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Humanitarian groups fear aid is being diverted to terrorist group after militant takeover of Syrian province - Los Angeles Times Wed, 16 Aug 2017 22:35:01 GMT

Los Angeles Times
Humanitarian groups fear aid is being diverted to terrorist group after militant takeover of Syrian province
Los Angeles Times
The recent takeover of the Syrian province of Idlib by an extremist organization has created a dilemma for the United States and other countries that send humanitarian aid to civilians and military aid to various rebel factions fighting the Syrian ...

Syrian Turkmen: Fighting to Survive - Aljazeera.com Wed, 16 Aug 2017 08:02:20 GMT

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Syrian Turkmen: Fighting to Survive
Aljazeera.com
The Turkmen are an ethnic minority in Syria whose ancestors were Turkic peoples who fanned out across Central and East Asia in the 11th century. The Ottomans encouraged them to migrate south, so when the Ottoman Empire was divided after World War I, ...

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Israeli satellite images reveal 'Iranian missile facility' under construction in Syria - The Independent Wed, 16 Aug 2017 09:34:01 GMT

The Independent
Israeli satellite images reveal 'Iranian missile facility' under construction in Syria
The Independent
New imagery released by imageSat, which operates Israel's EROS-B satellite, reportedly show the first ever Scud missile factory being built inside wartorn Syria. The pictures from a site near Latakia on the Syrian-government controlled coastline ...
'Iran building missile factory in Syria'The Jerusalem Post
Satellite Shows Iran Building Scud Missile Factory in SyriaThe Jewish Press - JewishPress.com
Iran building long-range rocket factory in Syria: Israeli TVReuters
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Lebanese, Syrian Ministers Vow to Improve Economic Ties - U.S. News & World Report Wed, 16 Aug 2017 19:07:29 GMT

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Lebanese, Syrian Ministers Vow to Improve Economic Ties
U.S. News & World Report
Lebanese Minister of Industry Hussein Hajj Hassan is seen in Damascus, Syria August 16, 2017. REUTERS/Omar Sanadiki Reuters. BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese and Syrian ministers pledged to boost economic ties on Wednesday, part of a visit that has ...
Lebanese army takes new areas on the border with SyriaMinneapolis Star Tribune

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Iran's military chief in rare visit to Turkey for Syria talks - Reuters Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:30:02 GMT

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Iran's military chief in rare visit to Turkey for Syria talks
Reuters
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkish and Iranian military leaders held talks on Wednesday over cooperation in the Syrian conflict and counter-terrorism, officials said, during a rare visit to NATO-member Turkey by the Islamic Republic's military chief of staff ...
Security Risk Seen in Foreign Recruits Fighting for Kurds in SyriaVoice of America
New force formed to fight Turkey in northern SyriaRudaw

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Are We Headed for Another 'Mission Accomplished' Disaster, This Time in Syria? - Newsweek Wed, 16 Aug 2017 12:11:56 GMT

Newsweek
Are We Headed for Another 'Mission Accomplished' Disaster, This Time in Syria?
Newsweek
For a fleeting moment on the 10th of August, the high wall of media apathy over the war in eastern Syria and its connection to American national security interests was breached. A reporter asked an American military spokesman about the anti-terror ...
Syria: A Testament To International Moral BankruptcyThe Jerusalem Post mobile website (blog)
Inside Aleppo: Residents return to rebuild Syria's shattered cityCNN International
As Syrian Death Toll Dips, So Does World's AttentionHaaretz

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Column: Why I can't stop thinking about the children of Syria - PBS NewsHour Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:31:49 GMT

PBS NewsHour
Column: Why I can't stop thinking about the children of Syria
PBS NewsHour
And it is about the little people, the smallest ones, full of life, sharply aware of death, capturing joy in the moment, on whose shoulders Syria's next chapter now rests. The PBS NewsHour is airing a series on Syria. The first report, looking ...

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WHO Syria Donor Update Q2, 2017 - ReliefWeb Wed, 16 Aug 2017 14:38:02 GMT

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WHO Syria Donor Update Q2, 2017
ReliefWeb
In coordination with other partners including the Syrian Arab Red Crescent (SARC), the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the World Food Programme (WFP), WHO managed to deliver more than two million ...

Red Cross hopes to repair Tabqa dam near Syria's Raqqa - Reuters Wed, 16 Aug 2017 15:21:02 GMT

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Red Cross hopes to repair Tabqa dam near Syria's Raqqa
Reuters
GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) plans to carry out urgent repairs to Tabqa Dam near the Syrian city of Raqqa in an area recaptured from Islamic State, a spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The aid agency was able ...
Syrians try to salvage life from the wreckage of RaqqaPBS NewsHour
US-backed Syrian Group Pardons 96 IS Members in RaqqaVoice of America

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In a Syria Refuge, Extremists Exert Greater Control - New York Times Sun, 13 Aug 2017 19:26:25 GMT

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In a Syria Refuge, Extremists Exert Greater Control
New York Times
BEIRUT, Lebanon — After surviving a siege by Syrian forces, Firas al-Rahim and his family were removed from a rebel-held area of Homs province in central Syria and taken to an impoverished territory in the northwest. But since Mr. Rahim, his wife and ...
7 White Helmets rescuers shot dead in Syria gun attackCNN
Seven White Helmets medics killed in Syria's IdlibAljazeera.com
Syria war: Killing of White Helmet workers condemnedBBC News
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