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Israel reportedly launches strike on Syria as tensions rise - Los Angeles Times Sun, 19 Mar 2017 23:19:16 GMT

Los Angeles Times
Israel reportedly launches strike on Syria as tensions rise
Los Angeles Times
An Israeli aircraft reportedly launched a strike into Syria on Sunday that left one person dead, in what appeared to be the second cross-border attack in three days as tensions between the neighbors escalated over the weekend. The Israeli attack was ...
Report: Israel strikes in SyriaArutz Sheva
Israel's Growing Tensions With Syria, Lebanon and Hamas Leave Little Room for ManeuveringHaaretz
Israel said to strike Syria for second time in 24 hours, amid threats from DamascusThe Times of Israel
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Clashes rock Syria's capital after surprise rebel assault - The Straits Times Sun, 19 Mar 2017 21:30:30 GMT

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Clashes rock Syria's capital after surprise rebel assault
The Straits Times
BEIRUT (AFP) - Heavy clashes rocked eastern districts of the Syrian capital on Sunday as rebels and jihadists tried to fight their way into the city centre in a surprise assault on government forces. The attack comes just days before a fresh round of ...
Clashes break out in Damascus after a surprise attackCNN
Syria war: Damascus sees fierce clashes after rebel attackBBC News
Clashes in Syria's Damascus after surprise rebel attackAljazeera.com
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Israel threatens to 'destroy' Syrian air defence systems - News24 Sun, 19 Mar 2017 20:47:00 GMT

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Israel threatens to 'destroy' Syrian air defence systems
News24
Jerusalem - Israeli Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Sunday threatened to destroy Syrian air defence systems after they fired ground-to-air missiles at Israeli warplanes carrying out strikes. "The next time the Syrians use their air defence ...
Israel threatens to destroy Syrian air defensesCNN
IAF strike reportedly kills Syrian air defense commanderJerusalem Post Israel News
Israel warns Syria after exchange of fireWRIC
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Iran State TV to Air Documentary Glorifying Fallen Fighters in Syria - Voice of America Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:24:31 GMT

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Iran State TV to Air Documentary Glorifying Fallen Fighters in Syria
Voice of America
In a sign of the Iranian government's increasing openness over its involvement in Syria's civil war, state television will air a documentary during the Iranian New Year known as “Nowruz” praising the thousands of pro-Iranian fighters who died in Syria ...

At least 46 civilians claimed dead in alleged 'massacre' at Syrian mosque hit by US drone - Chicago Tribune Sat, 18 Mar 2017 13:36:07 GMT

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At least 46 civilians claimed dead in alleged 'massacre' at Syrian mosque hit by US drone
Chicago Tribune
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a Britain-based monitoring network, described the scene in Jinah as a "massacre," saying the dead were mostly civilians. Photos from the area showed rescue workers pulling mangled bodies from a mound of rubble.
US Military Denies Reports It Bombed Mosque in SyriaNew York Times
Pentagon Denies Bombing Syrian Mosque, But Its Own Photo May Prove That It DidThe Intercept
Mounting claims of civilian deaths after US targets al-Qaeda in SyriaWashington Post
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British Syria fighter Josh Walker 'proud of actions' - BBC News Mon, 20 Mar 2017 00:21:27 GMT

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British Syria fighter Josh Walker 'proud of actions'
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A British man who travelled to Syria to fight against the so-called Islamic State says he will "always be proud of what he did". Josh Walker, from Bristol, fought in Syria for six months alongside Ryan Lock - who died in December. He said attacks left ...

Iran loses thousands, 10 generals in Syria-Iraq wars - Jerusalem Post Israel News Sun, 19 Mar 2017 18:22:30 GMT

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Iran loses thousands, 10 generals in Syria-Iraq wars
Jerusalem Post Israel News
A report released by the Meir Amit Intelligence and Terrorism Information Center assesses that Iran has lost thousands of fighters and more than 10 generals while engaging in the Syria-Iraq wars.

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Syrian fighters start evacuating from last rebel-held neighborhood in Homs - Los Angeles Times Sat, 18 Mar 2017 21:25:01 GMT

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Syrian fighters start evacuating from last rebel-held neighborhood in Homs
Los Angeles Times
“The capital of the revolution.” That's what opposition supporters called the city of Homs in the early days of the war ravaging Syria. On Saturday, opposition fighters and their families began leaving the last rebel-held enclave in the city under a ...
Syrian rebel fighters evacuated from Homs en masseABC Online
Syria conflict: Rebels begin evacuating Homs enclave of al-WairBBC News
In Syrian city of Homs, an orderly evacuation of rebelsCNN
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Syria war: Risking all to escape - BBC News Sun, 19 Mar 2017 00:44:01 GMT

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Syria war: Risking all to escape
BBC News
"They wait until the fog sets in, limiting the visibility of the Turkish border guards, and then they run for their lives." Abdo, 31, is a people smuggler from a Syrian village near the northern city of Idlib. Before the war he was a farmer, but now he ...

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Mapping the War in Syria - Voice of America Sun, 19 Mar 2017 21:58:00 GMT

Mapping the War in Syria
Voice of America
Many reporters have been killed in Syria. Others have been forced to leave the country -- or frightened into doing so. But believable information can still be gathered about what is happening there. A worker at the Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia ...