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Syria: Russian bombing ahead of peace talks prepares for future fighting - Fox News Wed, 02 Mar 2016 22:41:38 GMT

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Syria: Russian bombing ahead of peace talks prepares for future fighting
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Despite the fragile “cessation of hostilities” over much of Syria, a steady barrage of Russian air strikes is still aimed at moderate and U.S.-supported rebel forces, further complicating desperately strained humanitarian relief efforts and preparing ...
Syrian Forces With Russian Backing Strike at Rebels, Despite TruceWall Street Journal
Syria Ceasefire Holding Better Than Expected, Obama Officials SayHuffington Post
More local ceasefires, 31 violations in 3 days in Syria - Russian Foreign MinistryRT
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Israel claims Syria used chemical weapons during cease-fire - Fox News Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:56:46 GMT

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Israel claims Syria used chemical weapons during cease-fire
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"The Syrians used military grade chemical weapons and lately have been using materials, chlorine, against civilians, including in these very days, after the supposed cease-fire, dropping barrels of chlorine on civilians," Israeli Defense Minister Moshe ...
Israel says Syria used chemical weapons during ceasefireJerusalem Post Israel News
US Unable to Confirm Reports of Chemical Weapons Use in Syria - State DeptSputnik International

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Migrant crisis: Russia and Syria 'weaponising' migration - BBC News Wed, 02 Mar 2016 12:11:19 GMT

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Migrant crisis: Russia and Syria 'weaponising' migration
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Russia and Syria are deliberately using migration as an aggressive strategy towards Europe, the senior Nato commander in Europe has said. US Gen Philip Breedlove said they were "weaponising" migration to destabilise and undermine the continent.
NATO commander says Russia and Syria are using migration as a weaponChristian Science Monitor
Moscow and Syria 'weaponizing' refugee crisis in order to 'overwhelm' and 'break' Europe, NATO chief saysNational Post
NATO commander says Syria, Russia using migrant crisis as a 'weapon'FRANCE 24
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As Syria Cease-Fire Strains, Fearful Aleppo Prepares for War's Return - Wall Street Journal Wed, 02 Mar 2016 20:40:19 GMT

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As Syria Cease-Fire Strains, Fearful Aleppo Prepares for War's Return
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BEIRUT—As a cease-fire began in Syria and quickly threatened to unravel, Mosaab Khalaf, an agricultural engineer, went out to a public park in Aleppo and began tilling the soil to plant lettuce, potatoes and parsley. He and others on the rebel-held ...

US struggles with Arabic reports on Syria truce violations - Yahoo News Wed, 02 Mar 2016 23:13:53 GMT

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US struggles with Arabic reports on Syria truce violations
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A hotline set up by the U.S. State Department to log reported violations of the cessation of hostilities in Syria has suffered from a lack of fluent Arabic-speakers, the department said on Wednesday.
US working to fix language issues with Syria truce hotlineFox News
Something very worrying happened when a Syrian journalist called the State Department's ceasefire hotlineBusiness Insider
State Department's cease-fire hotline: Syrian journalist calls in, operator can't speak ArabicWashington Times
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Kurdish-led Fighters Close In on Syrian City of Aleppo - U.S. News & World Report Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:44:20 GMT

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Kurdish-led Fighters Close In on Syrian City of Aleppo
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The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported fighting between Kurdish fighters and militants near Sheikh Maqsoud. It added that militants shelled the predominantly Kurdish Sheikh Maqsoud neighborhood, wounding nearly 20 people.
Kurdish fighters retake strategic hill in surprise attack in AleppoPress TV
With truce, UN still can't reach starving SyriansCBS News

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Bangladeshi women are being trafficked to Syria as sex slaves - Washington Post Wed, 02 Mar 2016 17:03:45 GMT

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Bangladeshi women are being trafficked to Syria as sex slaves
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Many of the women taken to Syria -- and it's not clear from the report where in the country they have been trafficked -- likely migrated with the understanding that they had jobs lined up in Jordan, Lebanon or elsewhere, and from there were coerced ...

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The Latest: 18 US-backed rebels killed in Syria car bomb - Hawaii News Now Wed, 02 Mar 2016 14:08:24 GMT

The Latest: 18 US-backed rebels killed in Syria car bomb
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Opposition activists say a car bomb in southern Syria has killed at least 18 rebels including the commander of a U.S.-backed armed opposition group. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights says the car bomb exploded Wednesday afternoon ...

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Syria's drought 'has likely been its worst in 900 years' - The Guardian Wed, 02 Mar 2016 11:30:23 GMT

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Syria's drought 'has likely been its worst in 900 years'
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What stands out is the drought in the eastern Mediterranean, which includes war-torn Syria. Drought has had a firm grip on the region since 1998 and Cook's findings show that the recent bone-dry spell is likely the driest period on record in 900 years ...
The worst drought in 900 years helped spark Syria's civil warMashable
Drought in Syria Likely the Worst in 900 YearsEcoWatch
Syria's Drought Has Likely Been Its Worst in 900 YearsClimate Central

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On Day 3, Syria's Cessation Of Hostilities Still Largely Holding - NPR Mon, 29 Feb 2016 19:22:59 GMT

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On Day 3, Syria's Cessation Of Hostilities Still Largely Holding
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"Right from the onset of the truce, a large number of violations have been committed by the regime and its allies in several parts of Syria. The regime has continued to target populated areas using helicopter raids to using explosive barrels, resulting ...

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