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Trump to Let Assad Stay Until 2021, as Putin Declares Victory in Syria - The New Yorker Tue, 12 Dec 2017 01:08:59 GMT

Washington Post

Trump to Let Assad Stay Until 2021, as Putin Declares Victory in Syria The New Yorker Despite the deaths of as many as half a million people, dozens by chemical weapons, in the Syrian civil war, the Trump Administration is now prepared to accept President Bashar al-Assad's continued rule until Syria's next scheduled Presidential ... On visit to Syria, Putin lauds victory over ISIS and announces withdrawalsWashington Post Putin announces Russian troop withdrawal from Syria during visit ...BBC News Putin pays surprise visit to Syria, where Assad tells him: 'Thanks a million'Los Angeles Times Aljazeera.com -Chicago Tribune all 393 news articles »

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Iraqi, Syrian Democratic Forces Destroy ISIS' 'Caliphate' - Department of Defense Mon, 11 Dec 2017 20:45:50 GMT

Department of Defense

Iraqi, Syrian Democratic Forces Destroy ISIS' 'Caliphate' Department of Defense At the same time across the border in Syria, Kurds and Arabs -- sick of ISIS' brutality -- formed the SDF. Coalition support enabled the group to take the fight to ISIS in areas that were once the terror group's stronghold. Now, Iraqi security forces ... and more »

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Syria service for British fighters Jac Holmes and Oliver Hall - BBC News Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:40:15 GMT

BBC News

Syria service for British fighters Jac Holmes and Oliver Hall BBC News ... from Birkenhead, in Merseyside, was killed in June 2017 after his regiment were ambushed by IS forces in Raqqa. Ryan Lock: A 20-year-old former chef from Chichester, Mr Lock died in December 2016 after turning his gun on himself to avoid capture ... and more »

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UN urges immediate evacuation of 137 Syrian children - Aljazeera.com Sun, 10 Dec 2017 16:45:41 GMT

Aljazeera.com

UN urges immediate evacuation of 137 Syrian children Aljazeera.com The UN children's agency has called for the immediate evacuation of scores of sick Syrian children from a besieged rebel-held enclave on the outskirts of Damascus, amid continued violence. Five children in Eastern Ghouta have reportedly died, while 137 ... UN calls for urgent evacuation of 137 sick Syrian childrenNBCNews.com Violence shuts schools, deprives children of medical care in Syria's East Ghouta, warns UNICEFUN News Centre UN: 137 children in dire need of evacuation in SyriaRudaw Voice of America -HuffPost all 49 news articles »

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Stories Of Syria's Uprising, And Its Backyard Funerals, In 'Gardens ... - NPR Sun, 10 Dec 2017 22:18:50 GMT

NPR

Stories Of Syria's Uprising, And Its Backyard Funerals, In 'Gardens ... NPR Tania El Khoury splits her time between London and Beirut, where she helped found an artists' collective. Three years ago, moved by stories she was hearing about the Syrian uprising, she created an interactive work called "Gardens Speak." It grew out ... and more »

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Donald Trump, Laurent Wauquiez, Syria: Your Monday Briefing - New York Times Mon, 11 Dec 2017 05:06:49 GMT

New York Times

Donald Trump, Laurent Wauquiez, Syria: Your Monday Briefing New York Times (Want to get this briefing by email? Here's the sign-up.) Good morning. Here's what you need to know: Photo. Credit Nabil Mounzer/European Pressphoto Agency. • Days of angry protests in the Palestinian territories ebbed, but there were rallies in ...

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Syria: what will it take to make peace? - swissinfo.ch Mon, 11 Dec 2017 10:01:06 GMT

swissinfo.ch

Syria: what will it take to make peace? swissinfo.ch It's a cold December afternoon and I am hanging around outside Door 15 at the Palais des Nations. My colleagues are there too, and we are starting to shiver. But we are used to it: this is the cold hard slog of covering the Syria talks. Lots of waiting ... Syrian government returns to Geneva talks, Western envoys skepticalReuters all 26 news articles »

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Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias push towards Idlib province - Reuters Mon, 11 Dec 2017 00:14:28 GMT

Reuters

Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias push towards Idlib province Reuters AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian army and Iranian-backed militias backed by Russian air power stepped up a military campaign against rebels in eastern Hama province in a push towards the rebel stronghold of Idlib province in northwestern Syria, rebels and ... Pro-Syrian Government Forces Aim to Seize Last Opposition-controlled Stronghold CityVoice of America Russian forces pave the way for Syrian Army troops to enter Idlib ...AMN Al-Masdar News all 19 news articles »

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Setback in Syria signals weakness for al-Qaeda - Axios Mon, 11 Dec 2017 17:58:28 GMT

Axios

Setback in Syria signals weakness for al-Qaeda Axios After al-Qaeda's Syrian affiliate, Jabhat al-Nusra, broke off in 2016, the U.S. government and other observers portrayed the split as a public relations move. The assumption was that al-Qaeda would retain an unofficial link to its loyal force in Syria ...

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Russia has started military withdrawal from Syria: RIA cites minister - Reuters Mon, 11 Dec 2017 19:06:49 GMT

Russia has started military withdrawal from Syria: RIA cites minister Reuters MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Monday that elements of Moscow's military contingent to Syria had already begun returning to Russia, the RIA news agency reported. Reporting by Jack Stubbs; Editing by Andrew Osborn. Our ...