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Top US commander warns Russia, Syria - CNN Sun, 21 Aug 2016 08:02:46 GMT

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Top US commander warns Russia, Syria
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(CNN) In the most direct public warning to Moscow and Damascus to date, the new US commander of American troops in Iraq and Syria is vowing to defend US special operations forces in northern Syria if regime warplanes and artillery again attack in areas ...

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Brother of boy in iconic Syrian photo dies of injuries - CNN Sun, 21 Aug 2016 07:13:57 GMT

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Brother of boy in iconic Syrian photo dies of injuries
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Amman, Jordan (CNN) The brother of the Syrian boy whose impassive, bloodied and dust-covered image struck a nerve across the globe died of injuries from the airstrike this week on his family's house in Aleppo. This is what it looks like to be lucky in ...
'No story in Syria has a happy ending': Brother of Aleppo boy who became the latest symbol of civil war diesWashington Post
Brother of Omran Daqneesh, boy who became the symbol of Syria's suffering, diesAOL News
Ali Daqneesh, brother of Syria boy in Aleppo photo, dead days after airstrikeCBS News
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Civilian deaths mount after Syrian regime loses ground - Aljazeera.com Sun, 21 Aug 2016 18:14:00 GMT

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Civilian deaths mount after Syrian regime loses ground
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More than 500 Syrian civilians have been killed in a single week, mostly in government and Russian air raids and shelling, across several cities in the war-torn country. Casualty figures released on Saturday by the Local Coordination Committees (LCC), ...
Heartbreaking postscript to this pictureNEWS.com.au
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton Are Both Missing a Syria PlanDaily Beast
This won't be the last poster child for Syria's sufferingNew York Post
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The slaughter in Syria is a stain on the international community. How long will you let it go on? - Telegraph.co.uk Sun, 21 Aug 2016 21:01:30 GMT

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The slaughter in Syria is a stain on the international community. How long will you let it go on?
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Three years on, the international community has consistently failed to fulfil its responsibilities towards Syrian civilians. The Assad regime continues to unleash chemical weapons and other banned weapons on civilians with complete impunity. This ...

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Syrian rebels prepare to attack Islamic State town from Turkey - Reuters Sun, 21 Aug 2016 20:43:00 GMT

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Syrian rebels prepare to attack Islamic State town from Turkey
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BEIRUT/AMMAN Syrian rebels are preparing to launch an attack to seize a town from Islamic State on the border with Turkey, a senior rebel said on Sunday, in a move that would frustrate Kurdish hopes to expand in the area. The rebels, Turkish-backed ...
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Turkey's prime minister says only a transitional role for Syria's Assad would be acceptableLos Angeles Times
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Aerial close encounter between US, Syrian jets - CNN Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:27:19 GMT

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Aerial close encounter between US, Syrian jets
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(CNN) Two American F-22s on patrol over Hasakah, Syria, flew within a mile of two Syrian Su-24 fighter jets and "encouraged" them to leave Friday, a US defense official told CNN. The close encounter comes only a day after two Syrian warplanes attacked ...
Syria deploys warplanes over Hasakah despite US warning over strikes on KurdsTelegraph.co.uk
Syrian Su-24s attempting to fly close to US Special Forces in Syria get intercepted and “encouraged to leave” by F ...The Aviationist (blog)
Kurds versus Syrian army battle intensifies, complicating multi-fronted wa...Reuters
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Syria's Horrors Visit Turkey Again as Bomber Attacks Kurdish Wedding - New York Times Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:22:23 GMT

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Syria's Horrors Visit Turkey Again as Bomber Attacks Kurdish Wedding
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The devastating bombing of the Kurdish wedding in Gaziantep killed more than 50 people, for which President Recep Tayyip Erdogan blamed the Islamic State, the terrorist group that controls a swath of land straddling the frontier between Iraq and Syria.
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Philippine President Duterte Blasts US on Syria and Police Shootings, Threatens to Leave UN - NBCNews.com Sun, 21 Aug 2016 19:53:00 GMT

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Philippine President Duterte Blasts US on Syria and Police Shootings, Threatens to Leave UN
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In a press conference that began after midnight Saturday and lasted until the early morning hours Sunday, President Rodrigo Duterte lambasted the U.S. and U.N. for failing to stem the violence in Syria, where earlier this week a picture of a 5-year-old ...

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Russia Asserts Its Military Might in Syria - New York Times Sat, 20 Aug 2016 00:13:27 GMT

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Russia Asserts Its Military Might in Syria
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MOSCOW — Russia flexed its muscles again over Syria on Friday, for the first time launching cruise missiles at targets from warships in the Mediterranean Sea days after beginning bombing runs from a base in Iran. Taken together, the new military moves ...
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India has a role to play in combating terror: Syria President Bashar al-Assad - The Indian Express Sun, 21 Aug 2016 09:42:00 GMT

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India has a role to play in combating terror: Syria President Bashar al-Assad
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syria, assad, Bashar al Assad, syria war, syrian war, m j akbar “As a growing power, India has a role to play in meeting the challenge of terrorism,” sources quoted Assad as saying. (Source: File/AP). As a growing power, India has a role to play in ...
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