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Cooperation with Russia becomes central to Trump strategy in Syria - Washington Post Mon, 24 Jul 2017 23:58:40 GMT

Washington Post

Cooperation with Russia becomes central to Trump strategy in Syria Washington Post Cooperation with Russia is becoming a central part of the Trump administration's counter-Islamic State strategy in Syria, with U.S. military planners counting on Moscow to try to prevent Syrian government forces and their allies on the ground from ... Syria's Forsaken RebelsCommentary Magazine Syria: A farewell to armsThe Interpreter Syria rebels fear Bashar Assad benefits from Trump-Putin truceWashington Times NavyTimes.com -The Federalist all 36 news articles »

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Syria war: Russia sends police to southern 'safe zones' - BBC News Mon, 24 Jul 2017 15:00:18 GMT

BBC News

Syria war: Russia sends police to southern 'safe zones' BBC News Russia says it has deployed forces to monitor so-called de-escalation zones in southern Syria. The defence ministry said military police had been sent to Eastern Ghouta on the edge of the capital Damascus, and to an area in the south-west. It is the ... Russia Deploys Military Police at 'Safe Zone' in SyriaU.S. News & World Report Russia deploys military police in Syria's Eastern GhoutaReuters Russia Says Military Police Deployed To Monitor Syria Cease-FireRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty Oman Tribune all 114 news articles »

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Will Syria's war criminals be let off the hook? - BBC News Tue, 25 Jul 2017 00:12:11 GMT

BBC News

Will Syria's war criminals be let off the hook? BBC News For six years, the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Syria has been painstakingly gathering information about possible war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the conflict. The investigators have produced 13 reports, the evidence ... and more »

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Secret Russian-Kurdish-Syrian military cooperation is happening in Syria's eastern desert - The Independent Mon, 24 Jul 2017 13:53:57 GMT

The Independent

Secret Russian-Kurdish-Syrian military cooperation is happening in Syria's eastern desert The Independent After a sweeping Syrian military advance to the edge of the besieged Isis “capital” of Raqqa, the Russians, the Syrian army and Kurds of the YPG militia – theoretically allied to the US – have set up a secret “coordination” centre in the desert of ... ISIS Defeat Ends With 'Women's Revolution' and Syrians Destroying Conservative Muslim DressNewsweek US-led airstrike kills 30 civilians in Syria's RaqqaXinhua US supplies Kurdish forces with drones in Syria: reportAMN Al-Masdar News (registration) India Today -Sputnik International all 61 news articles »

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Hezbollah Says Battle With Nusra Front Almost Won at Syria-Lebanon Border - U.S. News & World Report Mon, 24 Jul 2017 08:10:02 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

Hezbollah Says Battle With Nusra Front Almost Won at Syria-Lebanon Border U.S. News & World Report Fighters from the Syrian army units and Hezbollah are seen on the western mountains of Qalamoun, near Damascus, in this handout picture provided by SANA on July 23, 2017, Syria. SANA/Handout via REUTERS Reuters. By John Davison. BEIRUT ... Hezbollah claims gains against Nusra Front in western SyriaThe Jerusalem Post Lebanon's Hezbollah says Syria border assault 'nearing end'Daily Mail Al Qaeda-linked militants on brink of defeat along Lebanon-Syria borderThe National Press TV all 80 news articles »

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Conflict among Syrian forces may draw U.S. into proxy fight - LA Times - Los Angeles Times Sun, 23 Jul 2017 17:03:25 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Conflict among Syrian forces may draw U.S. into proxy fight - LA Times Los Angeles Times As Bashar Assad's troops gain a foothold near Raqqah, U.S.-trained opposition fighters said they plan to take a stand with U.S. backing, potentially drawing ... and more »

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A Play About Syria as a Country in a Coma - The New Yorker Sun, 23 Jul 2017 20:46:30 GMT

The New Yorker

A Play About Syria as a Country in a Coma The New Yorker The men, in their in-between state, are, of course, a metaphor for Syria, which is also neither dead nor alive, paralyzed by war but surviving in what the play's director, Omar Abusaada, has called the “grey zone.” In the past several years, the ...

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Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham take control of Syria's Idlib - Aljazeera.com Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:39:10 GMT

Aljazeera.com

Hay'et Tahrir al-Sham take control of Syria's Idlib Aljazeera.com Fighters formerly linked to al-Qaeda took control of Idlib in Syria on Sunday after rival rebels withdrew, strengthening their grip on the northwestern city and its province, one of the last beyond regime control. At the same time a car bomb exploded ... Syrian Al-Qaeda founder discovered dead in Idlib cityAMN Al-Masdar News (registration) Jihadists overtake Syrian city of IdlibArutz Sheva all 109 news articles »

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Opinion - Bangor Daily News Mon, 24 Jul 2017 10:48:21 GMT

Bangor Daily News

Opinion Bangor Daily News The Sunni Arab communities of Iraq and Syria are shattered and scattered. The mixed Sunni-Shiite neighborhoods of Baghdad were mostly “cleansed” of their Sunni residents in the civil war of 2006-2008. Even Sunni-majority cities in Iraq that were taken ... and more »

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Special report: 280000 young Syrian refugees are being forced into child labor in Lebanon - Vox Mon, 24 Jul 2017 12:30:07 GMT

Vox

Special report: 280000 young Syrian refugees are being forced into child labor in Lebanon Vox He had been sitting outside his home in Homs, Syria, in 2011 when he heard a warplane swoop low in preparation to drop a bomb. He ran away just in time — but his three teenage cousins weren't as lucky. When Al Allah returned, he found their body parts. and more »