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Can Turkey's campaign in Syria's Idlib bring peace? - Aljazeera.com Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:56:00 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Can Turkey's campaign in Syria's Idlib bring peace?
Aljazeera.com
About 100 Turkish soldiers have moved into Syria's Idlib province in a convoy of armoured vehicles. Ankara says it is to enforce a de-escalation zone in the war-torn country as part of a deal with Iran and Russia. But there are suspicions Turkey's real ...
Syria war: Turkish forces set up positions in Idlib - BBC NewsBBC News
Erdogan Announces Start of Syria Mission Planned With PutinBloomberg
Turkish Forces Set up Positions in Syria's IdlibU.S. News & World Report
Daily Mail -FRANCE 24 -Al Jazeera
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In Lebanon, a rape and murder galvanize anti-Syrian fervor - Los Angeles Times Fri, 13 Oct 2017 21:40:00 GMT

Los Angeles Times

In Lebanon, a rape and murder galvanize anti-Syrian fervor
Los Angeles Times
The case might have proceeded quietly as the suspect faced murder charges, but his status as one of about 1.5 million Syrians in Lebanon, many of them refugees fleeing the vicious six-year civil war raging through their country, has made it a rallying ...


How a Seed Bank, Almost Lost in Syria's War, Could Help Feed a Warming Planet - New York Times Fri, 13 Oct 2017 09:01:48 GMT

New York Times

How a Seed Bank, Almost Lost in Syria's War, Could Help Feed a Warming Planet
New York Times
Inside each was a carefully dried and pressed seed pod: a sweet clover from Egypt, a wild wheat found only in northern Syria, an ancient variety of bread wheat. He had thousands of these folders stacked neatly in a windowless office, a precious ...


Local official: 100 IS fighters surrender in Syria's Raqqa - ABC News Fri, 13 Oct 2017 20:54:00 GMT

Deutsche Welle

Local official: 100 IS fighters surrender in Syria's Raqqa
ABC News
This frame grab from a video provided on Friday, Oct. 13, 2017 by Turkey-based Kurdish Mezopotamya agency media outlet that is consistent with independent AP reporting, shows a Syrian woman with her child cries after she fled from the areas that still ...
Syria: The Battle for RaqqaDeutsche Welle
The Latest: Civilians flee IS-held areas in Syria's RaqqaWashington Post
Hundreds of civilians flee Islamic State-held areas of Syrian cityLos Angeles Times

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IS car bomb kills 18 in Syria - The Hindu Fri, 13 Oct 2017 17:14:16 GMT

The Hindu

IS car bomb kills 18 in Syria
The Hindu
A jihadist car bombing targeting displaced Syrians in the north-eastern province of Hasakeh on Thursday killed at least 18 people, including Kurdish security forces, a monitor said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the attack ...
Syria - Attacks (12 October 2017)France Diplomatie (press release)
WHO says attack on Syria vaccine store leaves children at riskNasdaq
Suicide attacks kill Deir Az Zor refugees and KurdsAljazeera.com
Sky News Australia -RT
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Russia raises doubts about UN probe of Syria gas attack - Daily Mail Fri, 13 Oct 2017 20:52:00 GMT

Daily Mail

Russia raises doubts about UN probe of Syria gas attack
Daily Mail
Russia on Friday complained that UN investigators who this week traveled to a Syrian airfield allegedly used to launch the sarin gas attack on Khan Sheikhun did not take samples, a lapse described as "scandalous." The team from the joint UN-OPCW probe, ...
Russia Questions Future of Syria Chemical Weapons InquiryU.S. News & World Report
Russia Complains UN Investigators Failed To Search For Banned Gas At Syrian AirfieldRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
Russia Tends to Think Chemical Attack in Syria's Khan Sheykhoun StagedSputnik International

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Crushed but for 120 minutes united: qualifier lets Syrians forget war - The Guardian Wed, 11 Oct 2017 04:20:20 GMT

The Guardian

Crushed but for 120 minutes united: qualifier lets Syrians forget war
The Guardian
The Syrian national football team bowed out of 2018 World Cup qualification after a 2-1 loss to Australia on Tuesday, after an unlikely run that saw them progress to a qualification play-off. At a cafe in central Beirut, fans expressed a mixture of ...
Syria's World Cup hopes ended as Australia come from behind to winCNN
Australia 2-1 Syria AETBBC Sport
Socceroos beat Syria 2-1 in extra time to advance to intercontinental play-off for World Cup qualifyingABC Online
FIFA.com -The Independent -FRANCE 24
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Pregnant girl, 15, who escaped ISIS says her father brought her from Kansas to Syria - Kansas City Star Thu, 12 Oct 2017 16:17:07 GMT

Kansas City Star

Pregnant girl, 15, who escaped ISIS says her father brought her from Kansas to Syria
Kansas City Star
A 15-year-old girl who escaped the terrorist group ISIS in northern Syria had a surprising announcement to make. “I'm from Kansas.” The girl, shrouded in black, was among a group of women who managed to get out of the besieged ISIS stronghold of Raqqa.
Families fleeing Syria's Raqqa speak of atrocitiesgulfnews.com
American Teen Escapes ISIS in Syria: 'When You Walk Outside, There's Intestines in the Street'Inside Edition

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Syria: Russian soldiers deliver urgent humanitarian aid in Kerbat Ash-Shabbat - AMN Al-Masdar News Fri, 13 Oct 2017 23:19:13 GMT

AMN Al-Masdar News

Syria: Russian soldiers deliver urgent humanitarian aid in Kerbat Ash-Shabbat
AMN Al-Masdar News
Russian officers from the Russian Reconciliation Centre for Syria have delivered humanitarian aid to refugees in the town of Kerbat Ash-Shabbat, Rif Dimashq Governorate, on Friday. Alexei Sergeev, the Reconciliation centre's official, said that Russian ...


Syria's civil war is a long way from over — and here's why that's important - Washington Post Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:02:25 GMT

Washington Post

Syria's civil war is a long way from over — and here's why that's important
Washington Post
Ibrahim al-Assil is a fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington and a nonresident fellow at the Orient Research Center in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. He is also a founding member of the Syrian Nonviolence Movement. The Syrian civil war is now ...

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