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Syrian rebels have reportedly seized one of ISIS’ main supply routes with Turkey
Syrian rebel forces closed in on a town near the Turkish border held by Islamic State militants on Tuesday after seizing numerous villages from the group in the area, rebels and the Syrian Observatory...
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A Syrian rebel group claims it has assassinated a top bodyguard of the Assad...
BEIRUT – A shadowy rebel group operating in Damascus has claimed the assassination of one of Syrian first lady Asma al-Assad’s top bodyguards. Liwa al-Adiyat announced Wednesday that it killed Colonel...
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Kurds and Syrian rebels are racing to seize territory from ISIS
ERBIL – The Syrian Kurds are preparing to take town of Manbij in Aleppo province, a move that would put further pressure on the Islamic State and its 98-kilometers pocket of territory in northern...
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Why the future of Syria depends on the fight for Aleppo
Aleppo Province stands to become the focal point of a new round of violence in the Syrian Civil War even as the Geneva III Talks to end the conflict are scheduled to resume on April 13.Continued...
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US State Department: Russia played a role in freeing American photographer...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russia played a role in the release of a U.S. citizen held by Syria and the United States had "periodic contact" with the Syrian government, the U.S. State Department said on...
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A US drone strike has killed a major al Qaeda member in Syria
BEIRUT (AP) — A senior Egyptian al-Qaida figure fighting in Syria was killed in a U.S. drone strike this week, the latest to be killed in such attacks in Syria, a Syrian opposition monitoring group and...
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The US is sending B-52s to Qatar to pummel ISIS
The US Air Force deployed B-52 bombers to Qatar on Saturday to join the fight against Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, the first time they have been based in the Middle East since the end of the Gulf...
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A refugee describes being persecuted by ISIS and Al Qaeda — and what it was...
Only one of Rabe Alkhdar's brothers came back alive from a Syrian prison."My mother was wailing by that time," Rabe, a Syrian refugee now living in the US, recalled in an interview with Business...
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The Syria ceasefire 'is about to collapse'
Paris (AFP) - The ceasefire in Syria "is about to collapse," an official from the opposition said in an interview published Sunday, just days before the resumption of peace talks in Geneva."Over the...
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The US is missing a huge opportunity in Syria
Some analysts regard Al Qaeda's Syrian affiliate as a greater long-term threat to Western security than ISIS.And the US might be missing out on a golden opportunity to move against the group.Over the...
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ISIS regains stronghold along Turkish-Syrian border 4 days after losing it to...
AMMAN (Reuters) - Islamic State militants took back a stronghold in Syria near the border with Turkey on Monday, four days after losing it to a grouping of rebels, a monitoring group said.The...
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Here's a look at the weapons the US is sending to Syrian rebels
The Syrian Civil War is continuing to grind on, with both Russia and the US-led West aiding various sides of the conflict.Part of US support to various Syrian rebel groups includes sending arms and...
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Assad has taken Russia 'hostage,' and what comes next could be 'the worst...
Syrian President Bashar Assad is growing only more defiant as negotiators prepare to descend on Geneva once again in an attempt to broker the terms of a political transition and end the five-year civil...
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'Bite on this so you don't scream': The 'Assad Files' offer a new glimpse...
Syrian President Bashar Assad personally signed off on a brutal regime crackdown on dissidents that has led to the systematic torture of thousands of Syrians throughout the five-year civil war,...
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France denounces 'sham of an election organized by' the Assad regime in Syria
PARIS (Reuters) - Syria's parliamentary elections on Wednesday are a "sham" organized by "an oppressive regime," France's foreign ministry said, adding that viable elections could only take place after...
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Assad's forces mass for assault on Aleppo
Syria's army backed by Russian jets launched a fierce new assault on areas north of Aleppo on Thursday, rebels and the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) said, threatening to block rebels'...
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'A bunch of frustrated people' in the Obama administration are floating a...
The Obama administration is weighing a "plan B" for Syria should the cessation of hostilities currently in place between rebels and the regime begin to unravel, The Wall Street Journal reported on...
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Syrian rebel leader on peace talks: 'There are many people on the other side...
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's main opposition group is willing to share membership of a transitional governing body with current members of the government of President Bashar al-Assad, but not with Assad...
View ArticleHow ISIS makes over $1 billion a year
ISIS is not only one of the most threatening terrorist organizations in the world -- but also one of the richest, raising hundreds of millions of dollars a year. A report from the UK Treasury outlines...
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A Syrian jet plane has reportedly been shot down by ISIS
AMMAN (Reuters) - A Syrian jet plane was probably shot down on Thursday by Islamic State militants near a military airport in southern Syria but the pilot appears to have been rescued, a monitor...
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