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April Nerve Gas Attack in Syria Appears to Be One in a Series - New York Times Mon, 01 May 2017 19:04:07 GMT

New York Times

April Nerve Gas Attack in Syria Appears to Be One in a Series
New York Times
A child being treated for respiratory distress in Aleppo, Syria, in December. A Human Rights Watch report provided new details about an intensifying series of recent government bombings and shellings illegally using chlorine gas. Credit Ghirh Sy ...
Soviet-Era Bomb Used in Syria Chemical Weapon Attack, Claims Rights GroupForeign Policy (blog)
Chemical attack in Syria that drew US response was just one in a series, rights group allegesWashington Post
Human Rights Watch report: In Syria, pattern of chemical weapons attacks by Assad regimeCBS News
U.S. News & World Report -Aljazeera.com -Voice of America -Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs
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Commerce Secretary: U.S. Airstrike in Syria 'Was in Lieu of After-Dinner Entertainment' - KTLA Tue, 02 May 2017 00:40:27 GMT

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Commerce Secretary: U.S. Airstrike in Syria 'Was in Lieu of After-Dinner Entertainment'
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On April 6, 57 U.S. missiles struck the Syrian government's Shayrat air base, where the warplanes believed to have carried out a previous chemical attack were based, U.S. officials said. Trump has recounted the strikes, coincidentally timed with Xi's ...
Wilbur Ross jokes airstrike on Syria served as 'after-dinner entertainment'MarketWatch
Wilbur Ross Calls Syria Attack Trump's 'Entertainment' At Mar-A-LagoHuffington Post
Ross: Trump Syria strike 'after-dinner entertainment'The Hill
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Australian Defence Force to begin releasing Syria, Iraq airstrike targets in fortnightly reports - ABC Online Mon, 01 May 2017 23:17:15 GMT

ABC Online

Australian Defence Force to begin releasing Syria, Iraq airstrike targets in fortnightly reports
ABC Online
"This decision comes after weighing the importance of reporting ADF air strikes in Iraq and Syria against the potential propaganda advantages it might provide Daesh and any risk to the safety of ADF personnel on operations," Defence said in a statement.
US reconsiders its responsibility for civilian casualties in Iraq and SyriaLos Angeles Times
Officials Provide Details of Latest Counter-ISIS Strikes in Syria, IraqDepartment of Defense
Pentagon: 45 civilians killed by coalition strikes in Iraq and SyriaUSA TODAY
RT -The Guardian -SBS -Military Times
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The FBI translator who went rogue and married an ISIS terrorist - CNN Mon, 01 May 2017 19:42:10 GMT

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The FBI translator who went rogue and married an ISIS terrorist
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An FBI translator with a top-secret security clearance traveled to Syria in 2014 and married a key ISIS operative she had been assigned to investigate, CNN has learned. The rogue employee, Daniela Greene, lied to the FBI about where she was going and ...
Female FBI agent secretly married ISIS official in SyriaWashington Examiner
Feel safer yet? CNN: FBI agent ran off to Syria and married an ISIS terroristTwitchy
An FBI employee married an ISIS terrorist in SyriaAxios
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Malaysia sceptical over death of IS leader in Syria - Channel NewsAsia Tue, 02 May 2017 00:09:07 GMT

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Malaysia sceptical over death of IS leader in Syria
Channel NewsAsia
Local media NST also reported that Wanndy's comrade, whose nationality is unknown, was also killed in the attack in Ma'dan, Syria, last Saturday. Ayob Khan, head of Malaysia's police counter terrorism unit, told Channel NewsAsia on Monday (May 1) that ...

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U.S. Troops Patrol Turkey-Syria Border After Turkish Strikes on Kurds - KTLA Mon, 01 May 2017 01:08:33 GMT

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U.S. Troops Patrol Turkey-Syria Border After Turkish Strikes on Kurds
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The airstrikes — targeting the Sinjar Mountains northern Iraq and the Karachok Mountains in northeastern Syria– and the reported cross-border skirmishes since then, have added yet another complication to an already complex situation. Now U.S. troops ...
US troops seen patrolling Syria-Turkey border as Washington tries to stop Turkish air strikes on KurdsTelegraph.co.uk
Erdogan threatens more strikes against US-backed Kurdish forces in SyriaAMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
The US is trying to stop two of its allies in Syria from mauling each otherCNN
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Infighting in Syria's Ghouta leaves nearly 100 dead - Aljazeera.com Mon, 01 May 2017 12:17:23 GMT

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Infighting in Syria's Ghouta leaves nearly 100 dead
Aljazeera.com
At least 95 Syrian opposition fighters and civilians have been killed during infighting in a rebel-held district in the suburbs of Damascus, according to a monitor. In the third day of clashes, the infighting between Jaish al-Islam group against al ...
Factions Fighting in the Syrian Civil Warbellingcat
Syrian war: At least 11 killed in barrel bomb attack following weekend of rebel infightingABC Online

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Syria: UN concerned over worsening security, humanitarian situation in Damascus suburbs - ReliefWeb Mon, 01 May 2017 22:58:01 GMT

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Syria: UN concerned over worsening security, humanitarian situation in Damascus suburbs
ReliefWeb
1 May 2017 – The United Nations today said that it remains deeply concerned by the deteriorating security and humanitarian situation in the eastern part of Syria's Ghouta, where some 400,000 people are trapped. “The UN has not reached any part of ...

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Syria: MSF condemns incursion by armed men into supported hospitals in East Ghouta - ReliefWeb Mon, 01 May 2017 20:16:30 GMT

Syria: MSF condemns incursion by armed men into supported hospitals in East Ghouta
ReliefWeb
During the afternoon of 29 April, makeshift hospitals supported by the international humanitarian medical organisation Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) were subject to outrageous breaches of respect as intense fighting erupted between armed opposition ...

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US-backed militias oust Islamic State from Syria's Tabqa old city - Reuters Mon, 01 May 2017 11:16:43 GMT

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US-backed militias oust Islamic State from Syria's Tabqa old city
Reuters
BEIRUT U.S.-backed militias said on Monday they had pushed Islamic State fighters out of the old quarters of Tabqa, a strategically vital town controlling Syria's largest dam, hemming the militants into the remaining modern district along the shore ...
US-backed fighters retake more areas from IS in Syrian townHawaii News Now
US-backed fighters corner IS in Syria's TabqaYahoo7 News
Syria war: IS driven back in Tabqa, US-backed fighters sayBBC News
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