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'Relax, they are our friends': One quote shows why Turkey's ISIS problem is...
In a recent interview with The Guardian, a former ISIS fighter described how easy it was for him to cross Turkey's notoriously porous border into Syria to join the Islamic State.Abu Ali, who said he...
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2 college students quit school to run a mobile amputee clinic in Syria
In what looks like an ordinary white truck, two men are helping victims who have lost limbs in the conflict in Syria to walk, play, and even herd sheep again.In the past four years, the two technicians...
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Russia’s military presence in Syria is as 'powerful' as ever
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A month since Vladimir Putin announced the withdrawal of most Russian forces from Syria, his military contingent there is as strong as ever, with fewer jets but many more attack...
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Obama and Putin had an 'intense conversation' and agreed to coordinate more...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and President Barack Obama agreed on Monday to continue building closer coordination on Syria, including through their intelligence services and defense ministries, the...
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A 2,000-year-old monument destroyed by ISIS has been recreated in London
A replica of the Arch of Triumph that was destroyed by ISIS in Palmyra, Syria, is now on display for three days in London's Trafalgar Square.The marble structure — designed by the US-based Institute of...
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Syria's government says Assad's future is not up for discussion at peace talks
AMMAN (Reuters) - The Syrian government's chief negotiator said President Bashar al-Assad's future was not up for discussion at peace talks, underlining the bleak prospects for reviving U.N.-led...
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Donald Trump could cause military spending to skyrocket
Defense budgets are a tricky thing. They are massive documents and involve input from hundreds of military personnel and politicians.Their effect is also wide-ranging from federal budget deficits to...
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At least 40 civilians killed in government airstrike on a vegetable market in...
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Air strikes in opposition-held northwest Syria killed at least 40 people and wounded around 80 on Tuesday, a rebel commander and a rescue worker said.The rescue worker said 38 people...
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17 award-winning photos from 2015 everyone should see
Instability throughout large parts of the world in 2015 have furthered exacerbated a growing refugee crisis in Turkey, parts of the Middle East, and throughout Europe. Coming from war zones in Syria,...
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A man who has helped save more than 40,000 lives in Syria was just denied...
The head of Syria's Civil Defense Units, also known as the White Helmets, said he was denied entry into the US upon arriving in Washington, DC, from Turkey to receive a humanitarian award.Raed Saleh,...
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Netanyahu hails 'very successful' meeting with Putin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday labeled his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin earlier in the day as “very successful,” adding that the two countries reached understandings...
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One of the Brussels airport bombers also held four French journalists hostage...
PARIS (Reuters) - Brussels airport bomber Najim Laachraoui was one of the men who held four French journalists captive for months in Syria, the lawyer of two of the former hostages told Reuters on...
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Syria's ceasefire is collapsing, and Russia seems ready to get back into the...
As peace talks remain in a stalemate, Syria's fragile ceasefire is collapsing.And the regime and its allies seem ready to pick back up where they left off.Russia, which supports the regime of embattled...
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Russian forces in Syria may have fired on Israeli aircraft
Russian forces in Syria have fired at least twice on Israeli military aircraft, prompting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek improved operational coordination with Moscow, Israel's top-selling...
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Watch a US-led airstrike annihilate an ISIS vehicle on the move
The latest footage from the Combined Joint Task Force's Operation Inherent Resolve shows a precision airstrike taking out an ISIS vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) while on the move...
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The Defense Department made a big gaffe that helps Putin and Assad in Syria
The spokesman for the US military operation against ISIS made a comment in a Wednesday press briefing in Baghdad that helps justify Russia's continued attacks on Syria's largest city in the midst of a...
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Angela Merkel has arrived in Turkey to work on deal to tackle the migrant crisis
GAZIANTEP, Turkey (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel arrived in a Turkish border province on Saturday to meet Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu as she works to ease tensions in the deal...
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Merkel wants to establish safe zones for Syrians near the border with Turkey
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Saturday she was pushing for the establishment of special security zones in Syria near the border with Turkey where refugees could find shelter."I have ... again...
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Obama will send 250 more military personnel to Syria
HANOVER, Germany / WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to send as many as 250 more U.S. troops to Syria, bringing the total American presence on the ground to 300 to help fight Islamic...
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Russia and Syria sign deals worth $850 million to restore Syrian infrastructure
MOSCOW- Syria and Russia have signed agreements worth 850 million euros to restore infrastructure in the Arab nation, Russia's RIA news agency quoted Syrian Prime Minister Wael al-Halaki as saying on...
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