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Syria health care has collapsed following attacks on hospitals, MSF says - CNN Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:21:37 GMT

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Syria health care has collapsed following attacks on hospitals, MSF says
CNN
On Monday, airstrikes in northern Syria hit two hospitals and a school, killing at least 25 people, according to reports. "It can only be considered deliberate, probably carried out by Syrian-government-led coalition that is predominantly active in the ...
MSF stops sharing Syria hospital locations after 'deliberate' attacksThe Guardian
MSF seeks independent probe into bombing of Syria hospitalReuters
How Russian bombing is changing Syria's war, in 3 mapsVox
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Dozens of Turkish military vehicles cross Syria border, dig trenches – report - RT Thu, 18 Feb 2016 21:27:27 GMT

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Dozens of Turkish military vehicles cross Syria border, dig trenches – report
RT
Dozens of Turkish military vehicles advanced 200 meters into the Syrian Kurdish region in Aleppo province on Thursday, ANHA news agency reported. It added that the troops started digging a trench between the towns of Sorka and Meydan Ekbis. According ...
How the Kurds Became Syria's New Power BrokersForeign Policy (blog)
Turkey blames Kurdish rebels, Syria for deadly Ankara attackCBS News
A Look at Turkey's Friends and Foes in the Syria ConflictABC News
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Damascus rejects proposals of no-fly zone in Syria - RT Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:17:47 GMT

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Damascus rejects proposals of no-fly zone in Syria
RT
Damascus was surprised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel's renewed proposal for a no-fly zone in Syria, the official told the state-run news agency on Thursday. The Syrian government “completely rejects” these proposals as they “constitute a violation ...
Why Putin Wants the Syrian Ceasefire to WorkNewsweek
US, Russia Launch Effort for Long-Term Syria Cease-fireVoice of America
A no-fly zone to protect Syria's civilians is a no-go: AnalysisToronto Star
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A new Iran deal? Syria truce may demand one - PBS NewsHour Thu, 18 Feb 2016 22:33:00 GMT

PBS NewsHour

A new Iran deal? Syria truce may demand one
PBS NewsHour
WASHINGTON (AP) — The pursuit of peace in Syria may require the United States and Iran to break new ground in their increasingly comfortable diplomatic relationship, propelled by last year's nuclear accord and their more recent prisoner swap. Another ...

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Pentagon: US has told Russia where US special forces are in Syria - Washington Post Thu, 18 Feb 2016 18:26:06 GMT

Washington Post

Pentagon: US has told Russia where US special forces are in Syria
Washington Post
A top U.S. general said Thursday that the Pentagon has informed Russia of where U.S. Special Operations forces are operating in Syria. Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Q. Brown, commander of U.S. Air Force Central Command, told reporters that the United ...
U.S. quietly tells Russia where American troops are located inside SyriaMilitary Times
Pentagon: Russia agreed not to strike US forces in SyriaThe Hill
US Asked Russians Not to Bomb Near US Commandos in SyriaABC News
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Syria crisis: UN to begin air drops of aid to Deir al-Zour - BBC News Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:41:54 GMT

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Syria crisis: UN to begin air drops of aid to Deir al-Zour
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The UN is planning to air drop food and other aid to a Syrian city besieged by the so-called Islamic State (IS), officials have said. A "concrete plan" was in place for the operation over the eastern city of Deir al-Zour, said Jan Egeland, who chairs a ...
Agreement Clears the Way for Airdrops of Humanitarian Aid in SyriaNew York Times
UN to dispatch first food airdrops into SyriaThe Guardian
UN aims to air drop food to IS-besieged city in eastern SyriaReuters

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UK's Syria air strikes killed or injured 'seven IS fighters' - BBC News Thu, 18 Feb 2016 15:43:47 GMT

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UK's Syria air strikes killed or injured 'seven IS fighters'
BBC News
Seven fighters from so-called Islamic State have been killed or injured by British air strikes in Syria, the Ministry of Defence estimates. By the end of January four attacks had resulted in IS casualties, figures released following a Huffington Post ...
UK Has Hit 'Just Seven IS Fighters In Syria'Sky News
UK air strikes in Syria 'have killed or injured seven Isil fighters'Telegraph.co.uk
British airstrikes in Syria hit just seven Isis fightersThe Times (subscription)

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Syria's White Rose - International New York Times Thu, 18 Feb 2016 10:20:12 GMT

International New York Times

Syria's White Rose
International New York Times
Michael Wolffsohn, a German historian, mentioned Galileo's line the other evening with reference to Syria, an unhappy land of the dead and dying in need of heroes to redeem humanity. The hopelessness of resistance does not diminish its redemptive power ...


Russia Is Killing a Lot of Civilians in Syria — But the US Coalition Allegedly Is Too - VICE News Thu, 18 Feb 2016 14:29:57 GMT

Russia Is Killing a Lot of Civilians in Syria — But the US Coalition Allegedly Is Too
VICE News
As news of another deadly airstrike on a Doctors Without Borders-supported hospital in Syria emerged on Monday, a Syrian diplomat made an alarming, and by most accounts implausible, claim. "It was destroyed by the American Air Force," said Riad Haddad ...

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US-led strikes in Syria kill 38 civilians in past two days: monitor - Reuters Thu, 18 Feb 2016 19:38:00 GMT

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US-led strikes in Syria kill 38 civilians in past two days: monitor
Reuters
BEIRUT The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based monitoring group, said on Thursday that at least 38 civilians were killed in air strikes carried out by a U.S.-led coalition in Hasaka province in northeast Syria in the past two days. The ...
Syria: US-Backed Fighters Advance Against ISISNewsweek
Report: Israel Strikes Syrian Army Outposts Near DamascusHaaretz

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