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A Woman Who Defected From ISIS Explains Why She Chose To Become A Foot...
ISIS continues to hold the world's attention with yet another globally broadcast execution and an ongoing battle for a critical town on the Turkish-Syrian border.But glimpses into the inner workings...
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Hezbollah And Al Qaeda's Syrian Affiliate Fought A Major, Deadly Battle —...
The Al Nusrah Front, al Qaeda's official branch in Syria, has released a video and a series of photos documenting its recent operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon.Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran,...
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A Crucial Syrian City Is About To Fall To ISIS, And Kurds Are Protesting...
As a critical Kurdish on the Syrian side of the Turkish-Syrian border is on the verge of falling to a final ISIS push, Kurds throughout Turkey and the rest of Europe are demonstrating against the lack...
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Even With Airstrikes Ongoing, ISIS Is Still Within Shelling Distance Of...
The United States appears to be losing its fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL or ISIS) in Iraq and Syria, experts say, as the jihadist group adapts to US airstrikes and...
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Israel Is Cautiously Arming Syria's Rebels — And Has A Fragile Unspoken Truce...
In recent weeks, a new situation has emerged in southern Syria, one that could present dangers to Israel but also significant opportunities to help shape the area's future.Many observers still perceive...
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Here's Why The Airstrikes Have Done So Little To Stop ISIS
America has put the band back together.Around 40 nations are contributing to the fight against ISIS, although who those 40 nations are or what each one is actually contributing remains a mystery.In...
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The Assad Regime Just Declared Four New Previously Unknown Chemical Weapons...
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Syria has declared four chemical weapons facilities it hadn't mentioned before, a special representative of the UN secretary-general told the Security Council on Tuesday.The news...
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Turkey's President Warns That A Key Syrian Border Town Is 'About To Fall' To...
MURSITPINAR Turkey/BEIRUT (Reuters) - Turkey's president said the Syrian Kurdish town of Kobani was "about to fall" on Tuesday as Islamic State fighters pressed home a three-week assault that has cost...
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Kurds Say Airstrikes Push ISIS Back From Crucial Syrian Border City
U.S.-led air strikes on Wednesday pushed Islamic State fighters back to the edges of the Syrian Kurdish border town of Kobani, which they had appeared set to seize after a three-week assault, Kurdish...
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Obama's Former Secretary Of Defense And CIA Director Has Been Shredding Him...
Promoting the release of his new book "Worthy Fights," former Secretary of Defense and Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Leon Panetta has embarked on a media tour full of criticism of...
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A Former Dutch Soldier Explains Why He Joined A Jihadist Group In Syria
"I would fight anybody. Even if it was my own father that was bombing these people, I would fight him and kill him myself," a Dutch jihadi militant now fighting in Syria told CBS News. Yilmaz, 26,...
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Here's Why Turkey Won't Help The Kurds Under ISIS Siege Right Next To Them
In the past week, the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) launched another major offensive against the Kurdish-declared canton of Kobane (a.k.a. Ain al-Arab) in northern Syria. The group is now...
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10 Ways ISIS Is Violating The Laws Of Islam
Islamic scholars and Muslim leaders around the world have come together to condemn ISIS and its leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, issuing a letter accusing Baghdadi of failing to respect key tenants of the...
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The US Isn't Too Eager To Help Save Kobane From ISIS's Onslaught
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry suggested on Wednesday that preventing the fall of the Syrian town of Kobani to Islamic State fighters was not a strategic U.S. objective and...
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The Obama Administration Says A Crucial Part Of Its ISIS Plan Does Not Exist
The Obama administration's strategy to "degrade and ultimately destroy" the extremist group known as ISIS (aka ISIL or the Islamic State) has already run into its first major roadblock.The Pentagon on...
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The 2 Big Weaknesses In Obama's ISIS Plan Are Being Fully Exposed
There are two obvious weaknesses with the Obama administration's plan to "degrade and destroy" the Islamic State (aka ISIS or ISIL) in Iraq and Syria: Weak partners on the ground, especially in Syria,...
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Turkey Needs To Change Its Syria Policy — And Fast
Yesterday, I wrote a piece for Al Jazeera English about Turkey’s Syria policy. The piece is a look back at the consistency of Turkish policy-making in Syria after the decision was made to sever ties...
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This Is The Crazy Draconian Media Guide That ISIS Released To Journalists In...
On Thursday, the news website Syria Deeply published a media guide that the Islamic State terrorist group, also known ISIS, issued to all journalists in the Deir Ezzor province under militant control....
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The Airstrikes On 'Khorasan' Reportedly Killed 1 Or 2 Key Terrorists And A...
The barrage of U.S. cruise missiles last month aimed at an al-Qaida cell in northern Syria cell killed just one or two key militants, according to American intelligence officials who say the group of...
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The US Is In The Midst Of A Full-Scale Strategic Meltdown In Syria
For a while there, he had us going.When President Obama announced his long-contemplated strategy for confronting the Islamic State (ISIS) last month and made it clear that this would necessitate air...
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