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'We just need a paper to get out of here, even if we're going to hell': The dismal world of Syria's displaced - Los Angeles Times Fri, 04 Aug 2017 20:12:14 GMT

'We just need a paper to get out of here, even if we're going to hell': The dismal world of Syria's displaced Los Angeles Times For more than a month, thousands of people who fled Islamic State in southern Syria have lived on the sandy banks of a lake full of water they cannot safely drink. Families with small children are surviving on the single box of canned food they were ...

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Heaviest clashes for months hit Syria's Hama province: monitor - Reuters Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:09:11 GMT

The Guardian

Heaviest clashes for months hit Syria's Hama province: monitor Reuters BEIRUT (Reuters) - The heaviest fighting and shelling for months hit Hama province in northern Syria on Friday, a war monitor said, but there were diverging accounts of how the battle started. The clashes were accompanied by heavy bombardment, with ... Al-Qaida-linked militants' advance throws west's Syria plans into disarrayThe Guardian Hezbollah chief says ready to battle IS on Lebanon-Syria borderThe Times of Israel US warns Syrian rebels against letting Islamists dominate last of resistance to Assad regimeThe Independent Voice of America -Breitbart News all 109 news articles »

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Americans, Need Help in Syria? Call the Czechs. - Foreign Policy (blog) Fri, 04 Aug 2017 16:46:32 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

Americans, Need Help in Syria? Call the Czechs. Foreign Policy (blog) Czechoslovakia — which, granted, was a different country and a different, communist regime — was a major economic partner of and arms exporter to Syria for decades, before and during the Assad years. Trade increased fivefold just between 1952 and ... and more »

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Making Sense of Turkey's Syria Strategy: A 'Turkish Tragedy' In the Making - War on the Rocks Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:55:07 GMT

War on the Rocks

Making Sense of Turkey's Syria Strategy: A 'Turkish Tragedy' In the Making War on the Rocks In addition, if Turkey ends up in open conflict with the YPG in Syria, the United States, with its direct support for YPG in its fight against the self-proclaimed Islamic State (ISIL), will find itself stuck between a rock and a hard place. In the best ... and more »

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Airstrikes kill ISIS plotters in Syria - CNN Thu, 03 Aug 2017 19:31:08 GMT

CNN

Airstrikes kill ISIS plotters in Syria CNN The strikes mainly took place in Abu Kamal and Mayadin, Syria, along the middle Euphrates River valley, where many ISIS leaders and fighters have moved since military operations to liberate the group's "capital" in Raqqa began in the last few months. ISIS Forces Conscription On Men in Eastern Syria as Top Leadership Figures KilledNewsweek Isis leaders begin forcibly conscripting Syrian civilians in unprecedented moveThe Independent About 2000 Islamic State fighters remain in Syria's Raqqa: US envoyReuters The American Conservative -ABC News all 133 news articles »

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Russian military police deploy north of Syrian city of Homs - ABC News Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:25:06 GMT

Reuters

Russian military police deploy north of Syrian city of Homs ABC News Russian military police deployed north of the central city of Homs on Friday, setting up checkpoints and observation points as part of a cease-fire in a third safe zone in war-torn Syria, but opposition activists said the truce was violated by ... Rockets, gunfire test new Russia-backed truce near Syria's Homs: monitorReuters New Cease-Fire in Syria Holds, Observers ReportVoice of America Rockets, gunfire test new Russia-backed truce near Syria's HomsTRT World all 33 news articles »

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From Syria to Sydney: how the airport terror plot unfolded - The Australian Fri, 04 Aug 2017 14:11:29 GMT

The Australian

From Syria to Sydney: how the airport terror plot unfolded The Australian As Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad rained down chemical gas on the village of Khan Shaykhun, and US President Donald Trump launched a volley of Tomahawk missiles in reply, a senior Islamic State fighter in Syria sent a text message to his brother in ... and more »

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ISIS's Days in Syria Are Numbered, but Does Trump Have More Wars to Fight There? - The Nation. Thu, 03 Aug 2017 15:49:56 GMT

The Nation.

ISIS's Days in Syria Are Numbered, but Does Trump Have More Wars to Fight There? The Nation. ISIS (also ISIL, Islamic State, or Daesh) is on its last legs in Syria and Iraq. By the time Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson work out new details with the GOP leadership in the Senate, it may be nothing more than a ... Briton who died fighting Isis in Syria 'killed himself to avoid capture'The Independent A British volunteer fighting ISIS in Syria reportedly killed himself to avoid being capturedBusiness Insider Briton Ryan Lock killed himself in Syria to avoid being captured by ISSky News all 155 news articles »

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Isis: UN study finds foreign fighters in Syria 'lack basic understanding of Islam' - The Independent Fri, 04 Aug 2017 17:16:00 GMT

The Independent

Isis: UN study finds foreign fighters in Syria 'lack basic understanding of Islam' The Independent Young men who leave their homes to fight for terrorist groups in Syria mainly come from disadvantaged backgrounds, have low levels of education and “lack any basic understanding of the true meaning of jihad or even the Islamic faith”, according to a ... Batley man jailed for trying to travel to Syria to join ISBBC News Batley man who plotted to join Isis in Syria jailedITV News all 10 news articles »

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An airstrike on a Syrian prison killed captives of the Islamic State: 'I think 100% those people were innocent' - Los Angeles Times Fri, 04 Aug 2017 10:02:02 GMT

Los Angeles Times

An airstrike on a Syrian prison killed captives of the Islamic State: 'I think 100% those people were innocent' Los Angeles Times Since its campaign to remove Islamic State from Syria and Iraq began in 2014, the coalition has struggled to balance targeting militants and shielding civilians. Prisons, like schools, hospitals and places of worship, are protected sites under the ... and more »