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7 White Helmets rescuers shot dead in Syria gun attack - CNN Sat, 12 Aug 2017 13:18:39 GMT

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7 White Helmets rescuers shot dead in Syria gun attack
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The attackers also stole two vans, helmets and walkie-talkies, according to a statement from the group, which is formally known as the Syrian Civil Defense. The Aleppo Media Center activist group also said seven volunteers were killed in an attack ...
Seven White Helmets medics killed in Syria's IdlibAljazeera.com
Seven White Helmets shot dead during dawn raid in SyriaThe Independent
Seven paramedics shot dead in SyriaIndependent.ie
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We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled review – voices from Syria - The Guardian Sat, 12 Aug 2017 06:30:44 GMT

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We Crossed a Bridge and It Trembled review – voices from Syria
The Guardian
Everyone talks about Syrians, but very few actually talk to them. Perhaps that's why Syria's revolution and war have been so badly misunderstood in the west – variously as a US-led regime-change plot, an ancient Sunni-Shia conflict or a struggle ...


Official: Syria to facilitate chemical weapons team mission - Washington Post Sat, 12 Aug 2017 14:48:16 GMT

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Official: Syria to facilitate chemical weapons team mission
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DAMASCUS, Syria — An international chemical weapons delegation will visit Syria in the coming days and Damascus will facilitate its mission to uncover who used chemical weapons in the country earlier this year, a Syrian official said Saturday.

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UN: More Than 600000 Syrians Have Returned Home In 2017 - NPR Fri, 11 Aug 2017 20:34:00 GMT

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UN: More Than 600000 Syrians Have Returned Home In 2017
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A rising number of Syrians who fled are returning to their homes, with more than 600,000 going back in the first seven months of this year, according to the International Organization for Migration. The U.N. migration agency says that number is ...
Displaced Syrians heading home in larger numbers: IOMAljazeera.com
Aid Agencies Warn Displaced Against Premature Returns to SyriaVoice of America
Over 600000 displaced Syrians returned home so far this year – UN agencyUN News Centre
RT -Rudaw -teleSUR English -International Organization for Migration
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'Logistics' hold up Lebanese deal for rebels, refugees to return to Syria - Reuters Sat, 12 Aug 2017 10:38:01 GMT

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'Logistics' hold up Lebanese deal for rebels, refugees to return to Syria
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BEIRUT (Reuters) - Implementation of a deal for the return of a group of Syrian refugees and rebels to Syria from Lebanon was delayed on Saturday, with a military news outlet run by the Lebanese group Hezbollah saying it was due to "a logistical problem".
Hezbollah steers Lebanon closer to Syria, straining efforts to stay neutralBusiness Insider
Watch Russia's Su-25 jet in action against terrorists in SyriaAMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
US-backed Syrian Rebels Seek to Reposition for Deir ez-Zor BattleVoice of America
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US troops attacked in Syria - CNNPolitics - CNN.com - CNN Thu, 10 Aug 2017 19:35:16 GMT

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US troops attacked in Syria - CNNPolitics - CNN.com
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US troops who had been performing a de facto "peacekeeping" role in northern Syria came under direct attack multiple times in the last week, a spokesman for ...
US Troops Take Sniper Fire in Northern Syria Flashpoint Town ...Military.com

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Seven White Helmets Members Shot Dead in Northwestern Syria - Wall Street Journal (subscription) Sat, 12 Aug 2017 13:02:57 GMT

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Seven White Helmets Members Shot Dead in Northwestern Syria
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BEIRUT—Gunmen early Saturday stormed an office of a Syrian paramedic group that is active in opposition-controlled areas, killing seven of its members and stealing two vehicles and other equipment, the group and opposition activists said. The Syrian ...


Syria's lost generation: Refugee children at work - Aljazeera.com Sat, 12 Aug 2017 06:57:44 GMT

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Syria's lost generation: Refugee children at work
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Less than half of Lebanon's school-aged Syrian refugee children enrolled in school last year, and it is expected that at least 50 percent will drop out of classes by the time they are nine years old. Half of the remaining number will leave school by 10 ...


This journalist imprisoned in Syria must be freed - Washington Post Thu, 10 Aug 2017 23:29:06 GMT

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This journalist imprisoned in Syria must be freed
Washington Post
But the pull of journalism was strong, and he left law school after his second year to find some larger meaning covering Syria's deepening civil war. In a Facebook post published just weeks before he disappeared, Mr. Tice left little doubt about his ...


Syrian rebels to pull out of Lebanon border enclave - New York Daily News Fri, 11 Aug 2017 15:50:27 GMT

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Syrian rebels to pull out of Lebanon border enclave
New York Daily News
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Fighters from Saraya Ahl al-Sham, a Syrian rebel group, will start on Saturday to pull out of an enclave in Lebanon on the border with Syria along with some civilians, a senior Lebanese security official said on Friday. About 300 ...

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