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Assad Goes Medieval On Damascus Suburbs With 'Starvation Until Submission...
(This story was reported by a visiting journalist whose name has been withheld for security reasons)DAMASCUS (Reuters) - One Syrian security official called it the "Starvation Until Submission...
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This video from LiveLeak is reportedly from Jobar, Syria, one of the most fiercely embattled suburban districts right outside of Damascus.There were even reports of chemical weapons use in Jobar,...
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CONFIRMED: Israel Launched Strikes On Syrian Coastal Missile Sites
U.S. officials have confirmed that Israel struck Syrian coastal missile site late Wednesday, reports CNN.The site allegedly contained Russian-made surface-to-air missile systems said to be slated for...
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Israel Is Furious At Obama For The 'Scandalous' Leak That It Bombed Syria...
Israel is incensed that the Obama administration confirmed a recent Israeli airstrike on Syria's coast, The Times of Israel reports.Late Wednesday night a Syrian base in the coastal area of Latakia —...
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Syria Chemical Weapons Mission Funded Only Through November, And The US Paid...
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The international body tasked with eliminating Syria's chemical weapons has raised only enough money so far to fund its mission through this month, and more cash will have to be...
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The Extremely Complex Syrian War In Two Maps
The Syrian war has torn the nation apart over the last two and a half years, and there is no end in sight.The new normal involve the regime, rebels, and Kurds dominating in certain parts of the country...
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7 Amazing Quotes Showing The Awkward Tension Between Vladimir Putin And The US
Foreign Policy has adapted an excerpt from the new book "Days of Fire: Bush and Cheney in the White House," and it features some amazing quotes that inform how Russian President Vladimir Putin has...
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Arab Spring Fallout Is Fueling A Mediterranean Smuggling Economy
LONDON (Reuters) - The chaotic fallout of the "Arab Spring" is fuelling a surge in the smuggling of drugs, weapons and people across the Mediterranean, and cash-strapped regional powers are struggling...
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Iranian Drone Seen Over Damascus Suburb Seems Like Copy Of Captured US ScanEagle
Do you remember the Yasir drone, a modified copy of the Boeing ScanEagle (captured by the Iranians in 2012) that was unveiled on Sept. 28?It was filmed today, Nov. 9, over the Damascus suburb Hujaira...
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Video Of Syrian Helicopter Surviving A Surface-To-Air Missile Hit Made Into A...
Footage from the Syrian Air War, showing a Syrian Mi-8 helicopter hit by a surface-to-air missile, was turned into a commercial by a Ukrainian company.In order to showcase the resilience of their...
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Syrian Rebels Say They Captured These Stunning Images From A Government Drone
The Free Syrian Army has provided Reuters with breathtaking images of the devastation in Syria that they say were captured off of a government drone, according to NBC News' photo blog.The images show...
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Iran Stretched Its Laws To Expand Khamenei’s Grip On The Economy
This is the third story in a three-part series, Assets of the Ayatollah:(Reuters) - Two months before his death in 1989, Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini tried to solve a problem unleashed by...
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Tide Of Syria War Favors Assad As The West Pushes For Peace
BEIRUT (Reuters) - More than two and a half years into the civil war devastating Syria, the United States and Russia are pushing the combatants to the negotiating table in Geneva, but on terms that...
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Recent Arrests Of Terrorists In Eastern Europe Establish Troubling Link To...
Over the last two years, as Syria’s civil war has metastasized into a multi-sided fratricidal nightmare, the role of foreign fighters has grown increasingly troubling.Throughout the history of what...
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BBC Report Confirms Iranian Soldiers Are Running The Show In Syria
We already knew that Iran had troops on the ground in Syria last summer and the Islamic Republic is calling the shots, but new footage recorded by a cameraman attached to the elite Quds Force of the...
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Islamist Rebels Capture Syria's Largest Oilfield
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Islamist rebels led by al Qaeda-linked fighters seized Syria's largest oilfield on Saturday, cutting off President Bashar al-Assad's access to almost all local crude reserves,...
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New Study Says 11,000 Children Have Died During Syrian Conflict
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 11,000 children have been killed in Syria since the conflict there began over two and a half years ago, many of them summarily executed or targeted by snipers, a UK-based...
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Syrian Activists Traded Fear Of Assad For Fear Of Al Qaeda
BEIRUT (Reuters) - When he was agitating for revolution, urging fellow Syrians to rise up against President Bashar al-Assad, Abdullah dreaded the midnight knock at the door from the secret police.Now...
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How The Free Syrian Army Became A Largely Criminal Enterprise
The Free Syrian Army began as a simple group of fighters battling Assad. But Ruth Sherlock, in Antakya, finds their mission is now making millions from bribery and extortionThe Free Syrian Army...
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Americans Fighting In Syria Are A Growing Security Risk
Though numbers are small, US officials concerned about Americans fighting in Syrian civil warRALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) — Federal officials say Americans are joining the bloody civil war in Syria,...
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