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It’s Becoming Clear That Assad Fueled The Al-Qaeda Surge That Has Kept Him In...
The regime of President Bashar al-Assad has helped bolster al-Qaeda in Syria by releasing extremists from prison and buying oil from Qaeda fighters, The Telegraph reports.The investigation — which...
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Syria Rejects Report Of Systematic Torture And Killing Of 11,000 Prisoners
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syria on Wednesday rejected a report purporting to show the systematic torture and killing of about 11,000 detainees, calling it an attempt to undermine peace efforts as diplomats...
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US Secretly Backs Rebels To Fight Al Qaeda In Syria
The United States and Gulf countries have been secretly backing efforts by opposition rebels to destroy al-Qaeda's most extreme wing in Syria, diplomats and rebels involved in the plan have told The...
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Iran President Rouhani: Elections Should Decide Fate Of Assad
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani said Thursday that elections would be the best way of ending the civil war in Syria and warned the West it could not impose a political solution on Tehran's neighbor...
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The Globe's Elite At Davos Spent Hours Pretending To Be Refugees
Executives, billionaires, and the global economic elite at Davos are not just discussing the course of the global economy at Davos; many of them also attended a complex simulation aimed at making them...
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Syrian First Peace Talks Are Already On The Brink Of Disaster
GENEVA (Reuters) - Syria's first peace talks were on the verge of collapsing on Friday before they began, with the opposition refusing to meet President Bashar al-Assad's delegation and the government...
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20,000 Syrian Refugees in Damascus Are So Hungry They Eat Stray Animals
Besieged since June, nearly 20,000 people in Damascus' Yarmuk Palestinian camp are so desperate for food that many eat stray animals, and some women have resorted to prostitution, according to...
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Syrian Authorities Have Flattened Seven Neighborhoods To Punish Civilians
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian authorities have flattened seven residential districts for no apparent military objective but to punish civilians living among rebels who had already fled, Human Rights Watch...
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Sliding Satellite Images Show What It Looks Like When A Syrian Neighborhood...
Human Rights Watch has released a new report on Syria today. Titled "Razed to the Ground," it aims to show the illegal destruction of entire neighborhoods in the war-torn country between 2012 and...
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Watch The Incredible Moment A Syrian Baby Is Saved From Rubble
The air war by the regime of Bashar al-Assad against rebel-held areas has flattened entire neighborhoods, many of which contained not fighters but civilians.Many people are buried in their homes while...
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Why Is Iran Letting A Top al Qaeda Operative Pump Fighters And Cash Into Syria?
Senior al Qaeda operativeYasin al Suri — who is suspected of moving money and operatives into Syria since 2011 — is now running operations from Iran with the tacit blessing of the government, according...
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Al Qaeda Distances Itself From Syrian Jihadists Too Extreme For Global Brand
Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri had already ordered the group in May 2013 to disband and return to Iraq, and announced that another jihadist group, the Al-Nusra Front, was Al-Qaeda's official branch...
View Article4 Year Old Child In Black Militant Hood Fires An AK-47 [Video]
The Syrian Civil War, already notable for multiple horrors, has apparently reached a new low.Child soldiers are now apparently playing a role, as the conflict quickly becomes further muddled. Paul...
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Is Syria Now A Direct Threat To The US?
(Reuters) - Over the last two weeks, Obama administration officials have signaled - sometimes intentionally, sometimes not - that a worst-case scenario is emerging in Syria.Peace talks are at a virtual...
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This Girl's Thousand-Yard Stare Is The Face Of Syria's Largest City
Aleppo, Syria's largest city and former commercial hub, is currently split in half between forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad and rebels seeking to oust him.For the last two months, the city has...
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America's Policy Disaster In Syria: We Can Stop Pretending Now
There is no silence like an embarrassed silence. It’s the kind of thing you can feel hanging over everyone’s head at a social occasion, only mildly dented by the squeak of a chair or the light clatter...
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Syrian Opposition: Here's What The Government Would Look Like Without Assad
The Syrian opposition has just released a paper outlining their future vision of Syria.Tellingly, no mention of Assad was included. Instead, the opposition envisions a transitional government overseen...
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Syrian Mediator On Peace Talks: 'Im Very, Very Sorry'
GENEVA (Reuters) - International mediator Lakhdar Brahimi apologized to the Syrian people on Saturday for the lack of progress at peace talks in Geneva after their second round ended with little more...
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Thousands Flee Syrian Town As 'Major Assault' Looms
GENEVA (Reuters) - Thousands of people have fled a rebel-held town in Syria after it was bombed and shelled in an operation that has prompted fears of a major assault by ground troops, the United...
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Godwin's Law: Why Someone Always Brings Up Hitler
Where would we be without Godwin’s Law? This law, formulated for the internet, dictates that as a discussion progresses, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches 1. And, as...
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