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Deadly air strikes continue across Syria despite truce - Aljazeera.com Fri, 08 Jul 2016 16:14:00 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Deadly air strikes continue across Syria despite truce Aljazeera.com Air strikes have killed at least 22 people in Syria's northwestern Idlib province, as a government-announced ceasfire entered its third and final day and pro-government forces continued a push to encircle rebel-held areas of Aleppo city. Dozens of ... Almost 50 killed in Syria on ceasefire's last day: monitorReuters Activists Say Airstrikes in Northern Syria Kill More Than 20ABC News Over 60 civilians killed in north Syria: monitorYahoo News Voice of America all 133 news articles »

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Time to Talk in Syria - Common Dreams (press release) Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:42:48 GMT

Common Dreams (press release)

Time to Talk in Syria Common Dreams (press release) As the horrific carnage in Syria continues, a depressingly familiar chorus is rising from Washington. The new consensus is the same as it was in Vietnam, Iraq, and Afghanistan: Bombing isn't working, so let's bomb more. A familiar coalition — generals ... and more »

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What Syria Can Teach The US About Violence Against Civilians - ThinkProgress Fri, 08 Jul 2016 18:55:00 GMT

ThinkProgress

What Syria Can Teach The US About Violence Against Civilians ThinkProgress To be clear, conditions in the United States are not similar to pre-war Syria. The United States is a democracy — not a dictatorship run by one family where nepotism and clientelism are the norm. The economy is stronger, the standard of living and ...

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Queens of Syria review – refugees' fury echoes through Euripides - The Guardian Thu, 07 Jul 2016 22:00:14 GMT

The Guardian

Queens of Syria review – refugees' fury echoes through Euripides The Guardian It seems faintly obscene to slap star ratings on a show created out of the sufferings of 13 Syrian female refugees. But, in the end, it is a public event and one where I feel the harrowing voice of lived experience scarcely needs the use of Euripides's ... Queens of Syria: how to turn human tragedy into drama - reviewTelegraph.co.uk Queens of Syria, Young Vic, review: 'a compelling and humbling show' made by refugeesThe Independent Queens of SyriaOfficial London Theatre Evening Standard -Mashable all 19 news articles »

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'Huge problems' loom for tens of thousands fleeing Syria's Manbij - Middle East Eye Fri, 08 Jul 2016 22:57:29 GMT

Middle East Eye

'Huge problems' loom for tens of thousands fleeing Syria's Manbij Middle East Eye As US-backed Kurdish and Arab fighters advance into Manbij, a key Islamic State-held town in northeast Syria, fierce fighting has broken out, sending civilians fleeing. MEE contributor Wladimir Van Wilgenburg, currently based in Qamishli at the Syria ... Islamic State group battered, but still unbowed in SyriaFRANCE 24 all 15 news articles »

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Russias Biggest Warship Steams to Syria - Daily Beast Thu, 07 Jul 2016 05:19:40 GMT

Daily Beast

Russias Biggest Warship Steams to Syria Daily Beast “The general staff has prepared a plan for involvement of the deck aircraft in delivering strikes on terrorist groups in the Syrian Arab Republic,” an unnamed “diplomatic source” told the state-owned news agency TASS. With the flattop Admiral Kuznetsov ... The US and Russia may have just sealed Al Qaeda's fate in SyriaBusiness Insider Russia sends its only aircraft carrier to Syria in response to USFox News Syria declares unilateral three-day cease-fire in civil warUSA TODAY BBC News -Newsweek -DEBKA file all 261 news articles »

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US jets diverted to Iraq, abandoning Syrian rebels - CNN Thu, 07 Jul 2016 17:44:45 GMT

CNN

US jets diverted to Iraq, abandoning Syrian rebels CNN (CNN) Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Thursday that the Pentagon is looking into an incident in which U.S. support jets assisting Syrian rebels diverted to Iraq to strike suspected ISIS militants last week, leaving the rebels without badly needed air ... US jets abandoned Syrian rebels in the desert. Then they lost a battle to ISIS.Washington Post US 'studying' Saudi offer to help fight ISIS in SyriaAl-Arabiya US Threatens Syrian War EscalationCounterPunch RT -Sputnik International -Department of Defense all 512 news articles »

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Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq - Department of Defense Fri, 08 Jul 2016 14:03:18 GMT

Inherent Resolve Strikes Target ISIL in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, July 08, 2016 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today ... and more »

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Syria: UN relief wing sounds alarm on behalf of some 300000 people trapped in war-torn Aleppo - UN News Centre Fri, 08 Jul 2016 19:43:41 GMT

UN News Centre

Syria: UN relief wing sounds alarm on behalf of some 300000 people trapped in war-torn Aleppo UN News Centre A girl stands barefoot on a muddy walkway between rows of tent shelters, in the Bab Al Salame camp for internally displaced persons, near the border with Turkey, in Aleppo Governorate, Syria. Photo: UNICEF. Print. 8 July 2016 – The United Nations ... and more »

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Fighting shatters Syria's cease-fire - Arkansas Online Fri, 08 Jul 2016 08:05:03 GMT

Arkansas Online

Fighting shatters Syria's cease-fire Arkansas Online In this photo released on the official Facebook page of the Syrian Presidency, Syrian President Bashar Assad, greets people at the Safa Mosque on the first day of Eid al-Fitr, that marks the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Homs, Syria, ... No letup in Syrian fighting despite Eid truceAl-Arabiya all 1 news articles »