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Putin Is Destroying My Dream of Returning to a Free Syria - TIME Wed, 09 Mar 2016 15:40:00 GMT

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Putin Is Destroying My Dream of Returning to a Free Syria
TIME
The first time I had hope for a better future for my country, Syria, was in March 2011 when the uprising started. Shouts of freedom in the Damascus streets was exhilarating for a country that had spent four decades as a police state. As the Syrian poet ...
Russia-US Truce Initiative In Syria 'May Be Last Chance To Stop Violence,' Opposition Groups Say As Geneva Talks ...International Business Times
Russia, US truce initiative in Syria 'may be last chance to stop violence' – oppositionRT
Nance: Plan now for a New SyriaForeign Policy (blog)
Daily Mail -Sputnik International
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UN envoy for Syria expects peace talks to start Monday - Washington Post Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:05:17 GMT

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UN envoy for Syria expects peace talks to start Monday
Washington Post
Despite continuing cease-fire violations, there has been “quite a sustained reduction of violence” in Syria, and peace talks between the government and armed opposition groups are now scheduled to begin Monday in Geneva, U.N. special envoy Staffan de ...
Syria conflict: UN expects 'substantive' peace talksBBC News
Syria Cease-Fire to Continue, UN SaysWall Street Journal
Syria opposition sees fewer truce breaches, UN prepares talksReuters
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US Central Command nominee has 'concerns' about progress against Isis - The Guardian Wed, 09 Mar 2016 18:52:38 GMT

The Guardian
US Central Command nominee has 'concerns' about progress against Isis
The Guardian
Gen Joseph Votel, the current commander of US Special Operations Command and Barack Obama's choice to lead US Central Command, told the Senate armed services committee on Wednesday he has “concerns” about progress against Isis in Syria.
US Commander Previews Revised Rebel Training Effort in SyriaABC News
CENTCOM's Austin Sees Islamic State Influence Spreading, Russian Campaign in Syria 'Irresponsible'USNI News
Inherent Resolve Counter-ISIL Strikes Continue in Syria, IraqDepartment of Defense
Jerusalem Post Israel News -Reuters
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Isis 'war minister' targeted in Syria had been in Georgian army - The Guardian Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:20:50 GMT

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Isis 'war minister' targeted in Syria had been in Georgian army
The Guardian
While many of the Chechens in Syria are either veterans of the independence wars against Russia or young Muslims radicalised in the current authoritarian climate in the North Caucasus, Batirashvili previously served in the US-trained Georgian army.
ISIS 'minister of war' likely killed in US airstrike in Syria, defense official saysFox News
Islamic State commander Omar Shishani targeted in US strike in SyriaBBC News
ISIL commander 'likely killed' in Syria air strikeThe National
Bloomberg -The Hindu -Reuters
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New Report Documents 'Childhood Under Siege' In Syria - NPR Wed, 09 Mar 2016 03:34:00 GMT

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New Report Documents 'Childhood Under Siege' In Syria
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A new report by Save the Children, an international charity, details what it's like to struggle amid the war in cities and towns in Syria. Based on interviews and focus groups with people living and working in besieged areas, the report says at least ...
Eating Leaves, and Other Ways Besieged Syrians Try to SurviveNew York Times
The 250000 scared, starving and under siege forgotten children of SyriaMirror.co.uk
Report Paints Bleak Picture of Life in Besieged Areas of SyriaVoice of America
ABC News -ABC Online -The Independent -NPR
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It's Time to Seriously Consider Partitioning Syria | Foreign Policy - Foreign Policy (blog) Wed, 09 Mar 2016 21:31:56 GMT

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It's Time to Seriously Consider Partitioning Syria | Foreign Policy
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It's Time to Seriously Consider Partitioning Syria « | Foreign Policy | the Global Magazine of News and Ideas.
Leaked NATO report praises 'professionalism' of Russia's air force in ...Russia Beyond the Headlines

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Slovenia, Croatia closing borders to migrants from Syria and Iraq - Hot Air Wed, 09 Mar 2016 17:01:00 GMT

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Slovenia, Croatia closing borders to migrants from Syria and Iraq
Hot Air
Don't expect things to get better in terms of the European refugee crisis any time soon. As sentiments against the crime and disruption caused by the new settlers continues to rise in Germany, France and beyond, the nations on the borders of Europe are ...
'We will find a way': Syrian refugees react to planned EU-Turkey dealThe Guardian

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Caucasus Emirate in Syria highlights role in Aleppo fighting - Long War Journal Thu, 10 Mar 2016 01:53:10 GMT

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Caucasus Emirate in Syria highlights role in Aleppo fighting
Long War Journal
The Caucasus Emirate in Syria, the official Syrian branch of the al Qaeda-linked Caucasus Emirate, has released two videos highlighting its role in the current fighting in the Aleppo province. The first video shows a nighttime operation against Kurdish ...

Syria's first man in space is now a refugee - The Times of Israel Wed, 09 Mar 2016 23:19:00 GMT

The Times of Israel
Syria's first man in space is now a refugee
The Times of Israel
Muhammad Faris, Syria's first cosmonaut and a former general of the Syrian Air Force, backdropped by a paining of him in a space suit, smiles as he poses for the photographer in Istanbul, Monday, March 7, 2016. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) ...
Syria's first and only cosmonaut is now a refugee living in Turkey ...Quartz
How Syrian cease-fire has reignited spark of the revolutionAl-Monitor
AP Interview: Syrian cosmonaut: Europe must help oust AssadHawaii News Now
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Poultry farm turned school in Syria - Reuters Wed, 09 Mar 2016 20:23:48 GMT

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Poultry farm turned school in Syria
Reuters
Students hold geometrical forms to decorate the Freedom School, in the town of al-Tamanah, in the southern countryside of Idlib, Syria March 9, 2016. The school was converted from a poultry farm by the residents of the town more than a year ago. The ...