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Trump's Syria Strategy Hinges on Russia - Foreign Policy (blog) Tue, 08 Aug 2017 17:53:00 GMT

Foreign Policy (blog)

Trump's Syria Strategy Hinges on Russia
Foreign Policy (blog)
Six months into his presidency, President Donald Trump has made several moves highlighting the administration's thinking on the war in Syria. For example, his decision to empower the Syrian Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) for the assault on ...

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War crimes prosecutor quits UN panel on Syrian civil war because it's 'pointless' - The Independent Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:46:21 GMT

The Independent

War crimes prosecutor quits UN panel on Syrian civil war because it's 'pointless'
The Independent
An international war crimes prosecutor has resigned from her position on the UN's investigative panel into human rights abuses in the Syrian civil war because she is so frustrated with its inability to hold criminals to account, it has emerged. “I give up.
'Everyone in Syria is bad': UN war crimes prosecutor QUITS after losing faith in ever bringing criminals in the ...Daily Mail
UN prosecutor resigns over inaction on Syria's war crimesIrish Times
Syria investigator Del Ponte tells Euronews why she quiteuronews
WUNC -The National
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Inside Syria's safe zones, Russia and Assad hold the cards - CNN International Mon, 07 Aug 2017 16:33:17 GMT

CNN International

Inside Syria's safe zones, Russia and Assad hold the cards
CNN International
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said that the agreement to establish de-escalation zones in Syria's southwestern regions of Darra, Quneitra and Suwayda -- where the US and Jordan wield a lot of influence among moderate rebel groups -- could be a ...
Economics Could Be the Key to Ending the Syrian Civil WarThe National Interest Online

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Syrian Activist Gives Scraps With Prisoners' Names to Museum - U.S. News & World Report Tue, 08 Aug 2017 18:30:51 GMT

U.S. News & World Report

Syrian Activist Gives Scraps With Prisoners' Names to Museum
U.S. News & World Report
Mansour al-Omari, a Syrian human-rights activist documenting cases of people who have disappeared under President Bashar Assad's government, shows scraps of fabric with the names of fellow inmates he is presenting to the U.S. Holocaust Memorial ...

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War crimes prosecutor quits Syria inquiry over UN inaction - CNN Mon, 07 Aug 2017 11:58:48 GMT

CNN

War crimes prosecutor quits Syria inquiry over UN inaction
CNN
Del Ponte was one of three members on the UN-appointed panel tasked with probing human rights violations in Syria, including chemical weapons attacks, torture of prisoners, and the targeting of hospitals. "I am quitting this commission, which is not ...
UN chief supports UN commission on Syria despite resignationWashington Post
'I Give Up': Top War Crimes Expert Resigns From UN's Syria InquiryNPR
UN Syria investigator quits over concern about Russian obstructionThe Guardian
New York Times -ABC News -Telegraph.co.uk
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Al Qaeda is thriving in Syria's chaos - VICE News Tue, 08 Aug 2017 13:44:11 GMT

VICE News

Al Qaeda is thriving in Syria's chaos
VICE News
In the shadow of ISIS' barbaric rise in Syria and Iraq, another familiar terror group is experiencing a quiet renaissance: al Qaeda. Al Qaeda officially entered Syria's civil war in January 2012 with the explicit goal of dislodging President Bashar ...

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Shiite Militia Blames US for Attack That Killed Dozens on the Syria-Iraq Border - Newsweek Tue, 08 Aug 2017 14:06:17 GMT

Newsweek

Shiite Militia Blames US for Attack That Killed Dozens on the Syria-Iraq Border
Newsweek
The U.S.-led coalition in Iraq and Syria has denied killing dozens of Shiite militia fighters in an artillery attack near the al-Tanf border. The Iran-backed Sayyid al-Shuhada Brigade operating along the border between Iraq and Syria had earlier ...
Why foreigners decide to fight for terrorist groups in Syria : UN reportGlobalnews.ca
Iraqi Shiite militia says 40 of its fighters killed in SyriaTimes Colonist
US denies bombing Iraqi Shi'ite militia near Syrian borderReuters
Haaretz
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As Turkey's political divisions deepen, Syrian refugees in Istanbul worry about being caught in the middle - Los Angeles Times Mon, 07 Aug 2017 17:47:57 GMT

Los Angeles Times

As Turkey's political divisions deepen, Syrian refugees in Istanbul worry about being caught in the middle
Los Angeles Times
The night of last year's attempted coup in Turkey, Alaa Khaldi considered packing his bags. The 31-year-old Syrian refugee from Damascus, who fled to Turkey in 2015, was worried that Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan would fall. Erdogan's Islamist ...
Turkey hints at new operation in SyriaAl-Monitor
After military shake-up, Erdogan says Turkey to tackle Kurds in SyriaReuters
US-backed Kurds release video showing them destroying a Turkish tank in SyriaBusiness Insider
Rudaw -Voice of America -The American Interest
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US-led coalition strikes kill 29 civilians in Syria: monitor - Reuters Tue, 08 Aug 2017 20:05:43 GMT

The Times of Israel

US-led coalition strikes kill 29 civilians in Syria: monitor
Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Airstrikes by a U.S.-led coalition fighting Islamic State killed at least 29 civilians including 14 children in 24 hours in the jihadists' Syrian capital of Raqqa, a war monitor said late on Tuesday. The dead included a family of 14 ...
US-led raids in Syria said to kill 29 civilians in 24 hoursThe Times of Israel
US-led coalition kill 29 civilians in air strikes in Syria, monitor saysSouth China Morning Post
US-led coalition air raids kill 29 civilians in RaqqaAljazeera.com
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David Swanson - Purposeless Death in Syria - Scoop.co.nz Tue, 08 Aug 2017 21:31:00 GMT

David Swanson - Purposeless Death in Syria
Scoop.co.nz
I won't have time to list all the reasons I want U.S. military planes and drones out of Syrian skies much less all the reasons people have noted in comments on our petition, but there's no question what my first reason is, although it's not a reason ...