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Convoy of Isis fighters and families blocked by airstrikes in Syria - The Guardian Fri, 01 Sep 2017 23:01:12 GMT

The Guardian

Convoy of Isis fighters and families blocked by airstrikes in Syria
The Guardian
But the coalition against Isis has used airstrikes to block the convoy from crossing into the group's main territory straddling Syria's eastern border with Iraq. The Isis fighters in the border pocket accepted a truce and evacuation deal after ...
The Latest: Syria rebels release captured government pilotWashington Post
US-Led Coalition Says Still Monitoring IS Convoy in SyriaU.S. News & World Report
UN: IS strongholds in Syria could fall by OctoberChristian Science Monitor
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Last Isis stronghold in Syria could fall by October, says UN envoy - The Guardian Fri, 01 Sep 2017 12:02:22 GMT

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Last Isis stronghold in Syria could fall by October, says UN envoy
The Guardian
Raqqa, the last Islamic State stronghold in Syria, will fall by the end of October, allowing credible democratic elections to be held within a year, according to the UN special envoy for the country. Setting out a highly optimistic scenario for the end ...
US-backed forces in Syria's Raqqa say they take old cityReuters
The US Is in Denial About the Civilians It's Killing in SyriaForeign Policy (blog)
US-backed Syria force says seizes Raqa Old City from ISChannel NewsAsia
UN News Centre -Sputnik International -ABC News
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Just outside Syria's capital, a battle still rages over one of the last ... - Los Angeles Times Thu, 31 Aug 2017 19:47:47 GMT

Los Angeles Times

Just outside Syria's capital, a battle still rages over one of the last ...
Los Angeles Times
A little-noticed but bitter struggle continues in the few remaining rebel-held enclaves on the outskirts of the Syrian capital, Damascus.

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Bogus Truces in Syria Are Handing Assad an Easy Victory - Newsweek Fri, 01 Sep 2017 16:25:00 GMT

Newsweek

Bogus Truces in Syria Are Handing Assad an Easy Victory
Newsweek
The past two years have seen a series of truces between the Syrian regime and rebel groups. Such deals, labelled by the regime as “national reconciliation” agreements, lead the two sides to compromises that extract them from existential battles of ...
UN must step in to prevent Syria horrorsgulfnews.com
Iran's Hold on Syria and its Threat to Israel are Direct Results of Nuclear DealTheTower.org

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Islamic State Convoy Remains Stuck in Syria - New York Times Thu, 31 Aug 2017 21:07:58 GMT

New York Times

Islamic State Convoy Remains Stuck in Syria
New York Times
By relocating them, Syria and Lebanon removed any Islamic State presence on the western border and concentrated it in the east, where Iraqi and American forces would have to deal with them. The Islamic State is also known as ISIS or ISIL. Now it ...
Coalition Airstrikes Block ISIS Convoy From Traveling Through Syria ...NBCNews.com
Islamic State convoy in Syria appears to have turned back, US-led coalition saysReuters
US-led strikes in Syria block IS militants evacuated from LebanonBBC News
Aljazeera.com -Los Angeles Times
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First scenes of the Syrian Army inside ISIL's last stronghold in central Syria - AMN Al-Masdar News (registration) Fri, 01 Sep 2017 21:48:48 GMT

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First scenes of the Syrian Army inside ISIL's last stronghold in central Syria
AMN Al-Masdar News (registration)
BEIRUT, LEBANON (11:50 P.M.) – The Syrian Arab Army (SAA), alongside their allies from the National Defense Forces (NDF), steamrolled through the Islamic State's (ISIS/ISIL) defenses on Friday to enter the terrorist group's last stronghold in central ...
Syrian Army Kicks Out Daesh Terrorists From Nine Settlements in Hama ProvinceSputnik International

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Illegal immigrant 'sent sim cards to jihadis in Syria and Iraq to help promote ISIS' - The Sun Sat, 02 Sep 2017 00:31:00 GMT

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Illegal immigrant 'sent sim cards to jihadis in Syria and Iraq to help promote ISIS'
The Sun
AN ILLEGAL immigrant sent hundreds of SIM cards to IS jihadis in Iraq and Syria, a court heard. Car valet Rabar Mala, 32, allegedly provided 437 cards and phone numbers to help the terror group spread its propaganda. Car valet Rabar Mala, 32, allegedly ...

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Video of schoolboy who befriended Syrian refugee classmate warms hearts across internet - The Independent Fri, 01 Sep 2017 11:39:13 GMT

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Video of schoolboy who befriended Syrian refugee classmate warms hearts across internet
The Independent
A young boy's tale of how he befriended his new Syrian schoolmate has gone viral. Rani Asaad fled from Syria at the age of four and was then bullied in his first few days at Harrop Fold school in Little Hulton, but Jack Stanley took him under his wing.


Victory for Assad looks increasingly likely as world loses interest in Syria - The Guardian Thu, 31 Aug 2017 04:00:46 GMT

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Victory for Assad looks increasingly likely as world loses interest in Syria
The Guardian
In recent months, as supplies of aid, money and weapons to Syria's opposition have dwindled, it had clung to the hope that ongoing international political support would prevent an outright victory for Bashar al-Assad and his backers. Not any more.
Rules for Reconstruction in SyriaLawfare (blog)

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Homage to Syria - The Herald Fri, 01 Sep 2017 00:28:27 GMT

Homage to Syria
The Herald
And even some Western radicals blame Syria. The get-go Noam Chomsky wanted regime change. And “a thousand and one” other leftists honoured the Kurds in northern Syria and other revolutionary illusions rather than say anything good about the Syrian ...

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