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President Obama tells Syrian refugee: 'You're part of what makes America great'
President Obama welcomed a Syrian refugee to the United States in a touching comment left on the Humans of New York Facebook page on Wednesday, telling him, "You're part of what makes America...
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Blasts near hospital in Syria's Homs city kill 16
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Twin explosions in a government-controlled neighborhood of Syria's Homs city killed at least 16 people and wounded scores more on Saturday, a group monitoring the war and state media...
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A new ICE report says ISIS has access to machines that print Syrian passports
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government agency report has warned that Islamic State has the ability to create fake Syrian passports, a federal official confirmed on Friday.A spokeswoman for U.S....
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Meet the Christian female fighters taking the fight to ISIS in Syria
Hasakeh (Syria) (AFP) - Babylonia has no regrets about leaving behind her two children and her job as a hairdresser to join a Christian female militia battling against the Islamic State group in...
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Merkel is shutting the door on Germany's 'open-door' refugee policy
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday she wanted to "drastically decrease" the number of refugees entering Germany, signaling a compromise to critics of her open-door policy from within her...
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Free Syrian Army rebels deny receiving any Russian support
Free Syrian Army (FSA) rebels fighting President Bashar al-Assad in western Syria denied receiving any support from the Russian air force, saying that on the contrary it continued to bomb them and...
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The ‘wishful thinking’ behind US foreign policy has given Russia and Iran the...
President Obama recently told reporters in Manila that he cannot "foresee a situation in which we can end the civil war in Syria while Assad remains in power."But according to the president , "it may...
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Here's where ISIS' oil is actually going
Moscow says it’s Ankara that is in business with the Islamic State, with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s son himself buying cheap oil from the jihadists and selling it on the black market....
View ArticleHere comes the Islamic State's worst nightmare — more female fighters
There is a new militia fighting ISIS that is adding to what some fighters say is a nightmare for the terrorist group — women killing the jihadists.The Female Protection Forces of the Land Between the...
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The US and Iran still have totally opposite objectives in Syria
“Yes, there is a strategy,” US Secretary of State John Kerry said of US policy in Syria in his December 5th address at the Brookings Institution.The US strategy, he explained, has three components:...
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National Guard member pleads guilty to supporting ISIS and planning an attack...
A member of the US National Guard pleaded guilty on Monday to plotting with his cousin to attack a US military installation as part of a conspiracy to support the Islamic State, also known as ISIS or...
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Almost half of all Americans support sending troops to fight ISIS
After terrorist attacks at home and abroad, more Americans than ever — but still less than half — support sending U.S. ground troops to fight the Islamic State, according to a new Associated Press-GfK...
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Kerry: The US and Russia 'have an ability to make a significant difference'...
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States can work together to make progress in ending the war in Syria, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry told Vladimir Putin on Tuesday, seeking to narrow their...
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Cousin of Syria’s embattled president: I don’t see a way out, I’m very...
The cousin of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad doesn't have a very bright outlook for his home country.Ribal al-Assad, the director of the Organization for Democracy and Freedom in Syria, told MSNBC's...
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Merkel: 'Assad can never be part of a long-term solution' in Syria
BERLIN (Reuters) - The goal of diplomatic efforts to end the four-year-old conflict in Syria is to reach a long-term solution that does not involve Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, German Chancellor...
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Turkey: Russia is playing up a military threat from Ankara that 'has nothing...
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey accused Russia on Wednesday of playing up a military threat from Ankara that does not exist, comments likely to further strain tensions between the two after the downing of a...
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The Middle East dreamed up at the Republican debate doesn’t really exist
The fifth round of the Republican debates hinged on questions of national security and foreign policy. There were real divisions between some of the leading candidates on the main stage, who sparred...
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Russia just sent additional advanced fighter jets to Syria
Satellite imagery obtained through our partners at AllSource Analysis show the continued hectic Russian presence at Bassel al Assad air base. An Su-24 can be seen on the runway ready for take off,...
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The epicenter of the Syrian war is shifting — and it could mean 'a near total...
Russian airstrikes across northern Syria have been steadily shifting the epicenter of the war toward a corridor north of Aleppo, through which Turkey smuggles aid and supplies to the rebel groups it...
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An SAS sniper killed 5 ISIS suicide bombers with 3 bullets
A Special Air Service sniper who spotted a group of Islamic State fighters leaving a suspected bomb-making facility in Iraq fired three shots that detonated two suicide vests and killed all five...
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