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US-backed forces in Syria appeal for aid for hundreds fleeing IS - Reuters Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:08:08 GMT

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US-backed forces in Syria appeal for aid for hundreds fleeing IS
Reuters
The Syria Democratic Forces (SDF) alliance launched the advance two weeks ago to seize Islamic State's last territory on the Syria-Turkey border and cut the self-declared caliphate off from the world. "In the areas we control we have tried to take care ...
FREEDOM! Women celebrate end of oppressive ISIS rule by ditching Islamic niqab dressExpress.co.uk
ISIS jihadis abduct dozens of Kurdish civilians in Syria's AleppoARA News
US-backed forces in Syria appeal for aid for hundreds fleeing ISISThe Daily Star
Sputnik International -Center for Research on Globalization
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Source: Orlando attacker's ties to American suicide bomber in Syria 'deeper' than thought - Fox News Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:08:30 GMT

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Source: Orlando attacker's ties to American suicide bomber in Syria 'deeper' than thought
Fox News
The relationship between Orlando terrorist Omar Mateen and an American suicide bomber in Syria was much “deeper” than previously understood by federal investigators, according to a government source. Fox News was told the relationship as well as the ...
Orlando Survivor: Killer Demanded US Stop Bombing ISIS in SyriaWashington Free Beacon
US once investigated Orlando shooter over ties to bombing in Syria, but did not arrest himBoing Boing

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UN attacked for giving control of aid 'to Assad regime' in Syria - Telegraph.co.uk Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:03:08 GMT

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UN attacked for giving control of aid 'to Assad regime' in Syria
Telegraph.co.uk
The United Nations has lost all impartiality in Syria's civil war, effectively allowing Bashar al-Assad's regime to control billions of dollars of aid, according to a new investigation. After interviewing dozens of current and former staff, researchers ...
What Can UN Do to Get Aid Into Syria?Voice of America

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The Islamic State Loses Ground in Syria - STRATFOR Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:35:02 GMT

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The Islamic State Loses Ground in Syria
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In Syria, the Islamic State is in crisis. Over the past three years, the group has managed to expand from a regional nuisance to a force with global relevance, declaring a caliphate in June 2014 that stretched from Iraq's Diyala province to Syria's ...
Military Strikes Target ISIL Terrorists in Syria, IraqDepartment of Defense
ISIS losing ground in Iraq, Syria: Barack ObamaEconomic Times
18 strikes in Syria, 14 in Iraq target IS - coalitionKuwait News Agency
Mirage News -VICE News
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Making a living on Syria's refugee trail - BBC News Tue, 14 Jun 2016 23:19:54 GMT

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Making a living on Syria's refugee trail
BBC News
Mr Lababidy, along with a fellow Syrian he met here, set up shop selling bread, then added vegetables, and finally pizza and wraps. "We are like Syrian people, we don't need anyone to give us ideas," he says. Many of these shops have opened up in the ...

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Russian-Iranian alliance in Syria at crossroads - Asia Times Tue, 14 Jun 2016 15:18:55 GMT

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Russian-Iranian alliance in Syria at crossroads
Asia Times
The meeting of the defense ministers of Iran, Russia and Syria at Tehran last Thursday raises more questions than answers. Why did Iran think it necessary to take such an initiative at this point? Almost everything we know about the event is ...
After Tripartite Tehran Meeting, Hezbollah Deploys Hundreds of Added Militants to SyriaAsharq Alawsat

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Syria's super-rich are waiting for war to end to return and rebuild their homeland - The Independent Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:42:42 GMT

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Syria's super-rich are waiting for war to end to return and rebuild their homeland
The Independent
The destruction of Syria looks as total as in any civil war of the last century: whole towns have been leveled, road and water links severed, schools and hospitals in ruins, millions of people killed or exiled and the $60bn economy left for dead. Yet ...

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Syria conflict: World 'turning a blind eye' to carnage in Aleppo, says Medecins Sans Frontieres - ABC Online Tue, 14 Jun 2016 09:27:00 GMT

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Syria conflict: World 'turning a blind eye' to carnage in Aleppo, says Medecins Sans Frontieres
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Muskilda Zancada is the Medicines san Frontieres Head of Mission for Syria. She is deeply concerned about the growing death toll in the northern city of Aleppo. "The world is turning a blind eye to the carnage in Aleppo," Ms Zancada said. "In the past ...

US Can't Be Responsible for ISIS in Syria Because There Wasn't an 'Intervention,' Says Vox - Reason (blog) Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:27:05 GMT

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US Can't Be Responsible for ISIS in Syria Because There Wasn't an 'Intervention,' Says Vox
Reason (blog)
First, Yglesias argues that the "collapse of the Syrian state can't be the fault of a US intervention to overthrow Assad, because we never mounted any such intervention." But that's not what Trump said. Trump argued that "pushing for the overthrow of ...

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Somali camel traders pay the price of war in Syria - Aljazeera.com Tue, 14 Jun 2016 13:06:16 GMT

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Somali camel traders pay the price of war in Syria
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The men are camel traders, and they are following the latest news from the wars in Yemen, Syria and Iraq. The conflicts in these faraway countries have affected their trade and livelihoods badly. Business is slow and the traders say they barely make ...

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