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US-Led Airstrikes In Syria Are A Dangerous Half-Measure
The decision of the Obama administration to strike Islamic State targets (as well as some associated with another al-Qaeda derivative) in Syria is laudable. The participation of multiple Arab partners...
View ArticleSyrian Kurds Say An American Has Joined Fight Against ISIS
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A U.S. citizen has joined Kurdish forces fighting against Islamic State militants in northern Syria, a spokesman for the main Kurdish armed group in the country said on Thursday.The...
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Syria's Army Goes On The Offensive As US Bombs Assad's Foes
As U.S. warplanes bomb his enemies in Syria's east, President Bashar al-Assad has set loose his own forces in the west, alarming Washington's few friends on the ground and potentially undermining the...
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How Obama's Bombing Campaign In Syria Is Hurting The Secular Opposition,...
It’s been a little over a week since US warplanes, backed by the air forces of five Arab nations, started bombing jihadist targets in Syria and already we can see the lineaments of President Obama’s...
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The War On ISIS Has 'No Name' — And It Won't Get One Anytime Soon
So far, the military operations against the group Islamic State (also known as ISIL and ISIS) and other jihadists in Syria and Iraq that are being led by US Central Command have not been given a...
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3 Americans Have Joined Kurdish Forces In Syria In Their Fight Against ISIS
Three US citizens have joined Kurdish forces battling the Islamic State group in northern Syria, CNN reported Friday, citing a spokesperson for the Yekineyen Parastina Gel, or YPG, an armed Kurdish...
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Growing Popular Resentment Could Lead To The End Of ISIS
Growing inequality and a general lack of concern for civilians living under ISIS's rule could eventually spell the end of the group, Elizabeth Palmer and Khaled Wassef report for CBS News. In Raqqa,...
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How The Battle For A Key Border City Is Changing Turkey's Approach To The...
The security situation on the Turkish-Syrian border and especially around the Syrian Kurdish city of Kobane has paved the way for a something that was unthinkable just weeks ago. Turkey, a long-time...
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ISIS Is Making Strategic Decisions In Syria Based On Ancient Islamic Prophecy...
The meadow outside the small village of Dabiq, Syria is a strange setting for one of the final battles of the Islamic apocalypse. Although close to the Turkish border, “Dabiq is not important...
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Assad Regime: Turkey Joining ISIS Coalition Is 'Act Of Aggression' Against Syria
Turkey’s decision to join the U.S.-led coalition against the Islamic State group is an “act of aggression,” the Syrian Foreign Ministry said Friday, because in addition to eradicating the militant...
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ISIS Kills British Aid Worker Alan Henning [Report]
ISIS has released a video purporting to show another hostage beheading.The victim is Alan Henning, a British taxi driver who was kidnapped while delivering aid to Syria last December.Henning's captors...
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ISIS Is Now Threatening To Execute A Former US Army Ranger
The militant group Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) released a video purportedly showing the execution of British hostage Alan Henning, which closes with a threat against Peter...
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Assad Just Made An Increasingly Rare Public Appearance In Syria
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad has made a rare public appearance at a mosque in Damascus at the start of a Muslim holiday, a photo posted on the presidency's official Twitter feed...
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The Parents Of The Ex-Army Ranger Held By ISIS Released A Heartbreaking Video...
The parents of former US Army Ranger Peter Kassig recorded a heartbreaking video plea for their son to be released from ISIS captivity Saturday, just one day after the militant group reportedly...
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ISIS Is On The Verge Of Entering A Crucial Syrian Kurdish Town Near Turkey
Kurdish forces battled overnight with Islamists trying to seize a hill overlooking a Syrian border town with Turkey as U.S.-led coalition warplanes carried out raids on the militants, a Kurdish...
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US Airstrikes In Syria Reportedly Targeted A French Intelligence Official Who...
The first wave of US airstrikes in Syria last month targeted a former French intelligence officer who defected to Al Qaeda, Mitchell Prothero of McClatchy reports.European intelligence officials told...
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Here's The Major Reason Why ISIS Is About To Take A Critical Kurdish City In...
A critical Kurdish city on the Syrian-Turkish border may be about to fall to the Islamic State (also known as ISIS or ISIL) after a three-week siege that has pitted lightly armed Kurdish YPG rebels...
View ArticleTurkey's Latest Plan To Drain $3 Million A Day From ISIS Is Working
Turkish authorities are clamping down on a huge moneymaker for ISIS. And it could cost the militant group a lot of money.Produced By Matt Johnston. Video courtesy of Associated Press. Follow BI Video:...
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Why America Is Losing The Online War With ISIS
Jeff Bardin is the Chief Intelligence Officer of cyber intelligence service Treadstone 71Every month, the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, better known as ISIS, recruits up to 3,400 people via a...
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Ex-US Army Ranger In ISIS Captivity: If I Die, At Least I Went Out Trying To...
The parents of American ISIS hostage Peter Kassig released a statement via a joint Twitter account yesterday, which ends with portions of a letter they received from their son in June, NBC News...
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