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The Problem With Syria's Demographics - Foreign Affairs Thu, 27 Jul 2017 15:44:27 GMT

Foreign Affairs

The Problem With Syria's Demographics Foreign Affairs Over the years, there have been several attempts to broker peace in Syria. The most recent one took place on the sidelines of the G–20 summit in Hamburg, where U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin discussed a possible ...

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UN struggles to deliver humanitarian aid in Syria - Aljazeera.com Thu, 27 Jul 2017 22:05:19 GMT

Aljazeera.com

UN struggles to deliver humanitarian aid in Syria Aljazeera.com The UN has delivered aid to only a few hard-to-reach areas in Syria and not a single besieged location this month, a senior UN humanitarian official said on Thursday. Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Ursula Mueller told the UN ... Britain presses Syria, Russia to allow aid access to besieged areasReuters UN Says Over 200000 Have Fled Syria's Raqqa Since April 1U.S. News & World Report UNICEF Syria Crisis Situation Report June 2017 - Humanitarian ResultsReliefweb Voice of America -ReliefWeb all 18 news articles »

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Syria war: US says coalition partners must only fight IS - BBC News Thu, 27 Jul 2017 18:22:41 GMT

BBC News

Syria war: US says coalition partners must only fight IS BBC News Whether this latest announcement is related is unclear but on Thursday, a spokesman confirmed a group known as Shohada Al Quartyan, which was part of the US-led coalition in southern Syria, had split off after being told to focus on IS and not fighting ... US Cuts Ties With Local Syrian Group Trained to Fight ISVoice of America US parts ways with Syrian partner force involved in ISIS fightNavyTimes.com Washington finally admits 'US-backed Syria rebels' can only fightThe New Arab Military.com -Anadolu Agency all 18 news articles »

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US-Backed Syrian Fighters Have Taken Almost Half of Raqqa from ISIS - TIME Thu, 27 Jul 2017 09:13:01 GMT

TIME

US-Backed Syrian Fighters Have Taken Almost Half of Raqqa from ISIS TIME (BEIRUT) — A spokeswoman for a U.S.-backed Syrian opposition force and a monitoring group say opponents of the Islamic State group have captured nearly half of the extremists' de facto capital of Raqqa. Nisreen Abdullah of the Women's Protection Units ... US-backed Syrian fighters now control almost half of IS cityThe Seattle Times Is The United States Firing Off "Electricity Bombs" in Syria?The Drive Eyeing Deir al-Zor, Syrian army advances on Islamic State townReuters USA TODAY -Fox News -Newsweek -Twitter all 99 news articles »

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Animals, Abandoned and Starving, Are Evacuated From Zoo in Syria - New York Times Thu, 27 Jul 2017 22:32:00 GMT

New York Times

Animals, Abandoned and Starving, Are Evacuated From Zoo in Syria New York Times Nine animals that had been kept alive — barely — at a damaged zoo on the outskirts of Aleppo, Syria, were evacuated and taken to a rehabilitation center in Turkey last week. The animals — three lions, two tigers, two bears and two hyenas — were ... Animals rescued from Syrian zoo arrive in TurkeyNew York Post all 8 news articles »

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Russia to stay in Syria for another half a century as Putin signs air base deal with Assad regime - The Independent Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:07:47 GMT

The Independent

Russia to stay in Syria for another half a century as Putin signs air base deal with Assad regime The Independent Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law ratifying a deal with the Syrian government to allow Russia to keep its airbase in Syria for almost half a century. The original deal, signed in Damascus in January, set out the terms under which Russia ... Putin signs law to keep Russian base in SyriaNavyTimes.com Putin signs Syria base deal, cementing Russia's presence there for half a centuryReuters Putin signs deal allowing Russian Air Force to stay in Syria for almost half a centuryRT The Moscow Times all 123 news articles »

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The Syrian army were standing up to Isis long before the Americans ever fired a missile - The Independent Thu, 27 Jul 2017 11:17:27 GMT

The Independent

The Syrian army were standing up to Isis long before the Americans ever fired a missile The Independent But General Fouad Khadour was a professional soldier and he was defending the oil fields of eastern Syria – the crown jewels of Syria's economy, which was why Isis tried to occupy them all and why they killed Khadour – and the war in the desert is not ...

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'Opportunities missed' to stop brothers' Syria deaths - BBC News - BBC News Thu, 27 Jul 2017 10:56:34 GMT

BBC News

'Opportunities missed' to stop brothers' Syria deaths - BBC News BBC News Opportunities were missed to spot the radicalisation of two teenage British Muslim brothers who died fighting in Syria in 2014, a report has found. Agencies had ... Teenage brothers killed in Syria had been under police watch for ...Telegraph.co.uk Social services failed to spot British Muslim brothers killed fighting in Syria had been radicalised in UKMirror.co.uk 'Opportunities missed' to stop British teenage brothers being radicalised before Syria deathsITV News all 14 news articles »

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Russia Looks to UN to Help It Profit From Syria Conquests - Foreign Policy (blog) Tue, 25 Jul 2017 17:49:00 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

Russia Looks to UN to Help It Profit From Syria Conquests Foreign Policy (blog) The Russian government's push to protect Syria's ancient ruins, these diplomats note, coincides with reports of an effort by Russia to convince private security companies to secure territory around Palmyra from Islamic State militants in exchange for ... and more »

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Briton killed in Syria Luke Rutter honoured by Kurds - BBC News Thu, 27 Jul 2017 13:18:20 GMT

BBC News

Briton killed in Syria Luke Rutter honoured by Kurds BBC News A ceremony has been held in Syria for a 22-year-old British man killed fighting against so-called Islamic State. Luke Rutter from Birkenhead died on 6 July fighting with the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG. A statement from the Kurdish YPG ... and more »