

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Tareena Shakil trial: Mother 'fled Syria on foot while clutching son'
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A mother accused of taking her toddler to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State has told a court how she fled the country on foot clutching her son. Tareena Shakil escaped to Turkey after catching a bus and bribing a taxi driver before running for ...
British mother accused of taking her toddler son to Syria to join ISISDaily Mail

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Delivering aid should not need Syrian regime's approval, says MP - The Guardian Fri, 22 Jan 2016 18:10:59 GMT

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Delivering aid should not need Syrian regime's approval, says MP
The Guardian
It is hoped that the conference will also set out a long-term plan to provide schooling for refugee children and some jobs. More than four million refugees are in Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan, and many more millions inside Syria are in need of aid.
Death by siege in Syria's civil war: Hundreds of thousands at riskWashington Post
Aid airdrops to Syria's besieged are called too dangerousU.S. News & World Report
Aid airdrops to Syria's besieged too dangerousNews24

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