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US led-coalition permits pro-Syrian regime airstrike in unusual move - CNN Wed, 07 Jun 2017 18:51:47 GMT

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US led-coalition permits pro-Syrian regime airstrike in unusual move
CNN
Tuesday's strike, which took place near the US-manned At-Tanf Garrison on Syria's southern border, was intended to protect Iranian-backed Shia militia fighters aligned with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad who had come under attack from anti-government ...
Syrian Forces Threaten to Fight Back After US Military Strikes Multiple TimesNewsweek
Hezbollah Threatens to Strike US in Syria Over 'Red Lines'U.S. News & World Report
The United States Is Getting Dragged Into the Fight for Syria's SouthForeign Policy (blog)
Voice of America -Daily Mail
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Pentagon says deadly airstrike in Syria was legal and on-target, but may have killed one civilian - Los Angeles Times Wed, 07 Jun 2017 22:40:48 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Pentagon says deadly airstrike in Syria was legal and on-target, but may have killed one civilian
Los Angeles Times
A U.S. military investigation has concluded that an airstrike targeting a meeting of Al Qaeda operatives in Syria was legal, on target and did not inadvertently kill scores of civilians as humanitarian groups have alleged. The Pentagon's classified ...
US Calls Syria Airstrike Lawful—but Human Rights Groups DisagreeThe Atlantic
US military says airstrike in Syria was legalSalt Lake Tribune
US Says Syria Bombing Was Legal; Rights Group Disputes FindingsU.S. News & World Report
Washington Examiner
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As ISIS retreats in Syria, US and Iran scramble for control - Washington Post Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:50:23 GMT

Washington Post

As ISIS retreats in Syria, US and Iran scramble for control
Washington Post
BEIRUT — U.S.- and Iran-backed forces are locked in a race to take Islamic State strongholds in southeastern Syria and seize a stretch of land that will either cement Tehran's regional ambitions or stifle them. The scramble for pole position in Deir ...

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Pro-Assad alliance threatens to hit US positions in Syria - Reuters Wed, 07 Jun 2017 10:35:26 GMT

Reuters

Pro-Assad alliance threatens to hit US positions in Syria
Reuters
The statement from the pro-Assad alliance was issued in the name of the "commander of the operations room of the forces allied to Syria", and was circulated by a military news unit run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah, one of Assad's military allies.
After warnings, US wages new strike on pro-Syria government forcesEyewitness News
US strikes pro-Syrian regime forces 15 miles from coalition training facility in SyriaABC News
US Carries Out Another Airstrike in SyriaThe Atlantic
CBS News -The Sydney Morning Herald -CNSNews.com
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US sculptor focuses London exhibit on Iraq, Syria conflicts - Washington Post Wed, 07 Jun 2017 15:21:48 GMT

Washington Post

US sculptor focuses London exhibit on Iraq, Syria conflicts
Washington Post
The 15-foot high statue of an lamassu — a human-headed winged bull — reflects the “mass migration that's happened out of Iraq and Syria in the past few years,” and is a “kind of placeholder for those lives that can't be reconstructed and for those ...

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US-Backed Forces Begin Assault on Raqqa, ISIS Stronghold in Syria - New York Times Tue, 06 Jun 2017 23:21:21 GMT

New York Times

US-Backed Forces Begin Assault on Raqqa, ISIS Stronghold in Syria
New York Times
The forces, collectively called the Syrian Democratic Forces and made up of Syrian Kurdish fighters and Arab militias, have over the past month surrounded Raqqa from the east, north and west. On Tuesday, they began an assault on the city limits, aided ...
US coalition begins 'long and difficult' battle for Islamic State's Raqqa strongholdWashington Post
US-backed Syrian force attacks ISIS de facto capital RaqqaCBS News
Raqqa: Syrian Kurdish-led forces launch offensive on IS 'capital'BBC News
Foreign Policy (blog) -Washington Times -USA TODAY
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The life and death of one of Syria's most beloved minesweepers - PRI Wed, 07 Jun 2017 20:24:34 GMT

PRI

The life and death of one of Syria's most beloved minesweepers
PRI
In April, just days before he was killed, Abu al-Fadl spoke to Syria Deeply about his work dismantling explosives in al-Bab, a former militant stronghold in the eastern Aleppo countryside, where an estimated 15,000 land mines are believed to have been ...


NYT's New Syria-Sarin Report Challenged - Consortium News Wed, 07 Jun 2017 21:11:15 GMT

Consortium News

NYT's New Syria-Sarin Report Challenged
Consortium News
For their part, the Syrian government and the Russians said Syrian planes conducted no airstrike early in the morning but did attack the area around noon. They speculated that the noontime attack may have struck chemical weapons stored by the jihadists ...


Family of Syrian Boy Who Became a Symbol of the Aleppo Siege Claim the Syrian Opposition Used Him for Propaganda - Newsweek Wed, 07 Jun 2017 11:48:54 GMT

Newsweek

Family of Syrian Boy Who Became a Symbol of the Aleppo Siege Claim the Syrian Opposition Used Him for Propaganda
Newsweek
The family of Omran Daqneesh, the four-year-old Syrian boy who became an international symbol of Aleppo under siege, has said he was used by opposition activists for propaganda purposes. Shocking images of the toddler — bloodied, covered in dust and ...
Syrian boy in viral images re-emerges in interviewsThe Straits Times
Syrian Boy Who Became Image of Civil War ReappearsNew York Times
Syrian boy in famous Aleppo siege photo interviewed by pro-government TV presenterABC Online
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The gaps in the party manifestos about Syria - iNews Wed, 07 Jun 2017 09:16:00 GMT

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The gaps in the party manifestos about Syria
iNews
Having 'led to opposition to the current bombing of Syria', will seek a political resolution to end the conflict in accordance with UN Security Council resolution 2254. On the struggle against Daesh/ISIS, it must be pursued by more than military means ...