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Trump administration pushes back against narrative of imminent Syrian military victory in civil war - Washington Post Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:41:18 GMT

Washington Post
Trump administration pushes back against narrative of imminent Syrian military victory in civil war
Washington Post
The government of Bashar al-Assad, lacking manpower, reliant on allies and almost broke, is no longer capable of a military win in Syria's civil war, U.S. officials said Monday, pushing back against Russian and Syrian assertions that victory is only a ...
Syrian walkout from talks 'an embarrassment to Russia': oppositionReuters
U.S. Disputes Putin's Claim That Syrian War Is Winding Down ...Bloomberg
Syrian Walkout From Talks 'An Embarrassment to Russia': OppositionU.S. News & World Report

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Syrian refugee rescued from tiny dinghy off Libyan coast - The Guardian Mon, 04 Dec 2017 21:48:00 GMT

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Syrian refugee rescued from tiny dinghy off Libyan coast
The Guardian
The man, who was described as being in good medical condition, was taken to a migrant processing centre on the tiny Italian island of Lampedusa. Gatti said the man told them he had worked as a nurse in three hospitals in Libya after fleeing the Syrian ...
Syrian who set out solo from Libya in tiny boat is rescuedTampabay.com

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UN says 400000 civilians trapped in Syrian enclave - Aljazeera.com Mon, 04 Dec 2017 20:26:56 GMT

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UN says 400000 civilians trapped in Syrian enclave
Aljazeera.com
Despite being designated as a so-called de-escalation zone, jet fighters flown by the Syrian government and its Russian allies continue to bomb the besieged Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta. The UN says fighting is only intensifying, despite a deal ...
Satellite shows aftermath of alleged Israeli strike on Iranian base in SyriaThe Times of Israel
Syria says it intercepted 3 of 4 Israeli missiles fired at military facility near DamascusThe Japan Times
Israel strikes rural Damascus again, Syrian military respondsAMN Al-Masdar News
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Syrian refugees trapped in a no man's land | Aid | Al Jazeera - Aljazeera.com Mon, 04 Dec 2017 07:56:00 GMT

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Syrian refugees trapped in a no man's land | Aid | Al Jazeera
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In a no man's land along the Syria-Jordan border, an estimated 55,000 Syrians escaped the horrors of Syria's conflict only to languish, abandoned in the desert as one country after another evades responsibility for their safety and wellbeing. Some have ...
Jordan sentences Syrian militant to death over border attackReuters
Army intelligence frees citizen kidnapped in Syria | Jordan TimesJordan Times
Jordanian kidnapped for ransom in southern Syria is freedFox News
SAMAA TV News Pakistan -Tampabay.com -U.S. News & World Report
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Thousands are missing in Syria. A new exhibit bears witness to their absence - PBS NewsHour Mon, 04 Dec 2017 23:02:00 GMT

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Thousands are missing in Syria. A new exhibit bears witness to their absence
PBS NewsHour
When Mansour Omari was released from Syrian prison in 2013, he carried precious cargo in the folds of his shirt. Sewn into his clothes were five worn pieces of cloth containing the names of his 82 cellmates, carefully inscribed using a chicken bone ...

Russia says it provides air cover to Kurds fighting in Syria - Washington Post Mon, 04 Dec 2017 18:08:49 GMT

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Russia says it provides air cover to Kurds fighting in Syria
Washington Post
MOSCOW — The Russian military says it has provided air cover to the Kurds fighting the Islamic State group in eastern Syria. Maj. Gen. Yevgeny Poplavsky said that Russian warplanes have flown 672 missions in support of Kurdish and other volunteer ...
US-backed Syria Kurdish force says east Euphrates free of ISISSanta Fe New Mexican
Syria: US-backed YPG seizes much of Deir el-Zour province from ISDeutsche Welle
Russia provides air cover for Kurdish militia in SyriaAl-Arabiya
Daily Sabah -FRANCE 24
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British aid scheme suspended amid allegations of payments to Syrian jihadis - The Guardian Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:09:42 GMT

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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 ...
UK foreign aid money 'diverted to extremists' in SyriaBBC News
Brit foreign aid project suspended after it was revealed UK taxpayers were funding extremists in SyriaThe Sun
UK suspends Syria aid programme amid questions over funds 'paid to jihadis'The Week UK
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What's Behind Chechnya's Increasing Interventionism in Syria? - Pacific Standard Tue, 05 Dec 2017 00:07:31 GMT

Pacific Standard
What's Behind Chechnya's Increasing Interventionism in Syria?
Pacific Standard
International actors have been positioning themselves to exploit new realities in Syria and solidify their involvement in rebuilding the country. Among the usual cast of world players, however, a new contender has emerged: Chechnya. While it may seem ...

Israel Warns Syria About Iranian Role - Wall Street Journal Mon, 04 Dec 2017 10:30:26 GMT

Wall Street Journal
Israel Warns Syria About Iranian Role
Wall Street Journal
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu recently sent a message to Syria's leader threatening to strike the country if it allows Iran to set up military bases there, a sign Israel is prepared to drop its neutral stance on the yearslong war next door ...

Donald Trump, Syria, Corsica: Your Monday Briefing - New York Times Mon, 04 Dec 2017 05:08:20 GMT

New York Times
Donald Trump, Syria, Corsica: Your Monday Briefing
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(Want to get this briefing by email? Here's the sign-up.) Good morning. Here's what you need to know: Photo. Credit Tom Brenner/The New York Times. • President Trump called the F.B.I. a biased institution whose reputation for fairness was “in tatters ...

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