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US-Russia Hotline Is Buzzing Even After Strike on Syria - New York Times Thu, 25 May 2017 01:08:05 GMT

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US-Russia Hotline Is Buzzing Even After Strike on Syria
New York Times
WASHINGTON — After American Navy destroyers fired dozens of cruise missiles at a Syrian airfield last month, fears emerged that Russia would respond by cutting off communications designed to prevent unintended confrontations in the skies over Syria, ...
US unhindered by Russian no-fly zones in SyriaThe Hill
Are the U.S. and Iran on a Collision Course in Syria? | Foreign PolicyForeign Policy (blog)
US Increases Contacts With Russia to Avoid Conflict Over SyriaMilitary.com
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US-led strikes kill 35 civilians in east Syria: monitor - Aljazeera.com Fri, 26 May 2017 02:38:17 GMT

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US-led strikes kill 35 civilians in east Syria: monitor
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The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the strikes on Thursday hit a series of residential buildings in Mayadeen, a town in Syria's oil-rich eastern province of Deir Az Zor. "Among the dead are at least 26 relatives of IS fighters, many of them ...

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Lawmakers warn: Iran wants military base in Syria near Israel - Washington Examiner Thu, 25 May 2017 21:34:37 GMT

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Lawmakers warn: Iran wants military base in Syria near Israel
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Iran is trying to gain a military base near the Israeli-Syrian border, a bipartisan pair of lawmakers warned the Trump administration. "A permanent Iranian military base in Syria, potentially near the border with Israel or Jordan, would increase Iran's ...
Obama: “Despite our best efforts,” Syria turned into a pretty vicious war An error occurred.Hot Air

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Syrian airfield hit by US is back in use: report - The Hill Thu, 25 May 2017 22:53:00 GMT

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Syrian airfield hit by US is back in use: report
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“It is in the vital national security interests of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons,” Trump said at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla. “There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical ...
The Syrian Airfield The US Launched A Ton Of Missiles At Is Back In BusinessBuzzFeed News
Following Yemen, Syria Strikes, US Navy Looks to Stock Up on Tomahawk MissilesSputnik International

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Syrian army advances south toward rebel-held area - Reuters Thu, 25 May 2017 12:50:00 GMT

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Syrian army advances south toward rebel-held area
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BEIRUT The Syrian army said it had retaken a swathe of territory from Islamic State in southern Syria on Thursday in a rapid advance near areas held by U.S.-backed Syrian rebels at the border with Jordan and Iraq. The Syrian government said earlier in ...
ISIS' 'minister of war' has been killed in SyriaBusiness Insider
Syrian Army annihilates ISIS in Homs, reopens all roads between Palmyra and DamascusAMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
Video: Syrian Army Expels US-Backed Militants From Syrian DesertCenter for Research on Globalization
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A path forward for Syria and Iraq -- post-Islamic State: David Ignatius - OregonLive.com Thu, 25 May 2017 23:02:37 GMT

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A path forward for Syria and Iraq -- post-Islamic State: David Ignatius
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But it should also focus some urgent discussions about a post-ISIS strategy for stabilizing Iraq and Syria. For all President Trump's bombast about obliterating the Islamic State, also known as ISIS, the Raqqah campaign has been delayed for months ...

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Inside the Air War Over Syria: A High Altitude 'Poker Game' - The ... - New York Times Tue, 23 May 2017 23:04:52 GMT

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Inside the Air War Over Syria: A High Altitude 'Poker Game' - The ...
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Near the Tabqa Dam on the Euphrates River after Syrian fighters with American air support captured it from Islamic State militants this month. Credit Rodi Said/ ...

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Venezuela's secret plot to sell banned Syrian oil in U.S. market - The Spokesman-Review Thu, 25 May 2017 23:29:00 GMT

Venezuela's secret plot to sell banned Syrian oil in U.S. market
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Syria and Venezuela plotted in recent years to evade international sanctions on Syria through a secret deal to transport its crude oil through Russia to the Caribbean. The previously undisclosed plan aimed to sell Syrian oil at a big discount to ...
Unveiled: Venezuela, Syria's Secret Scheme To Bypass Oil SanctionsOilPrice.com

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16 killed in US led airstrike in Syria - Sky News Australia Thu, 25 May 2017 00:55:00 GMT

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16 killed in US led airstrike in Syria
Sky News Australia
At least 16 civilians were killed in a US-led coalition strike in the western countryside of al-Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State extremist group in northern Syria, a monitoring group said. The strike took place on Tuesday night on the ...
Syria war: Air strike near Raqqa 'kills 16 civilians'BBC News

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RAF gunners scrawl 'Love from Manchester' on side of Syria-bound hellfire missile 'heading for ISIS' - Mirror.co.uk Thu, 25 May 2017 17:57:34 GMT

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RAF gunners scrawl 'Love from Manchester' on side of Syria-bound hellfire missile 'heading for ISIS'
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RAF gunners scrawled a poignant note on a Syria-bound missile - reportedly headed for Isis - which read "Love from Manchester." The defiant message, confirmed by RAF bosses today, was designed to honour the 22 people killed by suicide bomber Salman ...

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