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Turkey pushes west in offensive against Islamic State in Syria - Reuters Fri, 02 Sep 2016 13:58:05 GMT

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Turkey pushes west in offensive against Islamic State in Syria
Reuters
ANKARA Turkey renewed air strikes on Islamic State sites in Syria on Friday, extending operations along a 90-km (56-mile) corridor near the Turkish border which Ankara says it is clearing of jihadists and protecting from Kurdish militia expansion ...
Turkey's Syria offensive shows how each party is fighting its own warThe Guardian
Obama Will Meet With Erdogan This Weekend. Good Luck With That.Slate Magazine
Turkey Clears ISIS, Kurds From Northern Syria Area: ErdoganNewsweek
New York Times -Sputnik International -Washington Post
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Syria courts vacationers amid bloody civil war - Fox News Fri, 02 Sep 2016 18:40:25 GMT

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Syria courts vacationers amid bloody civil war
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Vacation in Syria? Seriously? The war-torn nation's Ministry of Tourism released a promotional tourism video featuring Tartus, one of its pristine coastal towns, in hopes of attracting tourists. Missing from the pitch was the fact that a suicide bomber ...
Life's a beach in Syria (says regime-backed tourism video)USA TODAY
Fancy a holiday? Come to Syria!euronews
'Always Beautiful': Syria Tourism Clip ReleasedSky News
Middle East Eye -Mirror.co.uk -Bloomberg
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Syria: Fear rises as Moadamiyeh evacuation begins - Aljazeera.com Fri, 02 Sep 2016 18:12:38 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Syria: Fear rises as Moadamiyeh evacuation begins
Aljazeera.com
Buses carrying more than 300 Syrians left the besieged Damascus suburb of Moadamiyeh on Friday, in the first stage of a deal that will enable the government to retake control of the rebel-held area. In the first stage of the deal, 303 people, including ...
300 Syrians Leave Besieged Damascus Suburb After DealVoice of America
300 Syrians leave besieged suburb of Damascus after making deal with governmentFox News
Syrians leave besieged Damascus suburb of MuadhamiyaBBC News

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Syria's message to tourists: Come back, enjoy our beaches - Washington Post Fri, 02 Sep 2016 07:06:23 GMT

Washington Post

Syria's message to tourists: Come back, enjoy our beaches
Washington Post
One video showed Syria's ancient sites, including the UNESCO World Heritage site at Palmyra that until recently was held by the Islamic State, while another showed a race car speeding around a track with the English-language message: "The wheel of life ...

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IS Loses Grip on Villages in Northern Syria - Voice of America Fri, 02 Sep 2016 21:26:03 GMT

Voice of America

IS Loses Grip on Villages in Northern Syria
Voice of America
FILE - A member of the tribal groups fighting along with the Iraqi government security forces takes a position behind sandbags during clashes with jihadists in the Hosh district of Ramadi as the Islamic State jihadist group launched a coordinated ...
Pentagon cloaks ignorance in calling Russia's killing of top ISIS leader 'joke'– Russian Defense MinRT

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This Program Is Changing the Syrian Narrative One Classroom at a Time - Huffington Post Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:51:20 GMT

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This Program Is Changing the Syrian Narrative One Classroom at a Time
Huffington Post
One year ago, the world mourned the death of Alan Kurdi. He was a Syrian toddler who drowned on his way to a better life, and his image stuck with all of us, humanizing the tragic toll of a war that keeps being forgotten. Weeks ago, another Syrian boy ...
Aylan Kurdi's dad: The horror in Syria must finally endNEWS.com.au
Road to compassion for the refugees of Syria is paved with good intentionsThe Sydney Morning Herald
Syria's War Rages On Year After Alan Kurdi's DeathHuffington Post Canada
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'Gross injustice': Of 10000 Syrian refugees to the US, 56 are Christian - Fox News Fri, 02 Sep 2016 21:09:36 GMT

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'Gross injustice': Of 10000 Syrian refugees to the US, 56 are Christian
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The Obama administration hit its goal this week of admitting 10,000 Syrian refugees -- yet only a fraction of a percent are Christians, stoking criticism that officials are not doing enough to address their plight in the Middle East. Of the 10,801 ...


Suspected government airstrikes kill 25 civilians in Syria - CBS News Fri, 02 Sep 2016 03:42:00 GMT

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Suspected government airstrikes kill 25 civilians in Syria
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BEIRUT -- Syria's government secured a deal to restore its authority over another rebellious Damascus suburb on Thursday while Syrian rebels captured new ground in a lightning advance on the central city of Hama and suspected government airstrikes ...
Syria: Rebels make gains in major Hama offensiveAljazeera.com
Syria conflict: Warplanes bomb Hama amid rebel offensiveBBC News

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Putin Says Russia and U.S. Close to Breakthrough Deal on Syria - Bloomberg Fri, 02 Sep 2016 09:47:57 GMT

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Putin Says Russia and U.S. Close to Breakthrough Deal on Syria
Bloomberg
Asked about Turkey's large-scale military operation in Syria, aimed at Islamic State and Kurds allied with Turkish separatists who are fighting the terrorist group with U.S. support, Putin said Ankara and Moscow “have a mutual desire to come to an ...
After sweeping into northern Syria, Turkey faces hard choicesReuters
Turkey's dangerous move on SyriaThe Hindu
America's True Role in SyriaCommon Dreams (press release)
The National Interest Online -Ynetnews
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Rebel groups in Iraq, Syria using remote-controlled guns - Fox News Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:37:00 GMT

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Rebel groups in Iraq, Syria using remote-controlled guns
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Remotely-operated sniper rifles and machines guns are becoming a powerful weapon for rebel groups in Iraq and Syria -- including the Islamic State -- allowing fighters to kill with the ease of pressing a button. The remote-controlled guns -- common in ...