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Can Trump End the War in Syria? - Foreign Policy (blog) Wed, 29 Mar 2017 21:01:33 GMT

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Can Trump End the War in Syria?
Foreign Policy (blog)
With the near-doubling of U.S. forces in northern Syria, and perhaps more on the way, President Donald Trump is moving aggressively on his pledge to “demolish and destroy” what remains of the Islamic State. American troops, backing a coalition of Kurds ...
Engineers repair Syria's Tabqa dam spillways after shellingReuters
US service member dies in Syria of natural causesABC News
Engineers set to enter Daesh-held parts of Syria damgulfnews.com
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Turkey ends military operation in Syria - Financial Times Wed, 29 Mar 2017 19:38:00 GMT

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Turkey ends military operation in Syria
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It added that it had achieved its goals of securing Turkey's borders against Isis terrorist attacks, and creating an opportunity for Syrians to return to areas that Turkey's military now controls in northern Syria. The announcement comes a day before ...
Turkey ends 'Euphrates Shield' military operation in Syria, PM saysThe Independent
Turkey ends 'Euphrates Shield' operation in SyriaAljazeera.com
Turkey ends Euphrates Shield military campaign in SyriaBBC News
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In northern Syria, defeated Isis fighters leave behind only scorched earth, trenches – and a crucifixion stand - The Independent Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:08:48 GMT

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In northern Syria, defeated Isis fighters leave behind only scorched earth, trenches – and a crucifixion stand
The Independent
You can't mistake the front line between the Syrian army and Turkey's occupation force east of Aleppo. The Syrians drove Isis out just a month ago and Russian troops are now present on both sides of the T-junction which marks the line between the two ...
Russian and American troops are within 'hand-grenade range' of each other in Syria as they overlap while fighting ...Daily Mail
Russians Are Fighting Near Americans on Same Side of Syria's BattlefieldNBCNews.com
Brit volunteers battling ISIS in Syria preparing for hellish fight for terror capital RaqqaThe Sun
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Syria: Flash update on recent events - 29 March 2017 - ReliefWeb Wed, 29 Mar 2017 17:36:05 GMT

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Syria: Flash update on recent events - 29 March 2017
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727,189 displacements recorded by the CCCM Cluster since 1 February 2016 from affected areas of northern and southern Syria: o 711,935 displacements from affected areas of northern Syria, including Aleppo (488,309), Hama (97,062), Idleb (79,340), ...

How an Anarchist Bitcoin Coder Found Himself Fighting ISIS in Syria - WIRED Wed, 29 Mar 2017 20:34:25 GMT

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How an Anarchist Bitcoin Coder Found Himself Fighting ISIS in Syria
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By that time, Taaki was in Syria. In late 2014 he'd read about the YPG, a group affiliated with the leftwing Kurdish militant group known as the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK. On a Massachusetts-sized slice of land on Turkey's southern border, the ...
Bitcoin entrepreneur Amir Taaki quizzed over fighting in SyriaBBC News

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In Syria, grass-roots activists hold the key to the future - Washington Post Wed, 29 Mar 2017 18:31:31 GMT

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In Syria, grass-roots activists hold the key to the future
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Jomana Qaddour is a Syrian American lawyer and co-founder of the humanitarian organization Syria Relief and Development. Six long years ago, on March 15, 2011, Syrian people flooded the streets to demand their right to live free and dignified lives.

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Why Are So Many Civilians in Iraq and Syria Dying? - Slate Magazine Wed, 29 Mar 2017 14:21:00 GMT

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Why Are So Many Civilians in Iraq and Syria Dying?
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According to the nonprofit group Airwars, which tracks civilian casualties, “Almost 1,000 civilian non-combatant deaths have already been alleged from coalition actions across Iraq and Syria in March—a record claim.” Three particularly deadly air ...
Panic spreads in Iraq, Syria as record numbers of civilians are reported killed in US strikesWashington Post

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Syria conflict: 'Deal reached' for four besieged towns - BBC News Wed, 29 Mar 2017 11:04:24 GMT

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Syria conflict: 'Deal reached' for four besieged towns
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The Syrian government and rebel groups have reportedly reached a deal to allow the evacuation of four besieged areas. The UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said residents of Foah and Kefraya, two government-held towns in the north-west, ...
Syria, Rebels Reach New Evacuation Deal for Besieged CitiesVoice of America
Syria Deal to Evacuate Shi'ites and Sunnis From Towns: Source, ObservatoryU.S. News & World Report
Deal reached for besieged areas in SyriaThe New Arab
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US service member dies of 'natural causes' in Syria, US military says - Fox News Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:41:47 GMT

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US service member dies of 'natural causes' in Syria, US military says
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The United States-led coalition says an American service member died of "natural causes" in Northern Syria Wednesday. The statement did not give any more information. The name of the service member is being withheld pending next of kin notification.
An American service member has died in SyriaMilitary Times

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US envoy to UN: Syria's Assad 'hindrance to moving forward' - Reuters Wed, 29 Mar 2017 13:15:45 GMT

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US envoy to UN: Syria's Assad 'hindrance to moving forward'
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FILE PHOTO - Newly appointed U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley presents her credentials to U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres at U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., January 27, 2017. REUTERS/Stephanie Keith/File Photo.
US to UN: Syria's Assad a 'hindrance'NEWS.com.au
US Turned Syrian Kurds Into 'Double-Edged' Sword Targeted Against Assad, DaeshSputnik International

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