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British aid scheme suspended amid allegations of payments to Syrian jihadis - The Guardian Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:09:00 GMT

The Guardian

British aid scheme suspended amid allegations of payments to Syrian jihadis The Guardian Officers from the Free Syrian Police were apparently also working with courts accused of torture and summary executions according to allegations made in a BBC Panorama documentary due to air on Monday evening. The Foreign Office confirmed on Sunday ... Government suspends support for foreign aid project in Syria over claims cash is being diverted to extremistsTelegraph.co.uk Brit foreign aid project suspended after it was revealed UK taxpayers were funding extremists in SyriaThe Sun UK foreign aid money 'diverted to extremists' in SyriaBBC News Arab News -Daily Star -The New Arab all 10 news articles »

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Help Assad or Leave Cities in Ruins? The Politics of Rebuilding Syria - New York Times Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:54:36 GMT

New York Times

Help Assad or Leave Cities in Ruins? The Politics of Rebuilding Syria New York Times HOMS, Syria — This city's last rebel stronghold, once a well-to-do neighborhood in Homs of wide streets and high-rise apartments, is today a ghost of its former self. After a siege by Syrian government forces that lasted three and a half years, only a ...

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Syria: Ceasefire fails to stop devastating airstrikes | News | Al Jazeera - Aljazeera.com Sun, 03 Dec 2017 17:00:54 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Syria: Ceasefire fails to stop devastating airstrikes | News | Al Jazeera Aljazeera.com Syrian government airstrikes have targeted several cities and towns in Damascus province. Air raids in Syria kill 25 civiliansThe Sun Daily Syrian, Russian jets bomb residential areas in eastern Ghouta: witnesses, monitorReuters all 14 news articles »

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Syria: US-backed YPG seizes much of Deir el-Zour province from IS - Deutsche Welle Sun, 03 Dec 2017 22:07:30 GMT

Deutsche Welle

Syria: US-backed YPG seizes much of Deir el-Zour province from IS Deutsche Welle Both the US-led coalition and Russian forces in Syria provided "air and logistical support, advice and coordination on the ground," said a YPG statement. "We hope for an increase in this support and for insuring the necessary air cover." A YPG ... US-backed Syria Kurdish force says east Euphrates free of ISWashington Post Kurdish Forces Announce IS Defeat in Eastern SyriaVoice of America Syrian Kurdish YPG says seized eastern region from Islamic StateFRANCE 24 The Straits Times all 39 news articles »

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Netanyahu Says Iran's Presence in Syria Won't Be Tolerated - Voice of America Sun, 03 Dec 2017 20:59:41 GMT

Voice of America

Netanyahu Says Iran's Presence in Syria Won't Be Tolerated Voice of America Israel won't allow Iran to entrench itself militarily in Syria, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed Sunday. His remarks, in a taped message to a forum in Washington, came just a day after Israeli aircraft attacked a suspected Iranian base ... Alleged Israeli strike in Syria: Why Iran's silence speaks volumes ...Haaretz Israel strikes military site near Damascus, Syria's state-run news claimsCNN Israel targets Syrian military base - Syrian state TVBBC News The Jerusalem Post -The Times of Israel -The Independent all 204 news articles »

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Goats review – an agonisingly bleak small-town Syrian tale - The Guardian Sun, 03 Dec 2017 07:50:00 GMT

The Guardian

Goats review – an agonisingly bleak small-town Syrian tale The Guardian Fathers are having a hard time of it at the Royal Court, where a generation of young men are sacrificed to the corrupt ideologies of their elders in Liwaa Yazji's Goats. Developed as part of a long-running collaboration with writers from Syria and ...

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Lafarge made 'unacceptable errors' in Syria: chairman - Daily Mail Sun, 03 Dec 2017 23:15:41 GMT

Daily Mail

Lafarge made 'unacceptable errors' in Syria: chairman Daily Mail The Swiss-French cement company LafargeHolcim should have stopped its operations in war-torn Syria before it did, its chairman said in an interview published Sunday, after three executives were charged with indirectly financing jihadists. Beat Hess ... LafargeHolcim chairman says 'unacceptable errors' made in SyriaChannel NewsAsia all 3 news articles »

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BBC in row over 'false claims' of cash for Syrian police being paid to jihadists - The Guardian Sun, 03 Dec 2017 00:05:51 GMT

The Guardian

BBC in row over 'false claims' of cash for Syrian police being paid to jihadists The Guardian The BBC is facing a backlash against what are said to be false claims to be aired by Panorama that British taxpayers' money intended for the unarmed western-backed Free Syrian Police force has ended up in the hands of jihadis linked to extremist groups ...

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Jordanian kidnapped for ransom in southern Syria is freed - Washington Post Sun, 03 Dec 2017 12:48:24 GMT

Anadolu Agency

Jordanian kidnapped for ransom in southern Syria is freed Washington Post AMMAN, Jordan — Jordan's military says it has rescued a Jordanian civilian who was kidnapped for ransom by an armed group in southern Syria several days ago. The military-linked Hala Akhbar site said Sunday that the Jordanian man had been living in ... Jordanian national freed in SyriaAnadolu Agency Jordanian abducted in Syria released and returned home- ArmyPetra News Agency all 5 news articles »

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In rebel Syria, makeshift refineries process precious crude - Daily Mail Mon, 04 Dec 2017 02:43:00 GMT

Daily Mail

In rebel Syria, makeshift refineries process precious crude Daily Mail In a rebel-held town in Syria's northwest, streams of crude oil are piped into a cylindrical tank to be primitively refined, capping a weeks-long odyssey from fields further east. Over the past two years, nearly 100 makeshift refineries have cropped up ... and more »