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US accuses Syria of killing thousands, burning bodies in crematorium - ABC News Mon, 15 May 2017 21:54:37 GMT

Washington Post

US accuses Syria of killing thousands, burning bodies in crematorium ABC News The U.S. is accusing Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria of killing thousands of people from 2011 to 2015 and using a crematorium to dispose of their bodies. While Assad allies Russia and Iran may not have had anything to do with the crematorium, they ... US says Syria built crematorium to handle mass prisoner killingsWashington Post Syria Has Been Burning Bodies To Hide Prison Executions For Years, US SaysNPR US accuses Syria of mass executions and burning the bodiesCNBC USA TODAY -Amnesty International all 135 news articles »

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Syrian activists: Airstrikes on IS-held areas kill dozens - ABC News Mon, 15 May 2017 13:57:26 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Syrian activists: Airstrikes on IS-held areas kill dozens ABC News Members of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) patrol along the Tabqa Dam, also known as Euphrates Dam, near the city of Tabqa, Syria, May 12, 2017. The US-backed SDF seized control of the city and the dam from the Islamic State in recent days. more +. US says Assad using 'crematorium' to hide mass killingsAljazeera.com Dozens more civilians allegedly killed in US-led strikesCBS News US claims Syria using 'crematorium' to hide mass killings9news.com.au TIME -Voice of America -ABS-CBN News all 36 news articles »

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Obama says not bombing Syria took political courage - New York Post Mon, 15 May 2017 17:54:00 GMT

New York Post

Obama says not bombing Syria took political courage New York Post Former President Barack Obama said his controversial decision to not bomb Syria after Bashar Assad used chemical weapons on his own people “required the most political courage,” a new report said Monday. Obama had warned the Syrian dictator that he ... Obama: Not bombing Syria 'required the most political courage'Politico Obama: Not bombing Syria took 'political courage'The Hill Not bombing Syria required 'political courage' says ObamaDaily Mail Washington Free Beacon -Newsweek all 28 news articles »

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Syrian troops advancing towards US and British special forces - Telegraph.co.uk Mon, 15 May 2017 14:32:46 GMT

Telegraph.co.uk

Syrian troops advancing towards US and British special forces Telegraph.co.uk The Syrian army has been alarmed by two months of Free Syrian Army (FSA) advances against Isil that allowed the rebels to secure a large swathe of sparsely populated territory stretching from south east of Damascus all the way to the borders with Iraq ... Syria army 'moves into area' where rebels evicted ISILAljazeera.com Syrian troops and missiles advance on US and UK special forces fighting ISISExpress.co.uk PressTV-Syria sends troops to Jordan, Iraq border: ReportPress TV all 17 news articles »

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UN's Syria envoy rejects Assad claim that Geneva peace talks are irrelevant - The Guardian Mon, 15 May 2017 13:48:55 GMT

The Guardian

UN's Syria envoy rejects Assad claim that Geneva peace talks are irrelevant The Guardian The UN's Syria envoy has defended the peace process he is orchestrating in Geneva and denied that it offers the Assad regime a smokescreen for attacks on rebels, after the Syrian leader dismissed it as an irrelevance that was just for show. About four ... UN restarts Syria talks with fresh format, same challengesReuters The Latest: Syrian activists say strikes on IS town kill 20New York Daily News Trump-Erdogan meeting in Washington key to Syria peace talksIrish Times all 29 news articles »

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Syria's Kurds Are Not the PKK - Foreign Policy (blog) Mon, 15 May 2017 14:41:15 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

Syria's Kurds Are Not the PKK Foreign Policy (blog) I am a member of the Movement for a Democratic Society (TEV-DEM), an umbrella organization made up of six political parties and civil society institutions, including the Democratic Union Party (PYD), the leading Kurdish party in northern Syria. We are ... Syria's Kurds Work All the Angles for AutonomyBloomberg Commentary: How Trump's moves in Syria threaten US-Turkey allianceReuters Why President Trump should stick with his plan to arm the Syrian KurdsWashington Post Department of Defense -Sputnik International -Fox News all 672 news articles »

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Syria: Stories from the Barrel of a Cannon - The New York Review of Books Mon, 15 May 2017 15:33:02 GMT

The New York Review of Books

Syria: Stories from the Barrel of a Cannon The New York Review of Books In the fables of Aesop and La Fontaine, animals illustrate human virtues and vices: foxes are sly; ants are industrious; asses are often fools. The short fiction of the Syrian writer Osama Alomar uses animals that are also recognizable types (his ants ...

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Air strikes on Islamic State in Syria, kill 30, mostly civilians: monitor - Reuters Mon, 15 May 2017 19:53:00 GMT

Air strikes on Islamic State in Syria, kill 30, mostly civilians: monitor Reuters The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said jets thought to belong to the U.S.-led coalition hit the town of Al-Bukamal near the border with Iraq. They struck near a residential area and a mosque, wounding dozens more, the Britain-based monitor said. and more »

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How a woman in England tracks civilian deaths in Syria, one bomb at a time - Washington Post Sun, 14 May 2017 21:52:58 GMT

Washington Post

How a woman in England tracks civilian deaths in Syria, one bomb at a time Washington Post One recent morning in the countryside beyond London, Kinda Haddad dropped her two children off at school, came home and began scanning her computer for the day's first reports of Syrian civilians killed by American bombs. Outside her living room ... and more »

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Syrian couple married for 65 years still have each other despite losing everything in country's war - The Independent Mon, 15 May 2017 13:33:21 GMT

The Independent

Syrian couple married for 65 years still have each other despite losing everything in country's war The Independent The story of an elderly Syrian couple displaced by the civil war has touched people all over the world after a video featuring the pair was used in a charity appeal. Ninety-year-old Ahmed and 75-year-old Khadijah met through their fathers, who were ...