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'Hell on Earth': A New Documentary on Syria Traces the Rise of ISIS - TIME Mon, 05 Jun 2017 16:09:27 GMT

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'Hell on Earth': A New Documentary on Syria Traces the Rise of ISIS
TIME
That's one gripping scene among many in Hell on Earth: The Fall of Syria and the Rise of ISIS, a National Geographic documentary premiering June 11. The film by Sebastian Junger and Nick Quested, the Emmy Award-winning pair behind Restrepo (2010) ...

Strikes Continue Against ISIS Targets in Iraq, Syria - Department of Defense Mon, 05 Jun 2017 15:33:18 GMT

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Strikes Continue Against ISIS Targets in Iraq, Syria
Department of Defense
SOUTHWEST ASIA, June 5, 2017 — U.S. and coalition military forces continued to attack the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria yesterday, conducting 23 strikes consisting of 70 engagements, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials ...
These British volunteers fighting against Isis in Syria want you to vote for Jeremy CorbynThe indy100

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London terrorist Khuram Butt appeared in TV documentary The Jihadis Next Door and 'tried to go to Syria' - Telegraph.co.uk Mon, 05 Jun 2017 10:24:54 GMT

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London terrorist Khuram Butt appeared in TV documentary The Jihadis Next Door and 'tried to go to Syria'
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One of the London Bridge suspected attackers appeared in a jihadi documentary on Channel 4 and had previously “tried to go to Syria”, it has emerged. Khuram Butt appeared in a television documentary last year about British extremists called The Jihadis ...

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Applying the 'Bosnian model' to Syria's crisis - Al-Monitor Mon, 05 Jun 2017 22:21:19 GMT

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Applying the 'Bosnian model' to Syria's crisis
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Moreover, according to Al-Monitor sources in the Free Syrian Army (FSA), the militants fear that the agreement will play into the hands of the regime, which aims to divide and “domesticate” the opposition, according to the FSA sources. Toward that end ...

New footage emerges of Syrian boy who gave a face to the suffering in Aleppo - The Guardian Mon, 05 Jun 2017 22:16:27 GMT

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New footage emerges of Syrian boy who gave a face to the suffering in Aleppo
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The images were posted on the social media account of a pro-Syrian government television presenter and appeared to show the young boy in good health and living in Aleppo, which is now under the control of forces loyal to Bashar al-Assad. As the rebels ...
New pictures of Omran Daqneesh, Syrian boy pulled from rubble, releasedGlobalnews.ca

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Canadian general expects extension of anti-ISIS mission in Iraq and Syria - CBC.ca Mon, 05 Jun 2017 22:43:23 GMT

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Canadian general expects extension of anti-ISIS mission in Iraq and Syria
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The commander of the Canadian Forces mission in Iraq and Syria says he expects the government to extend the operation past its scheduled expiry date at the end of the month. Brig.-Gen. Dan MacIsaac told The Canadian Press that he's looking forward to ...

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Syrian troops pound Daraa after rebel attack - Washington Post Sun, 04 Jun 2017 16:07:30 GMT

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Syrian troops pound Daraa after rebel attack
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BEIRUT — Syrian government forces pounded parts of the southern city of Daraa with air strikes and artillery fire, activists reported Sunday, one day after rebels attacked government positions in the southern city. Much of Daraa has been reduced to ...

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From Classroom to Walmart Night Shift, a Syrian's Battle for a Degree - News Deeply Mon, 05 Jun 2017 13:20:02 GMT

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From Classroom to Walmart Night Shift, a Syrian's Battle for a Degree
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Zainab Abdo was once held at gunpoint on her way to take her school exams in Aleppo. Now resettled in the U.S., she is among nearly 100,000 university-qualified Syrians worldwide who have been stopped from attaining higher education.

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Syria's Assad Presses Offensive on Opposition in Wake of US Strikes - Wall Street Journal (subscription) Mon, 05 Jun 2017 09:30:21 GMT

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Syria's Assad Presses Offensive on Opposition in Wake of US Strikes
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Busloads of forcibly displaced Syrians arrive almost weekly to an increasingly crowded corner of northwest Syria, doubling the local population of Idlib province as the regime systematically empties the opposition from its former strongholds elsewhere.

US-led strike kills 21 civilians fleeing Syria's Raqa: monitor - The Indian Express Tue, 06 Jun 2017 02:32:10 GMT

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US-led strike kills 21 civilians fleeing Syria's Raqa: monitor
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A US-led coalition air strike killed 21 civilians as they tried to escape the Islamic State group's Syrian bastion of Raqa, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights has said. “The civilians were boarding small boats on the northern bank of the Euphrates ...

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