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Report Rebuts Russia's Claims of Restraint in Syrian Bombing Campaign - New York Times Mon, 13 Feb 2017 03:31:00 GMT

Report Rebuts Russia's Claims of Restraint in Syrian Bombing Campaign New York Times WASHINGTON — Russian military officials have vociferously denied that their airstrikes have killed civilians in Syria, going so far as to say that eyewitness accounts that a major hospital was bombed last year in the brutal fight to retake Aleppo were ... and more »

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'Full Measure': Syria ambassador - FoxReno.com Mon, 13 Feb 2017 01:52:50 GMT

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'Full Measure': Syria ambassador FoxReno.com WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - In 2012, President Barack Obama said that the use of chemical weapons by the Assad regime in the country's civil war would cross a red line, triggering American air strikes. But when he crossed it in Syria ... and more »

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Turkish troops enter ISIS-held town in northern Syria - The Boston Globe Mon, 13 Feb 2017 01:28:49 GMT

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Turkish troops enter ISIS-held town in northern Syria The Boston Globe BEIRUT — Turkey's president said Sunday that his troops and allied Syrian fighters have reached the heart of the Islamic State stronghold of al-Bab in northern Syria and will eventually join the effort to recapture Raqqa, the extremists' de-facto ... Islamic State Ouster From Key Northern Syrian Town 'Imminent'Voice of America If Trump wants safe zones in Syria, there have to be boots on the groundThe Denver Post Erdogan says end goal of Turkish operation in Syria is RaqqaReuters ABC Online -Aljazeera.com -570 News all 234 news articles »

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'Big challenge' is stopping illegal trafficking, destruction of historic Syrian sites: UNESCO - CNBC Sun, 12 Feb 2017 17:44:10 GMT

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'Big challenge' is stopping illegal trafficking, destruction of historic Syrian sites: UNESCO CNBC Stopping illegal trafficking and the destruction of historical sites in Syria is a "big challenge," the head of the United Nations agency tasked with protecting nations' heritage, told CNBC on Sunday. Continued fighting in Syria, that has claimed ... and more »

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Syria's brutal war is moving towards another round of peace talks - Business Insider Sun, 12 Feb 2017 20:30:40 GMT

Business Insider

Syria's brutal war is moving towards another round of peace talks Business Insider AMMAN (Reuters) - Syria's main opposition body on Sunday approved a new delegation to take part in Geneva peace talks later this month, which include Russian-backed blocs that have been critical of the armed insurgency against President Bashar ... Syria opposition forms new delegation, scraps Saudi-backed groupsPress TV Syria opposition picks delegation for new peace talksArab News Geneva peace talks may be derailed – UN Syria envoyRT ABC News -AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) all 56 news articles »

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Hezbollah Announces Support for Syrian Ceasefire - Newsweek Sun, 12 Feb 2017 20:24:00 GMT

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Hezbollah Announces Support for Syrian Ceasefire Newsweek The Lebanese Hezbollah movement strongly supports the Syrian ceasefire agreed on in Kazakhstan and any truce that could lead to a political solution, its leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said on Sunday. Moscow and Ankara brokered a shaky ceasefire in ... Hezbollah supports Syria ceasefire and political talksReuters Hezbollah, Iran support Syria ceasefire as agreed in Astana: NasrallahPress TV all 31 news articles »

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Shooting Syria: documentaries from the most dangerous place on earth - The Guardian Sun, 12 Feb 2017 09:30:19 GMT

Shooting Syria: documentaries from the most dangerous place on earth The Guardian More recently the use of lightweight cameras has blurred the line between fighters and embedded film-makers, as Armadillo and Restrepo, two documentaries from 2010 about the war in Afghanistan, showed. But today's Syrian wars have brought a new level ...

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Counter-ISIL Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq - Department of Defense Sun, 12 Feb 2017 16:01:06 GMT

Counter-ISIL Strikes Continue in Syria, Iraq Department of Defense SOUTHWEST ASIA, Feb. 12, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Syria and Iraq yesterday, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials reported today ... and more »

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Syrian government hangs up to 13000 in 'horrifying' executions, but world is unlikely to do anything - Los Angeles Times Fri, 10 Feb 2017 23:05:00 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Syrian government hangs up to 13000 in 'horrifying' executions, but world is unlikely to do anything Los Angeles Times The Syrian government commits an atrocity. The United States and the United Nations denounce it. Nothing happens. It's a pattern that experts say will likely continue with the revelation this week that, since 2011, officials at a military prison in ... and more »

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Tahrir al-Sham: Al-Qaeda's latest incarnation in Syria - BBC News Sun, 12 Feb 2017 02:11:33 GMT

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Tahrir al-Sham: Al-Qaeda's latest incarnation in Syria BBC News The Syrian jihadist group Jabhat Fateh al-Sham (JFS), known as al-Nusra Front until it broke off formal ties with al-Qaeda last July, has merged with four smaller Syrian factions and rebranded itself as "Tahrir al-Sham". The new group's leader has been ... and more »