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What Russia's Syria Intervention Tells Us About Its Interference in the US Election - The Nation. Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:46:53 GMT

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What Russia's Syria Intervention Tells Us About Its Interference in the US Election
The Nation.
The attempted Syrian revolution is over save for the shouting, and the winner is the corrupt and authoritarian Assad family, a dynasty that has ruled the country with a titanium fist since 1970. This outcome is largely owing to the intervention in that ...
Russia in Syria: A course strewn with obstaclesThe Interpreter

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Is the 'Jihadi Drug' Moving Out of Syria? - Foreign Policy (blog) Mon, 06 Nov 2017 21:46:14 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)
Is the 'Jihadi Drug' Moving Out of Syria?
Foreign Policy (blog)
Since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, Captagon — a potent amphetamine known as fenethylline — has been trumpeted as a “jihadi drug,” used by fighters in the conflict to improve their combat effectiveness. Breathless news reports described ...

Artillery strikes against ISIS in Syria were so intense they burned out 2 Marine howitzers - Business Insider Mon, 06 Nov 2017 21:12:17 GMT

Business Insider
Artillery strikes against ISIS in Syria were so intense they burned out 2 Marine howitzers
Business Insider
US Marines arrived in Syria in March to support the effort to retake Raqqa with artillery fire. The Marines, from the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit, came with M-777 Howitzers that can fire powerful 155 mm shells. The 11th MEU returned to the US in May ...

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Tales from Syria: Incredible photos as Sunderland student visits war-torn country - ChronicleLive Mon, 06 Nov 2017 18:00:24 GMT

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Tales from Syria: Incredible photos as Sunderland student visits war-torn country
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The Sunderland student, who is doing her Masters in Photography, took a trip to Syria in September to find out what life was really like in one of the world's most dangerous war zones. She said: “You have this idea of what war is like. And you arrive ...

Man jailed for planning terror trip to Syria - Yorkshire Post Mon, 06 Nov 2017 21:40:46 GMT

Yorkshire Post
Man jailed for planning terror trip to Syria
Yorkshire Post
Detective Superintendent Simon Atkinson, Head of Investigations for Counter Terrorism Policing North East, said: “Khalil Maher had planned to follow his friends to fight in Syria. Despite his attempts to hide this from his family and the police he was ...
Sheffield man who planned to fight for Daesh in Syria is jailedThe Star

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Mattis backs Geneva process on Syrian conflict - Reuters Mon, 06 Nov 2017 11:42:11 GMT

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Mattis backs Geneva process on Syrian conflict
Reuters
HELSINKI (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said on Monday he backed diplomatic efforts to bring an end to the Syrian civil war, which has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives over more than six years of conflict, as Islamic State ...
Is It Really 'Mission Accomplished' in Iraq and Syria?Scout
ISIS leader Al-Baghdadi 'has fled Iraq to Syria in a YELLOW TAXI to avoid drawing suspicion'Daily Mail
US Defense Secretary Mattis looks to diplomacy as ISIL crumbles in SyriaHurriyet Daily News
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Syria: Truck bomb kills dozens fleeing fighting against IS - ABC News Sun, 05 Nov 2017 15:26:00 GMT

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Syria: Truck bomb kills dozens fleeing fighting against IS
ABC News
Omar Abu Layla of the activist-run DeirEzzor 24 monitoring group said the blast happened at a checkpoint where locals were awaiting passage into SDF territory. He said dozens were killed. The SDF control several oil and gas fields in eastern Syria ...
Syria's army declares victory over Islamic State in key eastern city as Iraqi forces take back border townLos Angeles Times
IS loses Deir al-Zour in Syria and al-Qaim in Iraq on same dayBBC News
Syrian army declares victory in Deir al-Zour as Islamic State territory crumblesWashington Post
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What will happen in Syria following IS defeats? - BBC News - BBC News Sat, 04 Nov 2017 00:49:41 GMT

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What will happen in Syria following IS defeats? - BBC News
BBC News
Civil wars that spread devastation and suffering across a whole country have no real victors. But one war in Syria - that against the Islamic State (IS) group's ...

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Cyber armies, info wars and fake news add to Syria's suffering - The Sydney Morning Herald Mon, 06 Nov 2017 13:30:58 GMT

The Sydney Morning Herald
Cyber armies, info wars and fake news add to Syria's suffering
The Sydney Morning Herald
An intense information war being waged alongside armed hostilities in Syria is affecting efforts to help victims of the conflict, a senior humanitarian official says. Pawel Krzysiek, the spokesman for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC ...

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Rebuilding 'Hell Square' in Syria's Raqqa - Voice of America Mon, 06 Nov 2017 17:16:06 GMT

Voice of America
Rebuilding 'Hell Square' in Syria's Raqqa
Voice of America
Most people were killed after being accused of assisting any of the various militaries fighting IS, including the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a Kurdish-led umbrella group backed by the United States and the official Syrian Arab Army, backed by Iran ...