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ISIS Reportedly Carries Out Mass Kidnapping Of Factory Workers In Syria - NPR Thu, 07 Apr 2016 21:17:05 GMT

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ISIS Reportedly Carries Out Mass Kidnapping Of Factory Workers In Syria
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ISIS has conducted a mass kidnapping of industrial workers near Syria's capital, Damascus, according to Syrian state media and an independent rights group. There are conflicting reports about how many people were taken from the al-Badiyeh Cement Co., ...
ISIS captures hundreds of Syrian cement factory workers, report saysCNN
ISIS Abducts Workers From Cement Factory in SyriaNew York Times
Syria conflict: IS 'abducts hundreds of factory workers'BBC News
The Guardian -Voice of America (blog) -USA TODAY
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Russia Didn't Withdraw From Syria, It Just Made Room For Its Gunships [VIDEO] - Daily Caller Thu, 07 Apr 2016 19:39:21 GMT

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Russia Didn't Withdraw From Syria, It Just Made Room For Its Gunships [VIDEO]
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A Mi-28N (top) from the Berkuty (Golden Eagles) helicopter display team flies in formation during a performance before its hard touchdown at the "Aviadarts" military aviation competition at the Dubrovichi range near Ryazan, Russia, August 2, 2015.
If the Syria Cease-Fire Fails, Blame PutinNewsweek
UN Syria envoy delays peace talks to ensure players are seriousReuters
U.S., Russia Said to Team Up to Draft New Syria ConstitutionBloomberg
RT -Sputnik International -UN News Centre
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Inside War Ravaged Syria - TIME Thu, 07 Apr 2016 14:37:02 GMT

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Inside War Ravaged Syria
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The killing fields in Syria spread quickly. Blood has spilled from streets to neighborhoods, urban centers out to the countryside, and eventually to ancient ruins. No corner of the country has been spared. Hundreds of thousands have been killed and ...
The Liberation of Palmyra: Syria Bloody but Unbowed by Western-backed Terror CampaignCenter for Research on Globalization
Homs Governor: Russia Played Major Role in Liberating Syria's PalmyraSputnik International

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The Latest: MSF Says Syria Situation Critical Despite Truce - ABC News Thu, 07 Apr 2016 18:23:59 GMT

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The Latest: MSF Says Syria Situation Critical Despite Truce
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Doctors Without Borders says besieged areas in Syria continue to suffer despite a weeks-long cease-fire and limited aid deliveries. MSF's operations chief Bart Janssens says the "catalog of horror" continues in the besieged areas where reports estimate ...
Putin: Isolating Russia Has Failed, Especially After SyriaNewsweek
Putin says Russia's operation has reinforced Syria's statehoodReuters
'Impossible to belittle Russia's role in Syrian settlement' – PutinRT
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Putin cheers Russian achievements in Syria as death toll mounts - Fox News Thu, 07 Apr 2016 17:49:49 GMT

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Putin cheers Russian achievements in Syria as death toll mounts
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Despite a skyrocketing death toll and new attacks from the Islamic State in Syria, Russian president Vladimir Putin on Thursday cheered his military's achievements there. "The [Syrian] statehood has strengthened, as well as the government structures ...

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Syria war: Rebels 'capture key northern town of al-Rai' - BBC News Thu, 07 Apr 2016 23:30:07 GMT

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Syria war: Rebels 'capture key northern town of al-Rai'
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Syrian rebels say they have seized control of the strategically important northern town of al-Rai from the group known as Islamic State (IS). The fall of the town is a boost for the rebels as they battle to capture the divided city of Aleppo. Al-Rai's ...
Syria rebels force ISIS from town near Turkish borderRudaw
Syrian rebels defeat Isis to take control of main supply route to TurkeyThe Independent

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Hopes of Coexistence in Syria - The Nation. Thu, 07 Apr 2016 13:34:34 GMT

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Hopes of Coexistence in Syria
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In the spring and summer of 2011, Samar Yazbek, an outspoken Syrian writer and journalist in Damascus from a prominent Alawite family, kept a diary of the first hundred days of what soon became her country's civil war. The diary became a book, A Woman ...

Are These 'Antiques' Imported from Syria Funding Terrorists? - Live Science Thu, 07 Apr 2016 22:41:06 GMT

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Are These 'Antiques' Imported from Syria Funding Terrorists?
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"Antiques" with a declared value of $26 million have been imported to the United States from Syria since 2011, when the civil war there began, according to documents that the U.S. Census Bureau provided to Live Science. It's not clear what, exactly ...

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Kerry to Iran: Help us end wars in Yemen, Syria - RT Thu, 07 Apr 2016 20:13:26 GMT

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Kerry to Iran: Help us end wars in Yemen, Syria
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At a press conference in Bahrain on Thursday, Kerry urged Tehran to “help us end the war in Yemen... help us end the war in Syria, not intensify, and help us to be able to change the dynamics of this region.” He added that Iran should “prove to the ...
In Talks on Syria, Kerry Sees a Key BenchmarkWall Street Journal
Kerry Calls On Iran To Help End Wars In Yemen And SyriaRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

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The Swimmer Who Fled Syria - The New Yorker Thu, 07 Apr 2016 12:02:32 GMT

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The Swimmer Who Fled Syria
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When Sven Spannekrebs, a swimming coach based in Berlin, learned of the announcement, he knew right away that one of his swimmers—Yusra Mardini, an eighteen-year-old Syrian who has a real shot at making the team—was about to get a lot of attention ...